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Esther Rosenbaum (center) walks along a commercial street in Antwerp with her daughter Frieda and a friend. [LCID: 28920]
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Antwerp

Antwerp is a city in Belgium that was occupied by the Nazis between 1940 and 1944. During that time, many of Belgium’s 65,000–70,000 Jews lived in Antwerp. While many Jews were deported, there was also significant resistance in Belgium, with the civilian administration refusing to cooperate in the deportations. Explore content related to Antwerp, Belgium during the Holocaust.

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A Jewish refugee couple poses on the gangway of the St Louis as they disembark from the ship in Antwerp after it was forced to return from Cuba.
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Disembarking from the St. Louis in Antwerp
Jewish children wearing the compulsory yellow badge. [LCID: 46294]
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Jewish children wearing the compulsory yellow badge
Belgian officials at the gangplank of the "St. Louis" after the ship was forced to return to Europe from Cuba. [LCID: 02975]
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Return of the St. Louis
Belgium agreed to accept some of the Jewish refugee passengers of the "St. [LCID: 69261a]
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Return to Europe of St. Louis passengers
The "St. Louis," carrying German Jewish refugees denied entry into Cuba and the United States, arrives in Antwerp. [LCID: 69259]
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Return to Europe of the St. Louis
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Return to Europe of the St. Louis - Photograph
Shoshane Varmel Levy and her son, Jules, wearing the compulsory yellow badge, on a street in Antwerp. [LCID: 86407]
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Shoshane Varmel Levy and her son Jules wearing the compulsory yellow badge
The "St. Louis," carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, arrives in the port of Antwerp after Cuba and the United States denied ... [LCID: 81301]
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St. Louis arrives in Antwerp
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Voyage of the St. Louis - Photograph

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