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Personal data Meier "Mischa" (Meier "Mischa") Leiseroff 

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Household of Meier "Mischa" (Meier "Mischa") Leiseroff


Notes about Meier "Mischa" (Meier "Mischa") Leiseroff

Lived with his wife in the Rue de Brabant 266 in Schaerbeek, Brussels. During German

occupation took part in the Resistance. He picked up British parachutists in the field and gave them shelter at his home during the first night. He was a member of the group 'Gaspard'. Gaspard was a police officer in Schaerbeek. He survived and testified for the State about Mischa's resistance work, so his wife received a 'pension de guerre'. Mischa was allegedly betrayed by the butcher's aid in

the street. He was arrested twice. The first time they could not prove anything and he continued his resistance work. He was arrested a second time November 25, 1940. They kept him prisoner in the Saint Gilles prison outside Brussels where he underwent severe interrogations. Eventually he was sentenced to death for espionage for England and executed August 16, 1941 in the "Tir National" in Schaerbeek. When his wife was finally permitted to visit him, she was led to his cell and found only his clothes: he had been executed already.

He left a diary to his wife; the last part has been written with his

blood.

In Le Soir - a newspaper which collaborated with the Germans - of 18

August 1941 is published:

Le juif apatride Meier Leiseroff et les ressortissants belges Joseph et

Guillaume Koekelbergh ont ete fusilles ce 16 aout du chef d'espionnage en

faveur de l'Angleterre.

On the day of his execution his remains were buried at the Elsene cemetery (Brussels). 24 April 1947 his remains were reburied at the War Cemetery of Schaerbeek, parcel 18, number 16, tomb 50.

His name is mentioned

on the Jewish War Memorial in Anderlecht; a copy of this memorial is found

in the museum of Lochamei HaGetaot in Israel. He is also mentioned in the 'Livre d'Or de la Resistance

Belge'.

In november 2012 a publication by the Spanish historian Moises Dominguez-Nunez on the Spanish Civil War revealed that Misha was one of the important photographers of the Badajoz - massacre on Aug. 17, 1936, who took some historic pictures which were also published in the British press.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Meier "Mischa" Leiseroff

Isaac Leiseroff
± 1850-± 1929
Sara Karpinowitz (a.k.a. Chayye Sure)
± 1851-± 1929
Aaron Herzberg
Frieda Rosenstein
1844-1900

Meier "Mischa" Leiseroff
1903-1941


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    1. Online Begraafplaatsen - בתי עלמין הולנדים, via https://www.myheritage.co.il/research/co...
      Mischa Leiseroffלידה: 3 בספט' 1903תאריך פטירה: 1942מקום קבורה: Hoofddorp, Netherlandsגיל: 38קבור לצדשם; גילFrieda Leiseroff; 75Gilel Wulf Leiseroff; 63Elka Herzberg; 60Mischa Leiseroff; 38Louis Leiseroff; 33Rebecca Leiseroff; 30
    2. SIMONS family tree Web Site, clarissa fabre, Meier "Mischa" Leiseroff, April 14, 2017
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      אתר משפחתי: SIMONS family tree Web Site

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 3, 1903

    • The temperature on September 3, 1903 was between 10.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (35%). Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
      • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
      • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
      • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
      • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
      • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
      • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

    Day of death August 16, 1941

    • The temperature on August 16, 1941 was between 10.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
      • May 24 » World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMSHood, killing all but three crewmen.
      • June 14 » June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
      • July 7 » The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
      • September 5 » Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
      • November 12 » World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12°C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
      • November 14 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarineU-81 sustained on November 13.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

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