Krakow Jews Buried in Belgium

This list comes from 2 sources:

List 1: A list of people who were born in Krakow and died in Antwerp between 1944 and 1958. During that period there was a common register for the different Kehillas (communities) in Antwerp, but after 1958 separate registers were kept.

The two main Jewish cemeteries for the Jews of Antwerp are situated in Putte in the Netherlands near the Belgian border. From around 1920 until 1942 nearly all Antwerp Jews, and some from Brussels and other Belgian towns, were buried there. The reason being that according to Belgian law, cemeteries may be uprooted after a period of 50 years. Many of these Jews were originally from Krakow. One of the burials (Birnbaum) died with the Titanic, and the body was found a week later.

List 2: Several names of Jews from Krakow appear in the register of one of the main Chevra Kadisha's of Antwerp for the period 1920 to 1940. The column labeled 'Br ID' is the corresponding number in the burial register of the Shomre Hadass community.

Information includes:

• First and Last names
• Birth town
• Birth date (*for Shoreshim members only)
• Death date (*for Shoreshim members only)
• Last known address
• Grave Location (plot, row, grave)
• Name of Kehilla
• Name of Father
• Sex
• Age
• Notes
• Registration entry number

(Data provided by Charles Mahler, Antwerp)