AUSCHWITZ FOUNDATION - REMEMBRANCE OF AUSCHWITZ
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It is with great sadness that the Auschwitz Foundation announces the passing of its President Baron Paul HALTER Auschwitz survivor and activist
President of the Association of Former Political Prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau Camps and Prisons of Silesia
President of the Auschwitz Foundation President of the Remembrance of Auschwitz Officer of the Order of Leopold II with two crossed swords Cross of war 1940 with palm Medal of Resistance 1940-1945 Medal of volunteer war fighter 1940-1945 Cross of political prisoner 1940-1945 Cross of Auschwitz (Poland) Federal Cross of Merit of 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany He was raised to the peerage by King Albert II of Belgium in 1996 His motto was “Duty Honor Fairness”
Born in Geneva on the 10th of October 1920 and deceased in Molenbeek, on March 30th, 2013
According to his wishes, his body will be donated to science |
Text of Mr. Haïm Vidal SÉPHIHA, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris (pdf in French)
- Domicile of the Auschwitz Foundation
The Auschwitz Foundation was founded in 1980 by the Belgian Association of former political prisoners in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Silesian Camps and Prisons, its main aim being to study the history and remembrance of Holocaust and Nazi terror, awareness of them, the transmission of their memory and the preservation of archives concerning them. To achieve its goals, the Foundation set up a non-profit-making Study and Documentation Center, Remembrance of Auschwitz. The two institutions work together to promote scientific research and multidisciplinary publications with a view to broadening understanding of the historical processes which led to the coming to power of the Third Reich and to Holocaust and Nazi terror, while also developing teaching projects intended for the various education sectors in particular, and for society in general.
On April 1, 2010 the Foundation became a Resource Center under the terms of the "Memory" Decree.
Both Institutions possess important archival materials, a well-stocked library, and a vast range of audiovisual documentation which is available to the public, particularly to researchers, teachers, students and the young in general.
They carry out their work and projects in a framework which is resolutely multidisciplinary, encompassing all mass crimes and crimes committed in the past or in contemporary history.
Our activities are supported by:
- the National Lottery, the Flemish Community of Belgium, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Ethias, P&V Insurance,
and:
- the French Community Commission, the SPF/FOD [Department of War Victims], The City of Brussels, local authorities, the National Bank of Belgium and our friends and members.
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