Metadata: Iconography department, Posters, Collection of Jewish Posters
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- Archives of the City of Brussels
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archives de la Ville de Bruxelles
- Postal address:
- Huidevettersstraat 65 / Rue des Tanneurs 65, 1000 Bruxelles
- Phone number:
- +32 2 279 53 20
- Web address:
- http://archives.bruxelles.be
- Email:
- archives@brucity.be
- Reference number:
- ArCity-Brussels-Section iconographique, Affiches, Collection Affiches juives
- Title:
- Iconography department, Posters, Collection of Jewish Posters
- Title (official language):
- Section iconographique, Affiches, Collection Affiches juives
- Creator/accumulator:
- Ville de Bruxelles; Stad Brussel; City of Brussels
- Date(s):
- 1920/1939
- Language:
- French
- Yiddish
- Hebrew
- Dutch; Flemish
- Extent:
- 183 items
- Scope and content:
- This fonds constitutes a remarkable collection of posters printed in Brussels and Antwerp, announcing cultural (concerts, theatre performances, recitals etc.) and political (meetings, demonstrations) activities taking place in Brussels. The posters are varied in size, colour and style. Some only contain text (in Yiddish, French, Dutch and/or Hebrew), others also include photographs or drawings. The posters were mainly issued by the following organisations and associations: Hanoar Hatzioni; the Ligue belge contre le Racisme et l’antisémitisme ; the Association des Amis de l’École complémentaire juive ; the Union des travailleurs socialistes juifs ; the Fonds national juif / KKL ; the AEJB (Association des étudiants juifs de Bruxelles) ; the Association Kinder Fraynd de Bruxelles / Association des Amis d’Enfants ; the Bloc pour la Palestine ouvrière ; the Fédération sioniste de Belgique ; the Jeunesse sioniste de Bruxelles ; the Ligue pour la Palestine ouvrière ; Histadrut Mizrachi in Brussels ; Club Medem; Arbeter Ring ; Union des sionistes-révisionnistes de Bruxelles ; Union sioniste de Bruxelles ; the Yiddisher Folks-Club; the Société Prokor; Histadrut Hashomer Hatzair; Poale Zion ; Poale Zion-Zeire Zion of Brussels (Jewish socialist party) ; the Faraynikte Mendele-Yovel Komitet in Brussels; the Théâtre artistique juif of Vilna / Vilna Troupe; the Centrale des Cercles culturels ouvriers juifs en Belgique ; the Comité Anti-Sioniste de Belgique ; the Théâtre de Marionnettes Yiddish-Américain ; Éducation Ouvrière Juive / Yiddisher Arbeter Kultur Fareyn ; Linath Hazedek; Faraynikte Komitet farn Arbeten Aretz Yisroel; Yiddishe Arbeter Sportklub – Shtern Etoile; Yiddishe folks Cor of Brussels; Œuvre Centrale Israélite de Secours ; Shul un Dertziung of Brussels (Beit Folks-Klub); the Comité d’Action Contre l’Antisémitisme en Pologne ; the Union des Jeunes Militants contre l’Antisémitisme and the Secours Rouge International.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The municipality is one of the levels of government with which citizens most often come into contact. Its tasks and competences were first established by the decree of 14 December 1789, and by the order of 19 Frimaire year IV [1795-96]. After Belgian independence, the legal framework was provided by the Gemeentewet of 1836 and later the ‘Nieuwe Gemeentewet’ (1988). Since 2002, the organic law regarding municipalities is a competence of the Regions. Until 1980, municipalities were supervised by the provincial and central authorities. Today, there is a division of powers between the federal and regional governments. A municipality is led by a mayor, who is also the head of the local police. He/she is assisted by a college of aldermen, selected from the municipal council. Currently, there are 589 municipalities in Belgium. Before the large-scale fusions in the 1970s – in other words, for a large part of Belgian history – there were 2359 municipalities. The municipality had/has, among others, competences regarding the management of its assets, institutions and staff; municipal revenue and expenditure; Civil Registry; health and safety in public places; urban planning and environment; public works; militia; education; elections etc. This is reflected in the sources held in municipal and city archives. Important general sources include the (sometimes published) minutes of meetings and records of the municipal council and college of aldermen (often indexed by subject). We also refer to all kinds of administrative reports and general correspondence. The series of sources of the Civil Registry (e.g. birth, marriage and death certificates, population registers, registers of arrival and departure) are crucial for historical research on individuals. Relevant for this guide are notably the alien registers (since 1933), and the alien files preserved in some larger cities. Of major importance are also the accounts, correspondence and other material regarding the recognised religions. They contain information on their operation, budgets, assets but also the appointment of ministers, donations to religious communities, various conflicts etc. Building permits and files regarding environmental permits contain information and usually blueprints of buildings. Lastly, in many municipal and city archives there are specific series of sources regarding policy during the First and Second World War. We mention e.g. the various anti-Jewish ordinances, documents regarding the spoliation of the Jews, the so-called Jodenregister (register of Jews), correspondence related to the implementation of the anti-Jewish policies etc. (J. Art & E. Vanhaute (ed.), Inleiding tot de lokale geschiedenis van de 19de en de 20ste eeuw, Gent, Mens & Cultuur, 2003; P. van den Eeckhout, “De gemeenten en de lokale openbare instellingen”, 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. 31-92.)
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Drawings
- Education
- Education--Student organisations
- Education--Students
- Jewish languages
- Jewish languages--Hebrew
- Jewish languages--Yiddish
- Jewish political activity
- Jewish press
- Music
- Photographs
- Posters
- Socialism
- Socialism--Socialist parties and organisations
- Sports
- Sports--Sports clubs
- Theatre
- Zionism
- Zionism--Anti-Zionism
- Zionism--Zionist organisations and parties
- Zionism--Zionist youth movements
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
