Antwerpen - Stolpersteine

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A Stolperstein literally "stumbling stone", metaphorically a "stumbling block" is a sett-size, 10 by 10 centimetres (3.9 in × 3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution.

 

The Stolpersteine project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate individuals at exactly the last place of residency—or, sometimes, work—which was freely chosen by the person before he or she fell victim to Nazi terror, euthanasia, eugenics, was deported to a concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. As of 29 March 2018, over 67,000 Stolpersteine have been laid in 22 countries, making the Stolpersteine project the world's largest decentralized memorial.

 

The majority of Stolpersteine commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Others have been placed for Sinti and Romani people (then also called "gypsies"), homosexuals, the physically or mentally disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, black people, members of the Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the anti-Nazi Resistance, the Christian opposition (both Protestants and Catholics), and Freemasons, along with International Brigade soldiers in the Spanish Civil War, military deserters, conscientious objectors, escape helpers, capitulators, "habitual criminals", looters, and others charged with treason, military disobedience, or undermining the Nazi military, as well as Allied soldiers.

 

Tuesday 5 March 2019, Gunter Demnig, the German artists and creator of the Stolpersteine, was in Antwerp to lay 26 stones with the names of victims of Nazism.

 

List of Stolpersteine in the city of Antwerp 

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46: JACQUES MAHLER

                                                ANNA MAHLER-MARGULIES

                                                ELLA-HELENA BUSCHEL-MAHLER

                                                LILIANE-PAULETTE BUSCHEL

                                                ARMAND BUSCHEL

Arendstraat 35: MOSES AVRAHAM GÖTZ

Baron Joostensstraat 5: TONY TAUBA KANNER-SCHNITZER

Boomgaardstraat 193: JACOB VAN OS

Boomgaardstraat 302: WOLF SZPIGIELMAN

                                         SURA RYWKA SZPIGIELMAN-KOLIN

De Marbaixstraat 56: JAN VAN CALSTEREN

Duboisstraat 56: HENDRIK HAZEN

Kipdorpvest 46: HENRIETTE JACHET MAHLER-POSER

                             ROSA RYFKA REISEL MARGULIES-GROSS

Kleine Beerstraat 15: MORDKA-JACOB LIEBERMAN

                                      MALKA LIEBERMAN-ZIN

                                      MATTEL PACK-LIEBERMAN

                                      PAULA PACK

                                      TONIA PACK

                                      JOSEPH PACK

Lamorinièrestraat 66: PAUL LIPSCHITZ

                                       FLORIE LIPSCHITZ-SHERMAN

Lange Beeldekensstraat 205: FISHEL GROSMAN

Lange Kievitstraat 46: ADOLF STEIL

                                       EUGENIA STEIL

                                       ELIZA MEIZELES 

                                       MARCK STEIL

 

Lange Kievitstraat 62: SALOMON BIRNZWEIG 

                                       ESTHER BIRNZWEIG-ECHT

Lange Kievitstraat 73: MEYER GLIKSBERG

Lange Leemstraat 12: ABRAHAM EIZIK-ALBERT BORUCHOWITCH

Lange Leemstraat 144: ANNA RUTZKI

                                          NICO DAVID WORKUM

Lange Leemstraat 171: FAIGA BAJLA WYCHOWANIEC MORGENSTEIN

Lange Leemstraat 257: HANS AMENT

Mediaplein: ISAAC AIGENGOLD

                      LIWCZA IDES AIGENGOLD-FURCAJG

                      GOLDA AIGENGOLD

                      ABRAHAM AIGENGOLD

Oranjestraat 12: LEON DE NEVE

Philadelphiastraat 41: JOSEPHUS DOMS

Provinciestraat 167: MALA LEJA SUSSKIND  GUTGOLD

Rupelstraat 44: LUCIEN ROMBAUT

                            LUCIA ROMBAUT

                            LUDOVICA WANNIJN

Sint-Antoniusstraat 36: LEON DE BLOCK

Sint Jansplein 54: JAAK PLUYM

Somersstraat 34: MAX TETELBAUM

                               HERMAN TETELBAUM

Stoomstraat: KEYLA GITLA SZAFIRSTEJN

Van Den Nestlei 13: CHANA DYMETMAN-TROMAN

Van Luppenstraat 52: LUCIENNE FRIEDLER

Van Schoonbekestraat 57: WIM WUYTS

Werbrouckstraat 38: JOSEPHUS DIERCKX


Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

hier woonde

JACQUES MAHLER

geb. 1882 Polen

aangehouden 3.9.1943

geïnterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

here lived

JACQUES MAHLER

born 1882 Poland

arrested 3.9.1943

interned Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

hier woonde

ANNA

MAHLER-MARGULIES

geb. 1891 Polen

aangehouden 4.9.1943

geïnterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

here lived 

ANNA

MAHLER-MARGULIES

born 1891 Poland

arrested 4.9.1943

interned Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

hier woonde

ELLA HELENA

BUSCHEL-MAHLER

geb. 1908

aangehouden 4.9.1943

geïnterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

here lived

ELLA HELENA

BUSCHEL-MAHLER

born 1908

arrested 4.9.1943

interned Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

hier woonde

LILIANE PAULETTE

BUSCHEL

geb. 1930 Duitsland

aangehouden 4.9.1943

geïnterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

here lived

LILIANE PAULETTE

BUSCHEL

born 1930 Germany

arrested 4.9.1943

interned Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

hier woonde

ARMAND BUSCHEL

geb. 1934 Polen

aangehouden 4.9.1943

geïnterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Antoon Van Dyckstraat 46

