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Bergen-Belsen Survivors Association of Montreal

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Collection
Bergen-Belsen Survivors Association of Montreal
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.3m. multiple media
Fonds No.
1006
Scope and Content
Consists of mainly textual records of association activities such as membership lists, anniversary gatherings, etc. Includes correspondence and scrapbooks.
Collection
Bergen-Belsen Survivors Association of Montreal
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.3m. multiple media
Scope and Content
Consists of mainly textual records of association activities such as membership lists, anniversary gatherings, etc. Includes correspondence and scrapbooks.
Fonds No.
1006
Storage Location
1-2B
History / Biographical
At the initiative of Joseph Rosensaft a meeting was held in New York in December 1961 of Bergen-Belsen survivors. It was decided at that time that a World Federation of Bergen-Belsen survivors would be formed with associations in all cities where there were numbers of survivors present. As a result in early 1962 an association was formed in Montreal with Paul Trepman as president. The aims were the following: A. Making sure that neither the world nor the Jews ever forgot the Holocaust; B. Wage a continuous fight against Neo-Nazi groups and organizations; C. Offer brotherly aid to former Bergen-Belsen inmates who are in need; D. Keep alive the heroic and rich Bergen-Belsen tradition. The association met a number of times a year, although the main focus was the Liberation Rally, which took place on or around April 15th, the date of the Bergen-Belsen camp was liberated by the armed forces. Some of the other activities of the association were the erection of a monument in a local Jewish cemetery and a trip back to Belsen on the 25th anniversary of the liberation.
Language
English
Yiddish
French
Custodial History
Transferred by Paul Trepman, former director of the Jewish Public Library and a leader in the Bergen-Belsen Survivors Association.
Reproduction Restrictions
May contain materials restricted due to Copyright.
Subjects
Bergen Belsen (Germany: Concentration camp)
Bergen-Belsen Survivors Association
Displaced persons
Trepman, Paul.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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