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| Name: | Fondation de la Memoire Contemporaine |
| Translated Name: | Foundation for Contemporary Memory |
| Affiliation: | |
| ADDRESS: | 3 Avenue Antoine DePage
Brussels 1000 |
| COUNTRY: | Belgium |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(32-2) 648-78-73
+(32-2) 644-99-53 |
| FAX: | +(32-2) 644-65-95 |
| EMAIL: | info@fmc-seh.be |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.fmc-she.be (in French or Dutch; English version is under construction) |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Weekdays by appointment only. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Mr. Albert Mingelgruen, President
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | Created in 1994, the mission of the Fondation de la Mémoire Contemporaine is to increase knowledge about the history of Belgium's Jewish community during the 20th century and its contribution to the nation. To that end, the Fondation strives both to assemble the greatest possible collection of documentation and to lead research on this subject. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | An essential part of the Foundation's work is its production of oral history testimony documenting the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Belgium's Jewish population. Interviews illustrate such themes as Jewish flight from Belgium, resistance, detention in Malines prison, deportation, hidden children, post-war immigration to Israel, and the life of war orphans in children's shelters. The Foundation plans in the future to interview the children of survivors.
The objective of interviews is to assemble testimonies sufficiently representative of all aspects of the Jewish presence in Belgium before and during World War II. In addition, there are oral history projects focused on more specific aspects of this subject, such as life in the Jewish community of Anvers (Antwerp).
The Foundation is undertaking an inventory of oral history testimonies in Belgium and other countries related to the history of Jews in Belgium. Once, the inventory is completed, the Fondation plans to obtain copies of the interviews or their transcriptions, in order to facilitate the work of researchers.
To date, the Fondation has 150 Holocaust testimonies (70 women; 80 men). The interviewees fall into the following categories: Jews, political prisoners, prisoners of war, resisters, partisans, refugees, rescuers, liberators, prosecutors, refugee relief workers.
About 120 interviews, comprising over 500 hours, are on audio tape. Over 30 interviews, comprising over 120 hours, are on videotape.
All audio interviews have been transcribed: only some of the video have been. There are summaries of the transcripts available. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | Yes. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Yes. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Project Complete: | Information Not Available. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1994 |
| Year of Last Interview: | Information Not Available. |
| Interviews Per Year: | +-120 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | +-5 hours |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | +-500 |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | +-120 |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | No. |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | Yes. |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Information Not Available. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | +-120 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | +30 |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of Film interviews: | Information Not Available. |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Restricted. because of those interviews which require confidentiality. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Some of the interviews are confidential; that is why access to the sources is restricted. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | No advance notice necessary. |
| Access Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services: | Yes. |
| Research Fee: | No. |
| Research Services Requirements: | No research sercice for those who cannot physically visit the organization. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | Yes. |
| Public Lectures: | Yes. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | By explaning the purpose of the scientific research. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Yes. |
| Transcripts: | Yes, some. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | No. |
| Video: | No. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | Yes. |
| Published: | No. |
| Guide Cost: | Information Not Available. |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | According to the contract signed by the interviewee, names can be given or not. That is why the Foundation cannot make public all the names of interviewees. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | All. |
| Video: | Some. |
| Available for photocopying: | Some. |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Yes. |
| Available for Photocopying: | Yes. |
| Available on Disk: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | Yes. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | Yes. |
| Summaries Indexed: | Yes. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | No. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | No. |
| Available on Computer: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| MARC Format: | N/A |
| MARC Format Type: | N/A |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Summaries: | Information Not Available. |
| Catalog: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices: | Information Not Available. |
| Interview Clips: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | No. |
| OCLC: | N/A |
| RLIN: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| Plan to Join: | Information Not Available. |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | No. |
| Loan by other collection: | Yes. |
| Loan Fee: | Information Not Available. |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 150 |
| Total Female: | 70 |
| Total Male: | 80 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | | | | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Yes. |
| Prisoners of War: | | | | Yes. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Resisters: | | | | Yes. |
| Partisans: | | | | Yes. |
| Rescuers: | | | | Yes. |
| Refugees: | | | | Yes. |
| Liberators: | | | | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Yes. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Yes. |
| Other: | | | | Information Not Available. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) | | |
| Geographic Area(s) |  | Belgium |
| Experience(s) | | |
| Survivor Group(s) | | |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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