here lived

ARMAND BUSCHEL

born 1934 Poland

arrested 4.9.1943

interned Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Jacques Mahler was born in Neuberun on 20 December 1882, he was a broker.  Arrested in Antwerpen and put on Transport XXII B leaving Mechelen 20 September 1943.  Anna Mahler nee Margulies was born in Krakau, Poland in 1891. She was without profession and married to Jacques. During the war she was in Kaserne Dossin, Belgium. Deported with Transport XXII B from Kaserne Dossin to Auschwitz Birkenau Extermination Camp, Poland on 20 September 1943.

Helene Mahler was born in Antwerpen on 25 November 1908.   Paulette Liliane Buschel was born in Berlin on 22 April 1930. Armand Buschel was born in Lwow on 7 January 1934.  They were all arrested in Antwerpen and put on Transport XXII B leaving Mechelen 20 September 1943.


Arendstraat 35

hier woonde

MOSES AVRAHAM

GÖTZ

geb. 1898

gearresteerd 16.12.1941

hechtenis Saint-Gillis

Breendonk - Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Arendstraat 35

here lived

MOSES AVRAHAM

GÖTZ

born 1898

arrested 16.12.1941

detained Saint-Gillis

Breendonk - Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Diamond cutter Moses Götz (b. 28/01/1897 in Jaroslaw, Poland) married to Ryfka Pschetizki (b. 16/06/1902 in Mlawa, Poland). Moses Götz was deported from the Dossin barracks to Auschwitz-Birkenau via Transport XIX on 15 January 1943 and subsequently perished.


Baron Joostensstraat 5

hier woonde

TONY TAUBA

KANNER-SCHNITZER

geb 1904

gearresteerd 29.8.1942

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd 1.9.1942

uit Mechelen

vermoord

Auschwitz

Baron Joostensstraat 5

here lived

TONY TAUBA

KANNER-SCHNITZER

born 1904

arrested 29.8.1942

interned

deported 1.9.1942

from Mechelen

murdered

Auschwitz

Tony Tauba was born on August 17, 1904 in Dembitze, Poland. The Schnitzer family settled in Antwerp in 1922. In 1925 she married Samuel Kanner and they had 3 children: Wolf, Deborah and Isidor. Samuel died in 1939.  Despite these difficult circumstances and the care for her three children, Tony Tauba joined the resistance at the start of the war and, together with her brother Salomon and a Belgian friend, Mathilde Sohet, managed to transport Jewish families to France and Switzerland. to let flee.

In August 1942, the children Wolf and Deborah left Antwerp and were taken in by Oliva Minet Sohet, the sister of Mathilde Sohet, in the Walloon village of Agimont. Tony Tauba and Isidor were also supposed to join them there, but the night before they left for Agimont, both were arrested by the Antwerp police on behalf of the occupying forces because of their Jewish origin.  Mathilde Sohet still managed to get Isidor out of the school where they were held captive along with many other people of Jewish descent by saying that Isidor was her son. Tony Tauba was interned in the Dossin barracks in Mechelen, then deported to Auschwitz and murdered there. Her children Wolf, Deborah and Isidor survived the war.


Boomgaardstraat 193

hier woonde

JACOB VAN OS

geb. 1876

gearresteerd 22.9.1942

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd

ujt Kazerne Dossin

vermoord 29.9.1942

Auschwitz

Boomgaardstraat 193

here lived

JACOB VAN OS

born 1876

arrested 22.9.1942

interned

deported

from Kazerne Dossin

murdered 29.9.1942

Auschwitz

Jacob van Os was born in Amsterdam on 22 February 1876. 

He was a diamond cutter and put on Transport XI leaving Mechelen on 26 September 1942.


Boomgaardstraat 302

hier woonde

WOLF SZPIGIELMAN

geb. 1883 Polen

aangehouden 10.10.1942

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Boomgaardstraat 302

here lived

WOLF SZPIGIELMAN

born 1883 Poland

arrested 10.10.1942

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Boomgaardstraat 302

hier woonde

SURA RYWKA

SZPIGIELMAN-KOLIN

geb. 1889 Polen

aangehouden 10.10.1942

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Boomgaardstraat 302

here lived

SURA RYWKA

SZPIGIELMAN-KOLIN

born 1889 Poland

arrested 10.10.1942

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Sura Rywka the wife of Szpigielman was born on 22/05/1889, arrested in summer 1942 and deported by the XIVth convoy, from Mechelen to Auschwitz.  Her husband Wolf, born on 5/15/1883, was also deported by the same convoy


Duboisstraat 56

hier woonde

HENDRIK HAZEN

geb. 1920

scheepshersteller

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 13.7.1942

gedeporteerd 1942

uit Breendonk

Mauthausen

vermoord 17.4.1943

Gusen

Duboisstraat 56

here lived

HENDRIK HAZEN

born 1920

ship repairer

resistance fighter

arrested 13.7.1942

deported 1942

from Breendonk

Mauthausen

murdered 17.4.1943

Gusen

Hendrik was a fitting worker. He spreads the secret press of the Independence Front and takes charge of the Trade Union Struggle Committee at Mercantile after the arrest of his predecessors Jos Vermaesen and Frans Adriaenssens. After his arrest, Hendrik is locked up in Breendonk. He is deported and murdered in Gusen at the age of 23.


