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Maurice Heiber founded an organisation to save Jewish children in Belgium. He worked both for the Judenrat (Jewish Council) in Belgium's children's department (AJB) and for the Committee for the Defense of Belgian Jews (CDJ) as a special emissary. He managed the children's department for the CDJ, 1942. Heiber transferred a copy of the card index containing the names of all 'official' Jews from the AJB to the CDJ and visited these homes with persuasive proposals for hiding children.
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The document having been mislaid for many years resurfaced shortly prior to deposit.
GB 1556 WL 1316 1944 collection 1 file Heiber , Maurice , fl 1942-1944
Maurice Heiber founded an organisation to save Jewish children in Belgium. He worked both for the Judenrat (Jewish Council) in Belgium's children's department (AJB) and for the Committee for the Defense of Belgian Jews (CDJ) as a special emissary. He managed the children's department for the CDJ, 1942. Heiber transferred a copy of the card index containing the names of all 'official' Jews from the AJB to the CDJ and visited these homes with persuasive proposals for hiding children.
The document having been mislaid for many years resurfaced shortly prior to deposit.
Deposited by Enid Wistrich.
Report regarding the rescue of Jewish children in Belgium, 1944, comprise a photocopy of a translation of a report by Maurice Heiber detailing his exploits saving Jewish children in Belgium, translated by his niece, Enid Wistrich. Report entitled The Resistance and 'Save the Children' in Brussels describing the work of Maurice Heiber, notably his setting up of an organisation to save Jewish children. Also a copy of the French journal Revue du Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine, December 1968, with reference to some of Maurice Heiber's work.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
February 2008 Age distribution Age groups Anti-fascist movements Belgium Childhood Children Committee for the Defense of Belgian Jews Europe Heiber , Maurice , fl 1942-1944 Humanitarian law Jews Judenrat , Belgium x Jewish Council Nazism Occupied territories Oppression Political doctrines Political movements Protest movements Religious groups Resistance to oppression Third Reich Totalitarianism Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)
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Deposited by Enid Wistrich.
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Report regarding the rescue of Jewish children in Belgium, 1944, comprise a photocopy of a translation of a report by Maurice Heiber detailing his exploits saving Jewish children in Belgium, translated by his niece, Enid Wistrich. Report entitled The Resistance and 'Save the Children' in Brussels describing the work of Maurice Heiber, notably his setting up of an organisation to save Jewish children. Also a copy of the French journal Revue du Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine, December 1968, with reference to some of Maurice Heiber's work.
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English and French
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- Age distribution » Age groups
- Age distribution » Age groups » Childhood
- Age distribution » Age groups » Childhood » Children
- Humanitarian law
- Religious groups » Jews
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism » Nazism
- Humanitarian law » Occupied territories
- Political movements » Oppression
- Political doctrines
- Political movements
- Political movements » Protest movements
- Religious groups
- Political movements » Oppression » Resistance to oppression
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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