fore 1940," says Gottschalk, "it
can be said that Belgium rec-
ognized the right of asylum and
considered it sacred."
Queen Elizabeth set an ex-
ample for the rest of the coun-
try by intervening with the
occupying authorities on behalf
of groups of children or persons
over 65 and managed to pre-
vent numerous deportations
and eventual death.
"In fact," says Gottschalk,
"thanks to the steps taken by the
Royal Family, general deporta-
tion of Belgian Jews was delayed
until Sept. 7, 1943.
The clergy, the religious com-
munities, civil authorities and of-
ficial government organs took all
steps possible to counteract Ger-
man measures. Cardinal Vay
Roey, primate of Belgium, as well
as many other high-ranking eccle-
siastics, made many appeals, ef-
fective in the beginning, to the
Vatican and to the Germans in
order to prevent deportations.
At the same time ; the religious
communities helped the resist-
ance effort by hiding many infant
and adult Jews.
During the resistance, a spe-
cial section of the Front for In-
dependence was formed. specific-
ally to defend the Jewish popu-
lation. This underground move-
ment, called the Committee for
Jewish Defense, found secret
lodgings, prepared false papers
and food stamps and used armed
action.
The underground press distrib-
Officials of the Ministry of uted circulars and newspapers in
Justice played an essential role Yiddish, Dutch and French call-
in the resistance to anti-Semitic ing the Jewish population to the
measures. Research dossiers resistance movement. In addi-
were hidden, appeals were . tion, pamphlets in German were
made, and energetic and re- issued with the object of lower-
peated protests were addressed ing the morale of Nazi soldiers.
to the German military gover-
nor for. Belgium and northern
France.
The National Children's Be-
nevolent Society worked close-
ly with the Conunittee for Jew-
ish Defense and placed many
Jewish children with families
that, because of their aid, ran
the risk of being deported
themselves.
The local administrations, the
police and others helped obtain
false identity papers, working
permits and food stamps. The
Belgian League Against Tubercu-
losis sheltered Jews and set up
medical services for them.
A vital assist to the resistance
was supplied by postmen, who
delayed letters of denunciation
and destroyed them.
Even the railway employees
kept the last deportation train
wandering around Belgium
- from the end of August until
the liberation on Sept. 4, 1944.
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At the request of Judge
Moshe Landau, president of the
tribunal at the Eichman trial in
Jerusalem, Max Gettschalk,
president of the Consistoire
Central Israelite of Belgium,
sent a deposition outlining
Belgian aid to Jews before
and during World War II.
In summary, the deposition
stated that Belgium opened • its
borders to Jewish refugees from
Germany from the earliest
moments they began to flee the
Hitler tyranny. A leading figure
in this action was Paul-Emile
Janson, Belgian minister of
Justice.. Janson, later arrested
by the Gestapo, died while a
captive,
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Belgium Outlines War Aid to Jews at Request of Judge Moshe Landau