De Marbaixstraat 56

hier woonde

JAN VAN CALSTEREN

geb. 1920

verzetsstrijder

‘onafhankelijkheidsfront’

gearresteerd 9.1.1943

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd

uit Breendonk

Vught, Natzweiler

Dachau

bevrijd

De Marbaixstraat 56

here lived

JAN VAN CALSTEREN

born 1920

resistance fighter

‘independence front’

arrested 9.1.1943

interned

deported

from Breendonk

Vught, Natzweiler

Dachau

liberated

As a teacher of morality, he saw society change in the late 1938s. Jan, concerned about freedom and democracy, joined the Resistance. During a night out, he and his fiancé were stopped by Flemish-speaking men. Locked up in the Begijnenstraat, he was transported via Breendonk to Vught in the Netherlands, then to Dachau in Germany and Natzweiler in France. In Breendonk he met his executioners Fernand Wijss, a Fleming, member of the Waffen SS.

In Natzweiler he is badly injured, he is pushed by a guard into a boiling pot, where machine parts were cleaned. Jan's arm is badly burned because of this but a Belgian team of nurses and doctor ensure that he receives the necessary care. Jan ends up on transport again in Dachau, a train ride of 511 km. There he is liberated by the Allies and in 1945 Jan arrived back in Antwerp.


Kipdorpvest 46

hier woonde

JETTE

MAHLER-POSER

geb. 1858 Polen

aangehouden 22.9.1942

geïnterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Kipdorpvest 46

here lived

JETTE

MAHLER-POSER

born 1858 Poland

arrested 22.9.1942

interned Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Kipdorpvest 46

hier woonde

REIZEL RYFKA

MARGULIES-GROSS

geb. 1867 Polen

aangehouden 22.9.1942

geïnterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Kipdorpvest 46

here lived

REIZEL RYFKA

MARGULIES-GROSS

born 1867 Poland

arrested 22.9.1942

interned Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Jette Mahler-Poser was born in Krakau on 2 March 1858. Reizel Ryfka Margulies-Gross was born in Mielce on 25 December 1867. They were both arrested in Antwerpen and put on Transport XI leaving Mechelen 26 September 1942.


Kleine Beerstraat 15

hier woonde

MORDKA-JACOB

LIEBERMAN

geb. 1882 Polen

aangehouden 21.10.1942

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Kleine Beerstraat 15

here lived

MORDKA-JACOB

LIEBERMAN

born 1882 Poland

arrested 21.10.1942

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Kleine Beerstraat 15

hier woonde

MALKA

LIEBERMAN-ZIN

geb. 1882 Polen

aangehouden 21.10.1942

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Kleine Beerstraat 15

here lived

MALKA

LIEBERMAN-ZIN

born 1882 Poland

arrested 21.10.1942

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Kleine Beerstraat 15

hier woonde

MATTEL

PACK-LIEBERMAN

geb. 1908 Polen

aangehouden 21.10.1942

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Kleine Beerstraat 15

here lived

MATTEL

PACK-LIEBERMAN

born 1908 Poland

arrested 21.10.1942

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Kleine Beerstraat 15

hier woonde

PAULA PACK

geb. 1935

aangehouden 21.10.1942

geinterneed Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Kleine Beerstraat 15

here lived

PAULA PACK

born 1935

arrested 21.10.1942

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Kleine Beerstraat 15

hier woonde

TONIA PACK

geb. 1937

aangehouden 21.10.1942

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Kleine Beerstraat 15

here lived

TONIA PACK

born 1937

arrested 21.10.1942

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Kleine Beerstraat 15

hier woonde

JOSEPH PACK

geb. 1910 Polen

Todt organisatie

zomer 1942

Atlantische muur

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Kleine Beerstraat 15

here lived

JOSEPH PACK

born 1910 Poland

Todt organisation

summer 1942

Atlantic wall

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Mordka Lieberman, born 05/26/1882 and his wife Malka Zin, born 05/17/1882 were both deported by the 15th convoy to Auschwitz, where they were murdered because they were born Jewish.

The Pack- Lieberman family.  Joseph Pack, born 01/17/1910 - Diamantaire.  Mattel Lieberman wife of Pack Joseph, born on 01.05.1908 in Vlanov.  Their two children: Paula born on 21.09.1935, schoolgirl and Tonia born on 19.11.1937. The whole family was deported by the 15th convoy from Mechelen to Auschwitz.


Lamorinièrestraat 66

hier woonde

PAUL LIPSCHITZ

geb. 1892

aangehouden 11.1.1943

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Lamorinièrestraat 66

here lived

PAUL LIPSCHITZ

born 1892

arrested 11.1.1943

internated Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Lamorinièrestraat 66

hier woonde

FLORIE LIPSCHITZ-

SHERMAN

geb. 1897

aangehouden 11.1.1943

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Lamorinièrestraat 66

here lived

FLORIE LIPSCHITZ-

SHERMAN

born 1897

arrested 11.1.1943

internated Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Paul Pesche Lipschitz, born July 10, 1892 in Windau, Latvia, died in Auschwitz (murdered in the gas chambers).  Son of Mozes Isaak Lipschitz and Rebecca Lipschitz

Florie Lipschitz (Sherman) born February 11, 1897, died in Auschwitz (murdered in the gas chambers). Florie was the wife of Paul Pesche Lipschitz and mother of Helena Lipschitz; Joanna Lipschitz; Mona Monica Lipschitz and Mina Lipschitz


Lange Beeldekensstraat 205

hier woonde

FISCHEL GROSMAN

geb. 1909

dwangarbeid

Noord Frankrijk

gearresteerd 29-10-1942

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd 1942

uit Mechelen

vermoord

Auschwitz

Lange Beeldekensstraat 205   

here lived

FISCHEL GROSMAN

born 1909

forced labour

North France

arrested 29-10-1942

interned

deported 1942

from Mechelen

murdered

Auschwitz

Fischel Grosman was born in Jasina, Czechoslovakia on 21 November 1909. He was a furrier. Put on Transport XVII leaving Mechelen 31 October 1942


Lange Kievitstraat 46

hier woonde

ADOLF STEIL

geb. 1898

dwangarbeid

Noord-Frankrijk

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd 29.9.1943

uit Kazerne Dossin

vermoord

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lange Kievitstraat 46

here lived

ADOLF STEIL

born 1898

forced labour

Northern France

interned

deported 29.9.1943

from Kazerne Dossin

murdered

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lange Kievitstraat 46

hier woonde

ELIZA MEIZELES 

geb. 1907

gearresteerd

geïnterneerd 16.4.1943

gedeporteerd 19.4.1943

uit Kazerne Dossin

vermoord

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lange Kievitstraat 46

here lived

ELIZA MEIZELES 

born 1907

arrested

interned 16.4.1943

deported 19.4.1943

from Kazerne Dossin

murdered

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lange Kievitstraat 46

hier woonde

EUGENIA STEIL

geb. 1902

geïnterneerd 10.8.1942

gedeporteerd 15.8.1942

uit Kazerne Dossin

vermoord

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lange Kievitstraat 46

here lived

EUGENIA STEIL

born 1902

interned 10.8.1942

deported 15.8.1942

from Kazerne Dossin

murdered

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lange Kievitstraat 46

hier woonde

MARCK STEIL

geb. 1929

gearresteerd

geïnterneerd 16.10.1942

gedeporteerd 24.10.1942

uit Kazerne Dossin

vermoord 27.10.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lange Kievitstraat 46

here lived

MARCK STEIL

born 1929

arrested

interned 16.10.1942

deported 24.10.1942

from Kazerne Dossin

murdered 27.10.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Adolf Steil was born on 28 October 1989 in Lemberg (Lwow), married to Eliza Meizeles and was a graphic designer – painter.  

Left Mechelen on 20 September 1943 with Transport XXII, N° 20.

Eliza Meizeles was born on 31 March 1907 in Lemberg, married to Adolf Steil and a housewife.  

Left Mechelen on 19 April 1943 with Transport XX, N° 1527.

Marck Steil was born on 5 September 1929 in Lemberg, he was a student.  Left Mechelen on 24 Octobere 1942 with Transport XIV, N° 641

 

Simon Steil, survivor and the second son of Adolf and Eugenia.

He was 4 years old when the Germans entered the house through the garden at the back and still remembers how they rounded up his older brother Marck in the garden. Someone had hidden Simon in a cupboard and so he escaped deportation and certain death in Auschwitz as a four-year-old toddler. Through the resistance he was able to go into hiding in Wallonia and survived the war. 

 

Photo taken Friday 23rd June 2023

Eugenia Steil was born on 31 January 1902 in Lemberg, she was a tailor. Left Mechelen on 15 August 1942 with Transport III, N° 207.


Lange Kievitstraat 62

hier woonde

SALOMON BIRNZWEIG

geb. 1883

aangehouden 16.6.1943

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Lange Kievitstraat 62

here lived

SALOMON BIRNZWEIG

born 1883

arrested 16.6.1943

internated Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

Lange Kievitstraat 62

hier woonde

ESTHER

BIRNZWEIG-ECHT

geb. 1885

aangehouden 16.6.1943

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1943

Auschwitz

vermoord

Lange Kievitstraat 62

here lived

ESTHER

BIRNZWEIG-ECHT

born 1885

arrested 16.6.1943

internated Mechelen

deported 1943

Auschwitz

murdered

In January 1941, Salomon and Esther Birnzweig, together with their son Idel, from Antwerp, were forced to evacuate to Alken, Limburg province, as part of the German policy to remove as many non-naturalized Belgian Jews from this city. In Alken, they stayed with Liz Knaepen. When they were allowed to return to Antwerp, they sent their daughter Toni Schwarz, her husband Herman and their two children, five-year-old Edith and three-year-old Emile, to Alken, in 1942, in the hope that they would find a permanent hiding place there.

 

And indeed, Toni and Herman were given the place the parents had earlier occupied with Liz Knaepen. During these years, Toni would make herself useful by mending the clothes of the extended Knaepen family, especially the men’s pants, while Herman helped out in the fields. Toni and Herman’s two children were taken in by Liz Knaepen’s brother, Jozef and his wife Elizabeth Knaepen. They had a large family of nine children. The arrival of the two small playmates caused great delight with the younger Knaepens, especially Remi and Louis, who were of about the same age as Edith and Emile. Their older sons had been taken by the Germans for forced labor. Edith slept with the girls, sharing a bed with the youngest. In order to maximize the children’s safety, they were registered in their adoptive parents’ marriage book in the names of two of their children who had died. Although the children’s parents lived next door, this was kept a secret from them and only after liberation was the family reunited.


Lange Kievitstraat 73

hier woonde

MEYER GLIKSBERG

geb. 1892 Polen

Todt organisatie

zomer 1942

Atlantische muur

geinterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord

Lange Kievitstraat 73

here lived

MEYER GLIKSBERG

born 1892 Poland

Todt organisation

summer 1942

Atlantic wall

internated Mechelen

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered

Meyer Gliksberg born 03/12/1892, deported by the XVIIth convoy, 31/10/1942. Sent as forced laborer in summer 1942 on the Atlantic Wall (TODT Company). Killed in Auschwitz.


Lange Leemstraat 12

hier woonde

ABRAHAM

EIZIK-ALBERT

BORUCHOWITCH

geb. 1887 Rusland

aangehouden 11.9.1942

geïnterneerd Mechelen

gedeporteerd

Auschwitz

vermoord 11.10.1942

Lange Leemstraat 12

here lived

ABRAHAM

EIZIK-ALBERT

BORUCHOWITCH

born 1887 Russia

arrested 11.9.1942

interned Mechelen

deported

Auschwitz

murdered 11.10.1942

Abraham Boruchowitch was born in Baldony on 13 September 1887, he was a chef-marker.  Arrested in Antwerpen and put on Transport IX leaving Mechelen 12 September 1942.


Lange Leemstraat 144

hier woonde

ANNA RUTZKI

geb. 1920

aangehouden 3.9.1943

gevangen Dossin Mechelen

weggevoerd 22.9.1943

vermoord

Auschwitz

Lange Leemstraat 144

here lived

ANNA RUTZKI

born 1920

arrested 3.9.1943

captured Dossin Mechelen

transported 22.9.1943

murdered

Auschwitz

Lange Leemstraat 144

hier woonde

NICO DAVID

WORKUM

geb. 1907 Nederland

aangehouden 3.9.1943

gevangen Dossin Mechelen

weggevoerd 22.9.1943

vermoord

Auschwitz

Lange Leemstraat 144

here lived

NICO DAVID

WORKUM

born 1907 Netherlands

arrested 3.9.1943

captured Dossin Mechelen

transported 22.9.1943

murdered

Auschwitz

Anna was the daughter of Elias Chaim Rutzki and Chaja Riwka Lipszyc. Born in Antwerp on 12.01.1920 with the Belgian nationality. She was a child prodigy pianist, having received the “ROME” Prize

Nico David Workum was an engeneer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 07.10.1907. He was the son of Hartog Workum en Adèle Dusseldorp. His grandparents by mothers side were Nathan Dusseldorp and Rebecca Stynberg, by fathers side David Workum and Duifje De Jong.

Nico married Anna Rutzki on 18.05.1943, he resided in Belgium since 1923 . He was the president of the local branch of the Jewish Council of Belgium in Antwerp

Elias Chaim Rutzki, his wife Chaja Riwka Lipszyc and their children Anna and Siegfried were arrested at home in the night of September 3rd-4th 1943 during „Aktion Iltis“, the raid against Jewish who had the Belgian nationality.  Amongst those arrested that night was also Anna’s husband Nico Workum. All five family members were brought to Kazerne Dossin . This train left Mechelen September 20, 1943 and arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau September 22, 1943.


Lange Leemstraat 171

hier woonde

FAIGA BAJLA

WYCHOWANIEC

MORGENSTEIN

geb. 1863

gearresteerd

gedeporteerd 24.10.1942

uit Kazerne Dossin

vermoord 27.10.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lange Leemstraat 171

here lived

FAIGA BAJLA

WYCHOWANIEC

MORGENSTEIN

born 1863

arrested

deported 24.10.1942

from Kazerne Dossin

murdered 27.10.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Faiga was born in 1863 in Rozan.  Left Mechelen on 24 October 1942 with Transport XIV, N° 925.


Lange Leemstraat 257

hier woonde

HANS AMENT

geb. 1934 Oostenrijk

aangehouden 6.4.1944

Izieu

gevangen Montluc, Drancy

weggevoerd 30.5.1944

vermoord

Auschwitz

Lange Leemstraat 257

here lived

HANS AMENT

born 1934 Oostenrijk

arrested 6.4.1944

Izieu

imprisoned Montluc, Drancy

deported 30.5.1944

murdered

Auschwitz

Ten-year-old Hans Ament was one of the children living in the children's home in Izieu. Hans was arrested in the raid, taken to the Drancy concentration camp, and on 30 May 1944, was deported to Auschwitz where he was murdered.

