Metadata: Archives of the Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- Jewish Museum of Belgium
- Holding institution (official language):
- Musée Juif de Belgique
- Postal address:
- Miniemenstraat 21 / Rue des Minimes 21, 1000 Bruxelles
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 512 19 63
- Web address:
- http://www.new.mjb-jmb.org
- Email:
- info@mjb-jmb.org
- Reference number:
- JM-Brussels-Fonds Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit
- Title:
- Archives of the Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit
- Title (official language):
- Fonds Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit
- Creator/accumulator:
- Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit
- Date(s):
- 1946/2002
- Extent:
- ca. 48 moving boxes
- Scope and content:
- This fonds contains individual files of beneficiaries (arranged alphabetically) as well as correspondence, reports of the board of administrators, activity reports, and bookkeeping records.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit (CPC) was established in the aftermath of the war, in 1945 – an extremely difficult period of reconstruction for Shoah survivors. The Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit was stimulated and supported by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. This cooperative society gave out short- and medium-term loans to its members for productive purposes; the society did not receive deposits. The requirements of its members evolved over the years; it is impossible to compare the needs of merchants and artisans after the war, with those of the late 1950s. At the dawn of the 1960s, the financial resources necessary to launch a business had increased. The CPC remained a useful institution and was of great interest to its members, primarily traders and artisans. In 1960 the CPC was presided by Paul Philippson. The society was liquidated in 1994. («no. 14677. Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit, en abrégé: “C.P.C.”, société coopérative, à Bruxelles", Moniteur belge, November 15, 1945, pp. 1380-1383; Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit, Rapport à l’Assemblée générale statutaire du 8 mars 1961, Bruxelles, 1961. Fonds Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit (BE / MJB / Fonds Caisse de Prêts et de Crédit).)
- Access, restrictions:
- Access requires the authorisation of the archivist of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
- Finding aids:
- There is a preliminary inventory at the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium