Salomon Adut Archives

Collection

Scope and content:: This fonds contains the personal records of Salomon Adut, including notably correspondence, identity papers (identity cards, marriage certificates, naturalisation forms), invitations, various certificates, diplomas, decorations, notes on various subjects, articles and brochures, and minutes of meetings. (see boxes 61 to 64 and 238 to 240).

Administrative/biographical history:: Born in Adrianople in 1921, Salomon Adut (1921-1991) emigrated to Belgium in 1947. He held the function of ministre officiant of the ‘Portuguese synagogue’ of Antwerp from 1947 to 1951. Unofficially from 1953 and officially from 1958, he was the ministre officiant of the Sephardic community of Brussels. He was also the prison chaplain for the province of Antwerp and, from 1948, teacher of Jewish religion at the Koninklijk Atheneum of Antwerp. He taught Jewish religion in various schools in Brussels between 1958 and 1986. He also held a degree from the ULB in philology and Eastern history. Salomon Adut died in Brussels in 1991. (J.-P. Schreiber, "Adut, Salomon", J.-P. Schreiber, Dictionnaire biographique des Juifs de Belgique. Figures du judaïsme belge, XIXe-XXe siècles, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2002, p. 25.)

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Teachers and professors; Personal records; Rabbis; Sephardi Jews; Vital records

Access, restrictions:: Access requires authorisation of the archivist of the Museum.

Finding aids:: There is a preliminary inventory of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.