![]() The local Judenabteilung and the Antwerp Jew hunters considered the mission to be successful. From there they travelled to the Auschwitz concentration camp. That morning, the first trucks left for the ‘transit camp’, the Dossinkazerne. The arrested Jews, who were rounded up in the schools in Grote Hondstraat (Zurenborg) and Vinçottestraat (Borgerhout) or Cinema Plaza (Gallifortlei, Deurne), were petrified. Police officers from Deurne searched the 6th district for example to achieve their target. Those units that failed to round up this number continued their search in other districts. The agreement was that 250 Jews would be arrested in every district. Some officers refused to take part, others chose to turn a blind eye here and there. Chief of Police De Potter declared without hesitation that the orders had to be followed. The commissioners had a difficult time finding a sufficient number of officers to carry out the raid. Orders were given to police officers from the 7th district (Deurne, Borgerhout and Berchem). 27 August 1942Īs punishment for sabotaging the raid the day before, Antwerp’s police force was forced to play a more active role in this raid. They were formally informed about the raids however because of the police reports. Mayor Delwaide and public prosecutor Baers stayed mum. The second raid focused on Bleekhofstraat, Van der Meydenstraat, Plantin en Moretuslei and Bouwmeestersstraat. The first raid centred on Lange Kievitstraat, Provinciestraat, Somersstraat and Van Immerseelstraat. ![]() They often roughly loaded the Jews onto military trucks. German officers raided homes, brutally dragging the occupants out onto the street. Antwerp police officers helped shut down streets and accompanied the Jews to the nearby trucks. This was also the first time that the local police publicly aided the Germans. The next day, another large-scale raid took place. In the night of 13 and 14 August, German officers rounded up 206 Jews, including 53 children. ![]()
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