Photo collection - European Jewish Archives Portal

Collection description

Collection

Country:: Belgium

Holding institution:: Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History

Holding institution (official language):: Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire

Postal address:: Parc du Cinquantenaire 3 / Jubelpark 3, 1000 Brussel

Phone number:: +32 (0)2 737 78 11

Web address:: http://www.klm-mra.be/D7t/en/content/archives

Email:: infocom@klm-mra.be

Reference number:: RMAF-Brussels-Photothèque

Title:: Photo collection

Title (official language):: Photothèque

Creator/accumulator:: Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis; Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire

Date(s):: 1600/1940

Extent:: ca. 100,000 photographs

Scope and content:: This fonds contains aerial photographs, souvenirs of the front and many portraits, including of Jewish soldiers. We also note many postcards.

Access points: locations:: Belgium

Subject terms:: Jewish soldiers; Military; Photographs

Finding aids:: There is an alphabetically ordered card index for the portraits. There is also a binder with lists of the various boxes containing photographs, structured thematically.

Yerusha Network member:: State Archives of Belgium

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