Language:
French
Year of publication:
2005
Titel der Quelle:
Les Cahiers de la Mémoire Contemporaine
Angaben zur Quelle:
6 (2005) 161-203
Keywords:
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Theft History
Abstract:
Relates that most of the Jews who were deported between 1942-44 from Belgium were arrested as individuals or in small groups. It did not happen following registration for obligatory labor, or in big roundups, as was the case in France and Holland. Argues that only a small number were arrested by the Belgian police, and that cooperation between Belgian authorities and the Germans was of marginal importance for the execution of the Final Solution there. Most arrests were carried out by the German Devisenschutzkommando (DSK) and by German authorities at the Dutch and French borders. Discusses the DSK's history and its zeal in persecuting Jews, although it was originally established to acquire (steal) money and valuables, mainly from the Jews, for the German war effort. Emphasizes the major role of DSK informers in the arrests. Describes Jewish reactions, defense strategies, and methods of escape via France. Deals, also, with the fate of thousands of Jews who went from Holland to Belgium in hopes to reach France, Spain, or Switzerland.
Note:
A revised version appeared in English as "Facing deportation; how Jews were arrested in Belgium" in "Yad Vashem Studies" 36,1 (2008) 39-72. In Hebrew:
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"יד ושם" לו,1 (תשסח) 33-60
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