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The Shoah (1939–1945)

Hunt for Jewish Children Hidden in Belgium

1943·Belgique

Toll
bilan non établi

The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.

Children hidden in convents and families in Belgium are hunted by German police and their auxiliaries.

The convoys from Malines having been emptied of their easily seized contingents, the occupier launches in Belgium the hunt for Jewish children hidden in convents, boarding schools, and foster families. Paid informants scour the country. The Comité de défense des Juifs, supported by clergy, schoolteachers, and the Resistance, constantly moved children from one refuge to another. Belgium is the Western European country where the proportion of Jewish children saved was the highest.

Period :
The Shoah (1939–1945)
Type :
Shoah
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Belgique
Sources

Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.

At the same place3

  1. oct. 1940First anti-Jewish ordinances in Belgiumbilan non établi
  2. 27 mai 1942Imposition of the yellow star in Belgiumbilan non établi
  3. Août 1942 – 1944Malines assembly camp~25 000 déportés

In the same country18

  1. 1350Massacres of the Black Death in Brabant~600
  2. 1370Host affair, Jews burned then expulsion~20
  3. 1370Accusation of Host Desecration in Brabantinconnu
  4. mai 1940Expulsion of Jews from the Belgian coastbilan non établi
  5. 14 avr. 1941Pogrom of Antwerpbilan non établi
  6. 1942Arrests of the Jews of Namurbilan non établi
  7. 1942Arrests of the Jews of Gandbilan non établi
  8. 1942Arrests of the Jews of Charleroibilan non établi

And 10 more in the catalogue.

Event 2046 of 2483, in chronological order · The Shoah (1939–1945): 915 events in the catalogue

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