Language:
French
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Les Cahiers de la Mémoire Contemporaine
Angaben zur Quelle:
3 (2001) 23-71
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jewish refugees
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Discusses the activities of the Comité, a Jewish organization based in Brussels, whose primary challenge was balancing the interests of the Belgian government with the needs of the refugees and the Jewish community. Founded in April 1933 and headed by Max Gottshalk, the Comité supported the refugees during their allocated time in Belgium and helped create conditions for their remigration. Sensitive to xenophobic and antisemitic Belgian reactions, the Comité supported the creation of internment camps to accommodate the huge influx of Jewish refugees after the Anschluss and "Kristallnacht". The Comité participated in the running of these camps together with the Belgian authorities. Supported by private Jewish donors and international Jewish organizations, the Comité relocated over 3,000 Jews abroad between 1933-38. With new refugees seeking help at a rate of 500 a day in the summer of 1939, the Comité turned to the Belgian government for funds, which were granted. At the end of 1939 there were 30,000 Jewish refugees in Belgium in addition to the 70,000 local Jews.
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