 

Max Ament, born in Poland, and his wife Ernestina, from Hungary, lived in Vienna with their sons Alfred (b. 1928) and Hans (b. 1934). In 1939 the family moved to Belgium, planning to immigrate to the US. In March 1940, a US visa was issued to Hans in Antwerp, but in May 1940, before Hans was able to leave, the Germans invaded Belgium and the Aments fled to France.

 

Max was deported from Drancy in March 1943, and murdered at either Sobibor or Majdanek.  That same month, Ernestina was admitted to a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, several dozen kilometers from the children's home in Izieu where her little boy, Hans had been brought. Her older son, sixteen-year-old Alfred, was smuggled into Switzerland by the OSE.

 

Hans was caught together with the other children at the home in Izieu, and deported on 30 May 1944 from Drancy to Auschwitz, where he was murdered. His mother Ernestina died in the sanatorium in August 1944. His brother Alfred immigrated to the US after the war.  In 1986, Alfred Ament submitted Pages of Testimony to Yad Vashem in memory of his father, Max and his brother, Hans.

In a letter that Hans sent from Izieu to his mother in the sanatorium, the ten-year-old wrote:

"100,000,000 big kisses from your son who is always thinking of you."


Mediaplein

hier woonde

ISAAC AIGENGOLD

geb. 1902

gevlucht 1940

Frankrijk

geïnterneerd Les Milles

gedeporteerd

uit Drancy 7.9.1942

Auschwitz-Monowitz

Blechhammer, Gross-Rosen

Buchenwald, Dachau

bevrijd

Mediaplein

here lived

ISAAC AIGENGOLD

born 1902

escaped 1940

France

interned Les Milles

deported

from Drancy 7.9.1942

Auschwitz-Monowitz

Blechhammer, Gross-Rosen

Buchenwald, Dachau

liberated

Isaac (Ytzkhak), 39 years old, born on 28 October 1902 in Warsaw, Poland.

 

Mediaplein

hier woonde

LIWCZA IDES

AIGENGOLD-FURCAJG

geb. 1901

gevlucht 1940

Frankrijk

geïnterneerd 26.8.1942

Les Milles

gedeporteerd

uit Drancy

vermoord 12.9.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Mediaplein

here lived

LIWCZA IDES

AIGENGOLD-FURCAJG

born 1901

escaped 1940

France

interned 26.8.1942

Les Milles

deported

from Drancy

murdered 12.9.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

his wife Liwcza (Luisa), 40 years old, born Furcajg (or Furtzeig) on 30 October 1901 in Warsaw.

 

Mediaplein

hier woonde

GOLDA AIGENGOLD

geb. 1929

gevlucht 1940

Frankrijk

geïnterneerd 26.8.1942

Les Milles

gedeporteerd

uit Drancy

vermoord 12.9.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Mediaplein

here lived

GOLDA AIGENGOLD

born 1929

escaped 1940

France

interned 26.8.1942

Les Milles

deported

from Drancy

murdered 12.9.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Golda, 13 years old, born on 17 April 1929 in Warsaw.

 

Mediaplein

hier woonde

ABRAHAM

AIGENGOLD

geb. 1936

gevlucht 1940

Frankrijk

geïnterneerd 26.8.1942

Les Milles

gedeporteerd

uit Drancy

vermoord 12.9.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Mediaplein

here lived

ABRAHAM

AIGENGOLD

born 1936

escaped 1940

France

interned 26.8.1942

Les Milles

deported

from Drancy

murdered 12.9.1942

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Abraham, 5 years old, born on 22 November 1936 in Antwerp.

 

Memorial plaque in Villelaure

While Vaucluse was in the southern zone, administered by the Vichy government, the arrests of Jews began in August 1942. These arrests did not spare the children.  In Villelaure, on 26 August 1942, Jewish children were arrested and deported with their families:  Issac, Idesa, Golda (13 years old) and Abraham (4 years old) Ajgengold, Only Issac Ajgengold will return from the Auschwitz extermination camp.

They are on the list of Jewish arrests of 24 August 1942. Transferred to the Milles camp by the gendarmerie on 26 August 1942, they will be deported by convoy N° 29 on 7 September 1942.  The mother and children were murdered on 12 September 1942. Only Itchek will survive in 1945.


Oranjestraat 12

hier woonde

LEON DE NEVE

geb. 1925

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 2.2.1942

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd 1942

uit Antwerpen

Dachau, Ottobrunn

bevrijd

Oranjestraat 12

here lived

LEON DE NEVE

born 1925

resistance fighter

arrested 2.2.1942

interned

deported 1942

from Antwerp

Dachau, Ottobrunn

liberated

On February 2, 1942, Léon De Neve was arrested at the age of sixteen, together with 21 other young people between the ages of sixteen and nineteen, for acts of resistance.  In August 1941, a few decided to start a sports club as a cover for acts of resistance, soon they were about twenty and found accommodation in the premises of Belgian wrestling champion Frits Janssens in the Diepestraat in Antwerp. After the sport, the sports activities were expanded with acts of resistance in the Stuivenberg district, Spoor Noord, the harbor and other parts of the city. Realizing that they could not continue as a small resistance group, they sought contact with other resistance organizations.

