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Sidney Ofner Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16718
Collection
Sidney Ofner Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2 folders of textual material ; 1 CD
Date
1992-1995
Scope and Content
Contains the publication Sidney Ofner: A Soldier’s Story, 1942-1944, compiled by Suzan Horovitch, as well as copies of the letters written by Sidney Ofner and a CD copy of the book.
Collection
Sidney Ofner Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2 folders of textual material ; 1 CD
Scope and Content
Contains the publication Sidney Ofner: A Soldier’s Story, 1942-1944, compiled by Suzan Horovitch, as well as copies of the letters written by Sidney Ofner and a CD copy of the book.
Date
1992-1995
Storage Location
7-3C
Creator
Suzan Horovitch
History / Biographical
In 1993 Suzan Horovitch (née Green) began the task of typing out her uncle Sidney Ofner’s letters, written home to Montreal during his station in Europe in World War II. Sidney Ofner was in Italy when he was killed supporting a trench on January 15, 1944. Suzan Horovitch and her husband Art spent several years compiling into a book the letters as well as official Canadian Forces correspondence regarding Sidney. The Horovitch’s also tracked down and contacted several veterans whom had served with Sidney in order to gather all information possible on his time in the army and his death. Sidney Ofner was the only son of Alexander and Tillie Ofner, both of Montreal. Mr. Ofner ran a women’s ready-to-wear garment store, in which Sidney also worked. He was a graduate of Strathcona Academy. Sidney enlisted in the Victoria Rifles of Canada in 1942, going overseas in 1943. He was later stationed to North Africa with a reinforcement regiment and then with the Royal Canadian Regiment in Italy in the fall of 1943. Sidney’s sister Marjorie, mother of Leona (mentioned in the letters) and Suzan) saved all of the letters from her brother.
Custodial History
Transferred to the JPL-A by Suzan Horovitch
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Helfield/Gallay Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16735
Collection
Helfield/Gallay Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.33m textual records ; 200 photographs ; 60 artefacts
Date
ca189[?]-ca198[?]
Scope and Content
Series 1 and series 2 include textual records arranged chronologically. Series 3 consists of group photographs related to Wilfred Gallay’s professional life and a group of family snapshots dating mostly from the 1920s. Series 4 consists of religious objects, and kitchen and tailoring artefact…
Collection
Helfield/Gallay Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.33m textual records ; 200 photographs ; 60 artefacts
Scope and Content
Series 1 and series 2 include textual records arranged chronologically. Series 3 consists of group photographs related to Wilfred Gallay’s professional life and a group of family snapshots dating mostly from the 1920s. Series 4 consists of religious objects, and kitchen and tailoring artefacts documenting the spiritual, domestic and professional life of members of the Helfield and Gallay families over more than a century.
Date
ca189[?]-ca198[?]
Storage Location
Bay 3
History / Biographical
Tylia Helfield Tylia Helfield was born in Montreal in 1934. She received her (BFA) from Concordia University in. She is a writer, printmaker and artist. Eric Sidney Helfield Eric Sidney Helfield was born in Montreal in 1931. (where he lived and went to school) He was awarded a Bachelor’s degree in 1952 and a (BCL, 1955) from McGill University. He was a barrister and served for 14 years, between 1976 and 1990, as councilor of the former City of Côte-Saint-Luc. Eric Helfield died 3 October 1992 in Montreal. Marks Ellis Marks Ellis was born in Lithuania in 1873. A tailor by trade, he immigrated via London to Montreal in 1895, accompanied by his wife Mary. He established Bellingham Cleaners in the 1930s, at the corner of Bellingham and Maplewood streets (now rue Vincent-d’Indy and boulevard Edouard-Montpetit) and operated the business for two years. He worked as a tailor during the Second World War for Sterling Clothing on Park Avenue, and at Scott’s Clothing. In 1927, Ellis was involved in the founding of the United Commercial Loan Syndicate, formed by Jewish businessmen who gave loans at low interest rates to Jewish immigrants. He was also one of the founders of the Congregation Shaare Zedek in Montreal. He retired in 1956 at the age of 82 and died in Montreal on 26 December 1965. Ellis was the maternal grandfather of Eric Helfield. Children: Barnett, Mildred, Samuel. Brother of Bluma Ellis. Wilfred Gallay (Dr) Wilfred Gallay was born 10 June 1906 in Hawkesbury, Ontario. He went to elementary school and later obtained a First Class Teacher’s Certificate in Calgary, Alberta. Gallay studied chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1930. He carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Leipzig and at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, Germany. On his return to Canada, he worked at the National Research Council in Ottawa, becoming head of the Section on Colloids and Plastics. From 1944 to 1953, he was a consultant to Canadian and American firms and from 1953 until his retirement in 1971, he was Director of Research and Member of the Board of Directors of the E. B. Eddy Company in Hull, Quebec. In the course of his career, Gallay published some 85 scientific papers chiefly in the field of colloid or surface chemistry and was the recipient of several fellowships, awards and honours, including the Bolton Award the Technical Section Medal from the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, and the Plummer Medal of the Engineering Institute of Canada. Gallay was also involved with several scientific organizations and served namely on various committees of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association and as Secretary General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. He was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Ottawa. Wilfred Gallay married Birdie Silver in 19xx, and was the father of Tylia Helfied. He died in Toronto.
