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NEW PUBLICATION
« Le Triangle à Anderlecht : Mémoires juives d’un quartier »
Albert Aniel, ho grew up in the neighbourhood, set out to find traces of the Triangle's heyday. He patiently recorded the testimony of former and new shopkeepers and residents, and photographed the few remaining vestiges.
The Fondation de la Mémoire contemporaine and the Auschwitz Foundation have joined the project by compiling this book. They laid the historical markers and added other eyewitness accounts, thus documenting local Jewish life over more than a century. The illustrations bring a whole world back to life: photos of workshops, old advertisements, shop bills, family photos, etc.
The book is therefore at the crossroads of genres, combining scholarly discourse, the personal experience, archives and photographs.
- Available at the Foundation of Contemporary Memory, the Auschwitz Foundation and in bookstores.
- Ref. : Albert Aniel, Barbara Dickschen, Alain Mihály, Sophie Milquet, Sarah Timperman, Yannik van Praag, Le Triangle à Anderlecht : Mémoires juives d’un quartier, FMC, Bruxelles, 2024, 183 p. , ill. , 978-464-94902-5
- Price : 25 euros
Study of the history of the Jews and Judaism in Belgium.
The permanent researchers carry out research on the history of Jewish institutions in Belgium, memorial literature, the schooling of Jewish children during the war, clandestine emigration from Belgium to Palestine, the restitution of looted property and the inventory of places of Jewish memory in Belgium, among other subjects. The scientific council supervises this research work.
What does the Foundation of Contemporary Memory do?
It conducts scientific research on the history of the Jews in Belgium
It collects testimonies on Jewish life in Belgium
It publishes an annual review, scientific or general public works and working tools
It offers access to targeted documentation thanks to its library, its photo library, its biographical files, its "Places of Memory" database and its archive collections (particularly oral)
Our publications
The Contemporary Memory Foundation reports on the progress of its work through regular publications.
Reviews
Since 1999, the Cahiers de la Mémoire contemporaine has brought together original studies as well as biographical insights and reviews. Find the journal on the OpenEdition platform.
Our heritage inventory
Our website lieuxdememoire.be is dedicated to places that are representative of the history of Jewish communities in Belgium. From Ostend to Arlon, this map gathers known and less known places of Jewish life, testifying to its diversity and richness. "Places of Memory" is an overview of a larger database compiled by the Foundation for Contemporary Memory.
Our interviews
Hist-or offers direct access to audio and video testimonies, accompanied by their transcriptions, on Jewish life in Belgium. These testimonies are marked by the violence of the Shoah, but also constitute rare sources on life before and after the war. The search can be done by witness, by thematic entry or in full text.
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