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Family at their home in Belgium during World War II

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.131.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1456 | Film ID: 2992

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    Family at their home in Belgium during World War II

    Overview

    Description
    In COLOR, various scenes of the de Brouwers at St. Denis-Westrem. CUs of Denise in a fur coat relaxing in the family garden; Carl poses near the apiary; Denise gathers flowers and smokes at a table decorated with flowers and tea; Madeleine, the cook's daughter, and Colette watch the Jersey cows; CUs of a local worker; CUs of Carl and Denise playing with Jean-Marie. 00:19:34 Jacques and Birgitte recite a poem.
    Duration
    00:04:29
    Date
    Event:  October 1941
    Locale
    Belgium
    Saint Denis-Westrem, Belgium
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Carl de Brouwer
    Subject:
    Biography
    Carl de Brouwer, a Belgian banker manager, and his wife Denise offered refuge to two Jewish children during the Nazi occupation of Belgium. Between late 1942 and September 1944, the de Brouwers sheltered 6-year-old Adrien Sapcaru and 12-year-old Monique Mogoulsky in their private home in St Denis-Westrem, near Ghent, Belgium. Monique was the daughter of Carl's former co-worker at the bank in Ghent; her parents successfully hid in Ghent during the war until liberation in 1944. Adrien was the son of a Jewish Romanian architecture professor at Ghent University; Adrien's parents were deported and his mother killed; his father survived and returned for Adrien and his brother after the end of the war. Adrien assumed the name Adrien Simons and was also known as Dickie. He now lives in Canada as Adrian Sheppard.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    00:16:16:00 to 00:20:45:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2992 Digital: MP4 - color - HD
      Master 2992 Digital: MP4 - color - HD
      Master 2992 Digital: MP4 - color - HD
      Master 2992 Digital: MP4 - color - HD

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Imperial War Museums
    Conditions on Use
    For licensing enquiries and requests, contact Imperial War Museums (IWM) at filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk. IWM also offers limited services for non-commercial parties, such as for museums, armed forces, veterans and their immediate family, family history researchers, and students. For such purposes, contact film@iwm.org.uk.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased a digital copy of the 8mm films from the Imperial War Museums in London in March 2013.
    Note
    The research section at IWM produced a short video to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2013 using some of this footage and featuring Adrien Sapcaru who, as a child, was hidden by the de Brouwer family: "A Child hiding from the Nazis" - http://www.iwm.org.uk/videos/a-child-in-hiding-from-the-nazis.

    Digital transfer made from DigiBeta tape.
    Copied From
    8mm
    Film Source
    Imperial War Museums
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5680
    Source Archive Number: MGH 4439 Reel 01
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:41
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