Archives of the cabinets of Prime minister Hubert Pierlot in London

Collection

Title (official language):: Archives des cabinets du Premier ministre Hubert Pierlot à Londres

Creator/accumulator:: Cabinet du Premier ministre à Londres; Kabinet van de Eerste Minister te Londen

Scope and content:: This fonds contains documents produced by the ministerial cabinets of the Prime minister, whose competences and tasks were greatly expanded in exile. The following files are of great interest for this guide: no. 113 “Accommodation of Jews from Belgium, exiled in Portugal” (1941-1944) ; no. 253 “Jewish publications” (1941-1944) (incl. The Jewish Bulletin, The Jewish Chronicle, United Palestine Appeal, American Jewish Congress) ; no. 302 “Repression of war crimes” (1943-1944) ; no. 456 “Anti-Jewish persecutions in occupied Belgium (spoliation), steps taken by the Jews War Congress by the Prime minister” (1943); no. 648 “Jewish refugees from Belgium in Portugal” (1940-1944) and no. 793 “Repression of war crimes” (1942, 1944).

Administrative/biographical history:: Following the capitulation of Leopold III on 28 May 1940, the Belgian government continued its activities in France and disavowed the conduct of the king. Ministers Marcel-Henri Jaspar and Albert De Vleeschauwer refused to accept defeat and decided to travel to London. The ministers Paul-Henri Spaak and Hubert Pierlot joined them on 22 October 1940. (L. A. Bernardo y Garcia & L. de Mecheleer, Inventaire des archives des Cabinets du Premier ministre Hubert Pierlot à Londres 1928-1944 (principalement 1940-1944), I 492, Bruxelles, ARA-AGR, 2010.)

Subject terms:: Antisemitism; Antisemitism--Antisemitic measures; Jewish press; Refugees; War crimes

Finding aids:: M.-T. Polart, Premier Ministre de Londres. Inventaire, s.l.n.d. ; L. A. Bernardo y Garcia & L. de Mecheleer, Inventaire des archives des Cabinets du Premier ministre Hubert Pierlot à Londres 1928-1944 (principalement 1940-1944), I 492, Bruxelles, ARA-AGR, 2010.