Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium — Northwestern Europe
Terlist Street Jewish Deportation Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 13, 2023
1. Terlist Street Jewish Deportation Memorial
Ter nagedachtenis van de joodse stadsgenoten die door de nazi's met geweld in dit gebouw verzameld werden om op zaterdag 29 augustus 1942 naar de Kazerne Dossin vervoerd te worden.
Vandaaruit werden zij gedeporteerd naar de concentratiekampen waar zueen gruwelijk einde kenden.
Ingehuldigd op Erev Rosh Hashana 5761 (29.9.2000)
לוח-זכרון
(remainder of Hebrew text not transcribed)
In Memoriam
In memory of the Jewish fellow citizens who were forcibly gathered in this building by the Nazis to be transported to Kazerne Dossin (“Dossin Barracks”) on Saturday, August 29, 1942.
From there they were deported to the concentration camps where they met a gruesome end.
Inaugurated on Erev Rosh Hashana 5761 (September 29, 2000)
Erected 2000.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list. A significant historical date for this entry is August 29, 1942.
Location. 51° 12.706′ N, 4° 25.162′ E. Memorial is in Antwerpen, Vlaanderen (Flanders).
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Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Antwerpen-Centraal / Hauptbahnhof / La Gare Central / Central Station (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Koningin Elisabethzaal / Köningin Elisabeth-Saal / Salle Reine Elisabeth / Queen Elisabeth Hall (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Antwerpen anno 1750 / Antwerp in 1750 (approx. one kilometer away); Handelsbeurs / Stock Exchange (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Sint-Annagodshuis / Saint Anne Almshouse (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk / St. Charles Borromeo Church (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Albrecht Duerer (1471-1528) (approx. 1.5 kilometers
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 13, 2023
2. Terlist Street Jewish Deportation Memorial - wide view
The street was being extensively renovated at the time this was taken - hence the awkward angle. The memorial is mounted to the front of the Anvers Shomre Hadas (Jewish Community Center of Antwerp).
Also see . . .
1. … about the raid of 28-29 August 1942 (Antwerp Commemorates). Full title: One morning in the synagogue: a newly-discovered police report about the raid of 28-29 August 1942
Introduction: …In the night of 28 August, 943 Jews were arrested during one of the raids by the German occupying forces in Antwerp. They were brought to various collection points, including in the synagogue in Terliststraat. A hitherto unknown police report provides some insight into how that happened…(Submitted on August 3, 2023.)
2. The Year of Silence: Belgium’s darkest moments during WWII (Brussels Times, Sept. 9, 2019).
Excerpt: More than 10,000 Jews were deported from Antwerp in 1942, the majority of them non-Belgian citizens and refugees from other countries in Europe. In Belgium, a total of 18,000 Jews were deported in 100 days in 1942, followed by 8,000 in the following years. Many of them were betrayed by locals or by their supposed protectors as soon as the money ran out…(Submitted on August 3, 2023.)
3. The Holocaust in Belgium (Wikipedia).
Overview: The Holocaust in Belgium was the systematic dispossession, deportation, and murder of Jews and Roma in German-occupied Belgium during World War II. Out of about 66,000 Jews in the country in May 1940, around 28,000 were murdered during the Holocaust.(Submitted on August 3, 2023.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 238 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
