Papers of Marcel Dieu a.k.a. Hem Day

Collection description

Scope and content:: In this fonds we firstly mention the notebook with hand written notes on Judaism (no. 329). We also note documentation such as press clippings (from the years 1930-1960), in nos. 330-331. We find various copies of Belgian and French Jewish periodicals, mainly from the years 1960-1967. For Belgium, we note i.a. Centrale (magazine of the Centrale des Œuvres Sociales Juives in Brussels)(no. 333; years 1964-1967), Tribune Sioniste (no. 334) and Israël Ajourd’hui, the magazine of the Chambre de commerce Belgique-Luxembourg-Israël (no. 337). Nrs. 332, 336, 338, 339 and 340 contain French periodicals such as Évidences. Revue publiée sous l’égide de l’American Jewish Committee, Tsedek (organe de l’alliance d’Abraham), Information Juive, La Presse Nouvelle and Tribune Sioniste – La terre retrouvée. Lastly, file no. 335 contains a French antisemitic magazine.

Administrative/biographical history:: Marcel Dieu a.k.a. Hem Day (1902-1969) was an anarchist militant, publisher, author and lecturer. He supposedly had a bookshop in the centre of Brussels since 1938. Dieu was the secretary of the Comité Internationale de Défense Anarchiste and member of the pacifist War Resisters International, of which he founded the Belgian section. As an editor and driving force of the periodical Pensée et Action he wrote and collected articles on military service, pacifism, anarchism, Marxism, religion, sexuality, etc. Dieu was also a member of the Commission Belge de Bibliographie and of the board of the Mundaneum. (J. Debruyn, Inventaris van de papieren van Marcel Dieu alias Hem Day, I 242, Brussel, ARA-AGR, 1986; Y.-W. Delzenne & J. Houyoux (dir.), Le nouveau dictionnaire des belges, Brussel, Le Cri, 1998, vol. 1, p. 123.)

Subject terms:: Antisemitism; Antisemitism--Antisemitic publications; Jewish press; Zionism

Finding aids:: J. Debruyn, Inventaris van de papieren van Marcel Dieu alias Hem Day, I 242, Brussel, ARA-AGR, 1986.