Category Archives: Genealogy

Zoals ik al eerder heb geschreven (zie: Twee keer bijzitten (met of zonder koffiekoeken)) moet ik gaan bijzitten in het schoolgebouw van de Lamorniërestraat 93 te Antwerpen. Het is niet mijn bedoeling om hier met analyses en dergelijke te komen … Continue reading →

Ik ben opgeroepen om als bijzitter te fungeren voor de verkiezingen in het schoolgebouw van de Lamorniërestraat 93 te Antwerpen. Ik krijg er een vergoeding voor van 25 Euro. Gezien het feit dat ik er ten laatste van 7u15 ‘s … Continue reading →

Please read first the introduction and the explanation about this table in my other article, see: Expulsion Orders from WWII at the FelixArchief – Part 1: An Introduction Instructions when using the table: While you type in letters in the … Continue reading →

Note: Mr. Dratwa (conservator of the Jewish Museum in Belgium) noted that I should’ve translated ‘Uitwijzingsbevel’ to ‘Expulsion Order’ and not ‘Deportation Order’ (which usually is used when someone was deported to concentration camps). I corrected the wording based on … Continue reading →

If you know about a relative who immigrated via Antwerp to Belgium, you can find his alien file at the Antwerp Archives (FelixArchief). In an earlier article on the Antwerp Archives (FelixArchief), I summarized which files are already in the … Continue reading →

Please note that I am not affiliated with the Antwerp Archives although I strongly support them. Therefore, don’t contact the archives for any question which relates specifically to my website. Only contact them for matters which are related to them … Continue reading →

Many of the Jews citizens living in Antwerp around the turn of the 20th century  were immigrants. In addition, while it is impossible to arrive at precise statistics, of the 65-75,000 Jews living in Belgium on the eve of World War … Continue reading →

The following post was already published on my old website. I am now republishing it with some corrections. Justin was born on 5 November 1921 as the son of Salomon Gerstner and Frieda Sundermann in the village of Ebelsbach which … Continue reading →

History of the archives: The archives of the city of Antwerp started with two charters from 1221 which the city kept in a huge chest which was longer then two meters and which was called the ‘privilegiekom’. Of each lock … Continue reading →

Dutch people appear to have a fondness with regards to poems. I remember since I was a kid until today that at festivities such as Bar Mitzvaha’s, birthday parties, weddings, et cetera, children and adults alike enjoy to recite poems … Continue reading →