Metadata: Vredescentrum Antwerp
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- FelixArchief – City archives of Antwerp
- Holding institution (official language):
- FelixArchief - Stadsarchief Antwerpen
- Postal address:
- Oude Leeuwenrui 29, 2000 Antwerpen
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)3 338 94 11
- Reference number:
- FelixArCity-Antwerp-Vredescentrum Antwerpen
- Title:
- Vredescentrum Antwerp
- Title (official language):
- Vredescentrum Antwerpen
- Creator/accumulator:
- Vredescentrum van de Provincie en de Stad Antwerpen
- Date(s):
- 1987/2005
- Extent:
- unknown
- Scope and content:
- In this fonds we primarily point out the material related to activities organised by the Vredescentrum. See for example the debate evenings “De Holocaust en de Belgische staten” (file no. 705 # 98; dated 1989), “Primo Levi, een humanist in de hel van Auschwitz” (no. 705 # 153; 1993) and “Overleven. Relaas van een zestienjarige Joodse Antwerpenaar” (no. 705 # 186; 1996); the presentation of the book “Partisans armés juifs. 38 témoignages” (no. 705 # 123; 1991); the press presentation of “De laatste getuigen” (no. 705 # 122; 1991); the presentation of the book by Regine Beer (no. 705 # 130; 1992) and the conference “de erfenis van de Holocaust in het toekomstige Europa” (no. 705 # 179; 1996). We also find files concerning exhibitions, including “De wereld van Anne Frank 1942-1945” (nos. 705 # 142 and 705 # 172; 1993-1994), “Katholiek Vlaanderen en de Joden” (no. 705 # 101; 1989), “Witness and Legacy: contemporary art about the Holocaust” (no. 705 # 224; 1997) and “de zaak Dreyfus” (for the texts, see no. 705 # 597, for the subject file, see no. 705 # 211; 2001). Furthermore we note files concerning: the initiative committee for the promotion of the Dutch language in the Jewish community (file no. 705 # 264; dated 1983), Yad Vashem (no. 705 # 234; 1990), the organisation of the Antwerpse contactgroep voor Joods-Christelijke betrekkingen (no. 705 # 201; 1998), the documentation file on ‘revisionism’ intended for the mayor (no. 705 # 236; 1992) and the letter of the Tachkemoni school concerning the “Mars voor het leven” (no. 705 # 114; 1990).
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Vredescentrum (‘peace centre’) was created in 1987 as a ‘museum for peace’. It was funded by the city of Antwerp, and initially located in the District House of Deurne and later the Open House of Education of the city. The centre mainly ran educational projects but struggled to reach the general public. In 2005 the institution was reformed; since then the city and province of Antwerp jointly manage and fund the Vredescentrum. The non-profit association relocated to the buildings of the Infopunt Europa. Both organisations develop their own initiatives (lectures, exhibitions, debates, etc.) and support activities of other organisations related to the broad theme of ‘peace’. (Jaarverslag 2006, http://www.vredescentrum.be/jaarverslagen)
- Access points: persons/families:
- Beer, Regine
- Finding aids:
- The fonds is described in the database of the Felixarchief.
- Links to finding aids:
- http://zoeken.felixarchief.be
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
