Sequester World War I Antwerp MF

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Country:: Belgium

Holding institution:: State Archives in Beveren

Holding institution (official language):: Rijksarchief te Beveren

Postal address:: Kruibekesteenweg 39/1, 9120 Beveren

Phone number:: +32 (0)3 750 29 77

Web address:: http://www.arch.be/index.php?l=nl&m=praktische-info&r=onze-leeszalen&d=beveren

Email:: rijksarchief.beveren@arch.be

Reference number:: SAB-Beveren-512-F178

Title:: Sequester World War I Antwerp MF

Title (official language):: Sekwester WO I Antwerpen MF

Creator/accumulator:: FOD Financiën; SPF Finances

Date(s):: 1918/1964

Extent:: 12.5 linear metres

Scope and content:: The series “dossiers van onder sekwester geplaatste personen en bedrijven” (files of sequestered persons and companies)(1918-1964) of this fonds, totalling 865 nos., contains many files related to companies of German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and other Jews sequestered after the First World War.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Belgian government created the Ministry of Finance in 1831. As one of the five ministries at the time it was in charge of, notably, the new kingdom’s bookkeeping (budget, accounts, patrimonial accounting) and the execution of fiscal legislation. The Secretary-General was assisted by the General Secretariat, responsible for logistics, staff policy, accounting, the documentation and study service, the translation service, the automation service, the social service, etc. The ministry was also supported by a number of external services, advisory and executive commissions, and a number of public institutions. The Ministry of Finance was subdivided into ‘fiscal’ (among others Direct Taxes, Customs and Excise, Land Registration and Estates, Cadastre) and ‘non-fiscal’ (Treasury and Public Debt, Mint) departments. In the 1970s and 1990s the ministry underwent extensive reforms; new services were created and the tasks of some departments were redefined. The fiscal departments in particular were thoroughly reshaped. The formal creation of the FPS Finance dates back to 2002. Today, the FPS Finance has six general administrations (incl. Patrimonial Documentation, Treasury, Special Tax Inspection), five staff departments (incl. ICT, staff), eight departments of the Chairman (incl. the Central Legal Department) and three autonomous services (incl. Tax conciliation). (Several pages on http://financien.belgium.be/nl/; M. Preneel & J. Verhelst, “De FOD Financiën”, in P. van den Eeckhout & G. Vanthemsche (ed.), Bronnen voor de studie van het hedendaagse België 19e – 21e eeuw. Tweede herziene en uitgebreide uitgave. Brussel, Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis / Commission Royale d’Histoire, 2009, pp. 407-421.)

Access points: locations:: Antwerp

Subject terms:: Financial matters; Trade and commerce; World War I

Finding aids:: C. Vancoppenolle & D. Vandaele, “Inventaris van het archief van de Dienst van het Sekwester van het Bestuur der Registratie en Domeinen Antwerpen (1918-1964)”, in C. Vancoppenolle & D. Vandaele, Inventarissen van de archieven gevormd in het kader van het sekwester door het parket van de procureur des Konings van Antwerpen (1918-1960), door de dienst van het sekwester van het bestuur der registratie en domeinen (1918-1964) en van het archief van onder sekwester geplaatste bedrijven (1887-1939), I 172 (Rijksarchief te Beveren), Brussel, ARA-AGR, 2008, pp. 148-194.

Yerusha Network member:: State Archives of Belgium

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