 

In November 1941 they started to work under the wing of the resistance movement led by Marcel Louette 'Witte Brigade Fidelio'. After their arrest, they were imprisoned in the German section, the Kriegswehrmacht Gefängnis of the Begijnenstraat prison. From February 2, 1942, they were therefore no longer on Belgian territory, although they were taken in turn to the infamous SS headquarters on the Della Faillelaan in Wilrijk to be interrogated there. These interrogations were conducted by the agents of the Security Police, assisted by Flemish interpreters and Flemish SS men.

 

At the end of May 1942, all 22 were transferred to Germany, first to the prison in Essen. The group ended up divided among the concentration camps Dachau, Mauthausen, Flossenburg, Gross-Rosen, Gross-Bären, Herzbruch, Vaihingen, Buchenwald, Theresienstadt. Léon De Neve ended up in the Dachau and Ottobrunn concentration camps. He was liberated at the end of April 1945.


Philadelphiastraat 41

hier woonde

JOSEPHUS DOMS

geb. 1895

scheepshersteller

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 14.7.1942

gedeporteerd 1942

uit Antwerpen

Mauthausen

vermoord 6.3.1943

Gusen

Philadelphiastraat 41

here lived

JOSEPHUS DOMS

born 1895

schip repairer

resistance fighter

arrested 14.7.1942

deported 1942

from Antwerp

Mauthausen

murdered 6.3.1943

Gusen


Provinciestraat 167

hier woonde

MALA LEJA

SUSSKIND  GUTGOLD

geb. 1892 Polen

aangehouden 6.10.1942

Mechelen

weggevoerd 10.10.1942

vermoord

Auschwitz

Provinciestraat 167

here lived

MALA LEJA

SUSSKIND  GUTGOLD

born 1892 Poland

arrested 6.10.1942

Mechelen

deported 10.10.1942

murdered

Auschwitz

Mala Leja Gutgold widow Susskind was born in Poland on 03/13 1892 and did everything she could to shelter her two children, who survived the Holocaust.  Going so as to resell all this furniture, to buy them false papers and visas.  In order to survive, when her children crossed the Swiss border, she worked as a cleaner and did not eat enough. She was deported from Mechelen by the XIIIth convoy.

Her son David, born in 1925 and died on November 25, 2011, was the founder in 1959 with his friends of the Jewish cultural and sports center. This center defends a secular Judaism which wants to reconcile Judaism and free examination.


Rupelstraat 44

hier woonde

LUCIEN ROMBAUT

geb. 1925

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 2.7.1943

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd

uit Antwerpen

Brezlau, Graz

Dachau

bevrijd

Rupelstraat 44

here lived

LUCIEN ROMBAUT

born 1925

resistance fighter

arrested 2.7.1943

interned

deported

from Antwerp

Brezlau, Graz

Dachau

liberated

Rupelstraat 44

hier woonde

LUCIA ROMBAUT

geb. 1925

verzetsstrijdster

gearresteerd 2.7.1943

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd 1944

uit Antwerpen

Ravensbrück

Mauthausen

bevrijd

Rupelstraat 44

here lived

LUCIA ROMBAUT

born 1925

resistance fighter

arrested 2.7.1943

interned

deported 1944

from Antwerp

Ravensbrück

Mauthausen

liberated

Rupelstraat 44

hier woonde

LUDOVICA WANNIJN

geb. 1904

verzetsstrijdster

gearresteerd 2.7.1943

geïnterneerd

gedeporteerd 1944

uit Antwerpen

Ravensbrück

Mauthausen

bevrijd

Rupelstraat 44

here lived

LUDOVICA WANNIJN

born 1904

resistance fighter

arrested 2.7.1943

interned

deported 1944

from Antwerp

Ravensbrück

Mauthausen

liberated

After the German invasion of 1940, mother Louisa and son Lucien choose the Resistance, daughter Lucia is involved in their activities. They smuggle weapons and spread illegal press. The three are denounced and arrested on July 2, 1943. Mother and daughter make an incredible journey through prisons and concentration camps until they are liberated on May 5, 1945 in Mauthausen. Lucien survives Dachau but proves exhausted and deathly ill.

Lucien Rombaut, the twin brother of Lucia, dies in Neeroetern, 3 years after his liberation, on April 12, 1948 as a result of his stay in the concentration camp.


Sint-Antoniusstraat 36

hier woonde

LEON DE BLOCK

geb. 1895

scheepshersteller

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 29-6-1944

gedeporteerd

vermoord 1945

Buchenwald

Sint-Antoniusstraat 36

here lived

LEON DE BLOCK

born 1895

ship repairer

resistance fighter

arrested 29-6-1944

deported

murdered 1945

Buchenwald


Sint Jansplein 54   

hier woonde

JAAK PLUYM

geb. 1920

scheepshersteller

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 14.7.1942

gedeporteerd

uit Antwerpen

Mauthausen

vermoord 12.12.1942

Güsen

Sint Jansplein 54   

here lived

JAAK PLUYM

born 1920

ship repairer

resistance fighter

arrested 14.7.1942

deported

from Antwerpen

Mauthausen

murdered 12.12.1942

Güsen

Jaak was a fitting worker. He was a member of the Trade Union Struggle Committee. He raised support for the families of arrested resistance fighters and syndicalists. After his arrest and deportation, Jaak was murdered in Gusen at the age of 22.


