Ordinary exile presents the story of Jewish refugees in Europe.
Dorot association d'histoire presents since 2006 on this multilingual website a project of research which started in 2004 and which is meant for all people who are interested in European History of the 30’s and 40’s, it provides a deeper outlook on exile, request for asylum and on the status of the Jewish refugees from the third Reich territory in France and in Belgium.
We hope to open a contemporary reflection about the minorities’s status, the fate reserved to refugees and to asylum’s seekers, through the lights of World War 2 and Holocaust.
Through the fate of a first group of 21 people all connected we draw a pattern of various fates which applies to most of the Jewish refugees at that time.
To discover the families follow the link
The story begins in 1934, as dangers arise.
The Linder and Kornweitz families found themselves bonded by the wedding of their children.
Anschlüss, Austria’s annexation by the National-socialist Germany in March 1938 triggers the departure for one part of the family. The arrests that touch them at this time, for political motives accelerate the group’s departure for Belgium. Jewish, communist activists, socialist militants; everything defines them as enemies of the Reich. Their exodus in Europe, which made them travel through six countries, is an emblematic fate for all Austrian Jewish refugees who were seeking for safe haven.
To discover the routes of exile follow the link
Beyond reporting the group’s destiny, dorot│association d’histoire, makes documentation available for families and researchers.
Browse our documents and discover what remains.
The first database online, deals with the camp of St Cyprien. With almost 4000 names in the list, this database is an exclusive tool for researchers attempting to document the fate of people arrested in Belgium on May, 10 1940. Other sources have been added, for more details on the databases please read the specific page. Dorot publishes subsequently, lists of foreign Jewish refugees from different French areas, as progressively as the data acquisition. Alike St Cyprien, it is only partial lists, but Dorot will attempt the cross-checking of those data. If you are interested by the web sites updates, please sign in for our newsletter. Actually more than 70 000 ames in the database.
The Linder and Kornweitz families found themselves bonded by the wedding of their children.
