Further research by the editors of the Jewish Monument has shown that Meijer Paur survived the Holocaust after all. This is evident from the index "Memorial of the Deportations of Belgian Jews", where a small R is written next to Meijer Paur's name, which means "repatrié" or "returned". Further research into his fate by the Museum Kaserne Dossin in Mechelen, as well as the Antwerp City Archives confirm this. By the way, Meijer Paur was already deported from Mechelen to Auschwitz with Convoy 2 on 11 August 1942, and after the war it became known that there were only 3 survivors of this transport: 2 women and 1 man. That man must have been Meijer Paur.
The Museum Kaserne Dossin writes the following about this:
The R does indeed stand for rapatrié. Meyer Paur is listed as a survivor. However, this is based on a finding by the Ministry of Reconstruction that Meyer Paur was repatriated to Belgium on 30 May 1945. In concrete terms, this means that he passed through one of the repatriation centers. There were several of these in Belgium, and the data from those centers were then transferred to the Ministry of Reconstruction. Today you can contact the General State Archives - Archives for War Victims Service. However, I understand from our database that no further information is known about the repatriation and that after the war no signs of life were detected by the immigration police. Meyer lived in Deurne, so you may find more information in the Antwerp city archives. The lack of data could also mean that Meyer Paur was not repatriated, but that it was a case of identity theft. We are aware of a number of cases of this. Based on the information available so far, the fate of Meyer Paur unfortunately remains unclear.
We ourselves have found a "Notice of departure of a foreigner" via the Felix archive, dated 30 May 1950 regarding Meijer Paur. But that says nothing about whether Meijer Paur actually died during the war or whether he was indeed a rappatrie who reported for duty somewhere in Belgium after the liberation in 1945. This concerns a so-called Notice of Departure from a foreigner.
And at the request of the editors of Joods Monument, the Antwerp City Archives provides the following answer:
According to our information, Mr. Paur Meyer is indeed a survivor of the Auschwitz camp. This is what it says in the book with the lists of names, “Mechelen-Auschwitz, 1942-1944/ Adriaens, Ward ** Brussels, 2009 ** SA”, which can be found in our hand library under inventory number 105#3977. This edition of the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance in Brussels indicates with a symbol that survivors were liberated on 8 May 1945. (A circular arrow in a counterclockwise direction).
There was indeed an official write-off in 1950. The investigation by the immigration police has shown that he did not live at the address Turnhoutsebaan 167. However, no information has been found as to whether his wife and children still lived there. This can only be done by consulting the population registers and that is not possible. Due to the Royal Decree article 5 of 16 July 1992, we, employees, also have limited access.
In 1950, the court of first instance started issuing special death certificates so that official removal from the population register was possible. These certificates can easily be found in the ten-year death tables. I investigated the following districts: Antwerp, Borgerhout and Deurne. However, no results.
Conclusion: It is not known what actually happened to Meijer Paur after his return from the concentration camps. As a result, the place and date of his death are listed as unknown on his now white page as a survivor on the Jewish Monument.
Source and research: Jewish Monument editorial team.