Metadata: Survey Church and clergy during the Occupation
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 1217, AA 1218, AA 1448 and AA 1449
- Title:
- Survey Church and clergy during the Occupation
- Title (official language):
- Enquête Kerk en clerus tijdens de bezetting
- Creator/accumulator:
- Studie- en Documentatiecentrum Oorlog en Hedendaagse Maatschappij; Centre d’Études et de Documentation Guerre et Sociétés Contemporaines
- Date(s):
- 1940/1980
- Date note:
- The material dates from the periods 1940-1945 and 1977-1980.
- Scope and content:
- In this fonds we find a number of interesting files. No. 1449/10 contains documents collected by Jacques Rommens, including a letter from 1980 with information on the aid to Jewish children by father M. Robinet. We also note a file (no. 1448/72) related to Albert van den Brouck including attestations and diplomas (1950-1954) concerning i.a. his support to Jewish children. Lastly, file no. 1448/85 contains a text (dated 1977) from rabbi Joseph Lepkifker from Liège, concerning the attitude of the Catholic Church in Belgium (in particular mgr. Kerkhofs, bishop of Liège) towards the Jewish population during the Second World War.
- Access points: locations:
- Belgium
- Access points: persons/families:
- Lepkifker, Joseph
- Robinet, M
- Van den Brouck, Albert
- Finding aids:
- The fonds is 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