Language:
French
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Les Cahiers de la Mémoire Contemporaine
Angaben zur Quelle:
7 (2006-2007) 13-35
Keywords:
Hôpital israélite (Brussels)
;
Jews History
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jewish hospitals
;
Jews Medicine
;
Brussels (Belgium)
Abstract:
Although the Jewish hospital in Brussels was established on Nazi orders in November 1943 to facilitate the deportation of Jewish patients gathered in one place, it actually became a safe haven, where no Jew was touched. Discusses the genesis of the hospital and the role of Felix Meyer, the German Jewish liaison officer between the Commission d'Assistance Publique de Grand-Bruxelles, in charge of the hospital, and the Belgian Jews. There were 70 staff members, all of them Jewish. The hospital had 110 beds and received 800 officially registered patients before its dissolution shortly after the liberation. The occupation authorities interfered very little, probably due to pressure exerted by Meyer, and only made one inspection there. The hospital's assistant director, Jean Wiener, was also instrumental in rescuing Jews. He hired more staff than necessary and helped Jews who were going to be released find shelter. Examines the hospital's complex postwar image, various assessments regarding Meyer's person, and the fact that the staff's rescue efforts were not recognized as acts of resistance.
Note:
Includes illustrations (pp. 33-35).
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