Metadata: War archives of Jean Vossen
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society
- Holding institution (official language):
- Centre d’Études et de Documentation Guerre et Sociétés Contemporaines
- Postal address:
- Luchtvaartsquare 29 / Square de l’Aviation 29, 1070 Bruxelles (Anderlecht)
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 556 92 11
- Web address:
- http://www.cegesoma.be/
- Email:
- cegesoma@cegesoma.be
- Reference number:
- CHRDWConS-Brussels-AA 892
- Title:
- War archives of Jean Vossen
- Title (official language):
- Archives de guerre Jean Vossen
- Creator/accumulator:
- Vossen, Jean
- Date(s):
- 1940/1965
- Extent:
- 287 pages
- Scope and content:
- In the section “les mesures contres les Juifs” we note a letter by Vossen to general Von Craushaar, related to the anti-Jewish measures (no. 197), as well as a note by Vossen titled “Mesures contre les Juifs” (no. 198) and “miscellaneous documents concerning the anti-Jewish measures (no. 199).
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Jean Vossen (1893-1970) was secretary-general of the Ministry of the Interior since 1931. During the Occupation he held this same function within the Committee of Secretaries-General. (N. Wouters, “Sécretaires généraux (comité des)”, in P. Aron & J. Gotovitch, Dictionnaire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Belgique, Brussel, André Versaille, 2008, pp. 408-413.)
- Access points: persons/families:
- Vossen, Jean
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Antisemitism--Antisemitic measures
- Finding aids:
- J. Gallant, Archief Jean Vossen, inventarissen 19, Brussel, CEGESOMA. The fonds is also described in the database of the CEGESOMA.
- Links to finding aids:
- http://pallas.cegesoma.be/pls/opac/plsp.getplsdoc?lan=N&htdoc=general/opac.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
