Language:
French
Year of publication:
2005
Titel der Quelle:
Les Cahiers de la Mémoire Contemporaine
Angaben zur Quelle:
6 (2005) 135-159
Keywords:
Association des Juifs en Belgique
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jewish children in the Holocaust
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Holocaust survivors
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Jews
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Linkebeek (Belgium)
Abstract:
The Jewish children's home in Linkebeek was established in 1943 by the Association des Juifs en Belgique (AJB), the Jewish representative body created by the Germans in 1941. In order to strengthen the illusion that arrested Jews were sent to work, not to die, the Germans encouraged the AJB to open homes for children and the elderly after deportations began in 1942. Run by the AJC and financially supported by the Oeuvre Nationale de l'Enfance, Linkebeek hosted between 100-200 children at any given time, according to official lists which tended to inflate the numbers. They were often transferred from one AJB home to another, and did not spend long periods in Linkebeek. Describes daily life there. In August 1944 all AJB children's homes were evacuated and the children were hidden by rescue networks; all of them survived. After the liberation the Aide aux Israélites Victimes de la Guerre took charge of Linkebeek as a youth home.
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