Somersstraat 34

hier woonde

MAX TETELBAUM

geb. 1931

aangehouden 6.4.1944

Izieu

gevangen Montluc, Drancy

weggevoerd 13.4.1944

vermoord

Auschwitz

Somersstraat 34

here lived

MAX TETELBAUM

born 1931

arrested 6.4.1944

Izieu

imprisoned Montluc, Drancy

deported 13.4.1944

murdered

Auschwitz

Somersstraat 34

hier woonde

HERMAN TETELBAUM

geb. 1933

aangehouden 1944

Izieu

gevangen Montluc, Drancy

weggevoerd 13.4.1944

vermoord

Auschwitz

Somersstraat 34

here lived

HERMAN TETELBAUM

born 1933

arrested 1944

Izieu

imprisoned Montluc, Drancy

deported 13.4.1944

murdered

Auschwitz

Herman or Armand TETELBAUM was born on November 1, 1933 in Antwerp (Belgium). Parents Sefa born Silberberg and Jankiel.

He stayed at the Maison des Enfants des Morelles and was educated at Broût-Vernet from May to July 1942 under the number 899 of the register of the primary school of boys. In the column "Observations" it is indicated "gone to Marseille ». He joins his brother Max.

 

Max and Herman are among the 44 children arrested by Klaus Barbie and the Gestapo of Lyon in the raid of Izieu (Ain) April 6, 1944. Are also arrested 7 educators. Max and Herman were deported under the name TEITEL from Drancy to Auschwitz by convoy No. 71 of April 13, 1944.

Their mother - deported under the name of Charlotte-Gabrielle and Maurice are arrested in Chambéry and deported from Drancy to Auschwitz in the convoy N ° 72 of April 29, 1944.  Only Jankiel escaped the deportation.

Photo: left Herman - right Max


Stoomstraat

hier woonde

KEYLA GITLA

SZAFIRSTEJN

geb. 1894

gearresteerd 23.9.1940

Rivesaltes - Drancy

gedeporteerd 1942

Auschwitz

vermoord 17.8.1942

Stoomstraat

here lived

KEYLA GITLA

SZAFIRSTEJN

born 1894

arrested 23.9.1940

Rivesaltes - Drancy

deported 1942

Auschwitz

murdered 17.8.1942

September 2019: this stumbling stone is no longer there due to renovation works in that area.

August 2021: New stone placed.

Szafirsztejn, Kejla Gitla was born on 08/24/1894 and was deported to Auschwitz by the XIXth convoy and murdered.


Van Den Nestlei 13

hier woonde

CHANA

DYMETMAN-TROMAN

geb. 1900

gevlucht 1942

Frankrijk

geïnterneerd 25.8.1942

Douadic, Nexon, Rivesaltes

gedeporteerd 16.9.1942

uit Drancy

vermoord

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Van Den Nestlei 13

here lived

CHANA

DYMETMAN-TROMAN

born 1900

escaped 1942

France

interned 25.8.1942

Douadic, Nexon, Rivesaltes

deported 16.9.1942

from Drance

murdered

Auschwitz-Birkenau


Van Luppenstraat 52

hier woonde

LUCIENNE FRIEDLER

geb. 1939

aangehouden 6.4.1944

Izieu

gevangen Montluc, Drancy

weggevoerd 30.6.1944

vermoord

Auschwitz

Van Luppenstraat 52

here lived

LUCIENNE FRIEDLER

born 1939

arrested 6.4.1944

Izieu

imprisoned Montluc, Drancy

deported 30.6.1944

murdered

Auschwitz

No photo was found for little Lucienne Friedler, born in 1939 and murdered in Auschwitz.


Van Schoonbekestraat 57

hier woonde

WIM WUYTS

geb. 1907

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 5.8.1944

geïnterneerd

Antwerpen

gedeporteerd 1944

vermoord 3.2.1945

Schützenhof-Bremen

Van Schoonbekestraat 57

here lived

WIM WUYTS

born 1907

resistance fighter

arrested 5.8.1944

interned

Antwerpen

deported 1944

murdered 3.2.1945

Schützenhof-Bremen

Wim Wuyts was a teacher in the municipal school in the Markgravelei. He joined the resistance after the Nazi occupation. He was active in the resistance movement Independence Front and the Secret Service Socrates. He also worked on the clandestine press.

He was arrested in Antwerp on August 5, 1944 and, after a stay in the Begijnenstraat prison, was taken to the Schützenhof concentration camp, just a few days before the liberation. In severe cold, poorly dressed and with insufficient food, he and many others had to work long hours in a metal factory. He contracted pneumonia, received no care and died on February 3, 1945.


Werbrouckstraat 38      

hier woonde

JOSEPHUS DIERCKX

geb. 1907

scheepshersteller

verzetsstrijder

gearresteerd 30.6.1944

gedeporteerd

vermoord apr 1945

Sandbostel

Werbrouckstraat 38      

here lived

JOSEPHUS DIERCKX

born 1907

ship repairer

resistance fighter

arrested 30.6.1944

deported

murdered Apr 1945

Sandbostel