Language
English, Yiddish, Hebrew
Custodial History
Donated by Tilya Helfield
Notes
Further accurals expected.
Subjects
Helfield family
Helfield, Tilya
Gallay family
Furriers
Fur trade
Tailors
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33199
Collection
Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
Physical Description
10cm of textual records, 1 audiocasette
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of two files. The first contains the minutes of the Galecian Ladies Aid Association from the 1940s to 1980s, in loose leaf and bound formats. The second file contains documents and photocopies of documents pertaining to Tema Lang, the longtime secretary and treasurer of the organ…
Collection
Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
Physical Description
10cm of textual records, 1 audiocasette
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of two files. The first contains the minutes of the Galecian Ladies Aid Association from the 1940s to 1980s, in loose leaf and bound formats. The second file contains documents and photocopies of documents pertaining to Tema Lang, the longtime secretary and treasurer of the organization, and her husband Joseph Lang. The file contains the Polish passport of Tema Lang. Also included in the fonds is an audiocassette recording of the eulogy for Tema Lang.
Storage Location
JPL
Physical Condition
Bound minute books in poor condition
Conservation
Several rolled certificates in need of flattening
Language
Yiddish
English
French
Polish
Name Access
Lang, Tema
Lang, Joseph
Subjects
Galecian Ladies Aid Association
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Copper Portrait Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33802
Collection
Copper Portrait Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
4 framed copper portraits
Scope and Content
The collection consists of four copper portraits of prominent Jewish leaders Theodor Herzl (2), Nahum Sokolow and Chaim Weizmann. The portraits were given out as subscription premiums by the Jewish Daily Eagle and Canadian Jewish Chronicle.
Collection
Copper Portrait Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
4 framed copper portraits
Scope and Content
The collection consists of four copper portraits of prominent Jewish leaders Theodor Herzl (2), Nahum Sokolow and Chaim Weizmann. The portraits were given out as subscription premiums by the Jewish Daily Eagle and Canadian Jewish Chronicle.
Storage Location
JPL
Language
English
Yiddish
Name Access
Herzl, Theodor
Sokolow, Nahum
Weizmann, Chaim
Subjects
Canadian Jewish Chronicle
Jewish Daily Eagle
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Charles and Ninel Segal Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17146
Collection
Charles and Ninel Segal Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.5 m textual material
Date
1934-2008
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, speeches, articles and ephemera dealing with the Segals' professional and personal lives. Also contains numerous historical articles and speeches written and presented by Charles Segal. Numerous photographs illustrating this work also containe…
Collection
Charles and Ninel Segal Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
0.5 m textual material
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, speeches, articles and ephemera dealing with the Segals' professional and personal lives. Also contains numerous historical articles and speeches written and presented by Charles Segal. Numerous photographs illustrating this work also contained within the fonds.
Date
1934-2008
Storage Location
5-5G
Creator
Charles and Ninel Segal
History / Biographical
Charles Segal was born in Montreal on November 27, 1921 to Hyman Manuel Segal and Fanny (Moscovitch). Mr. Segal's fonds includes numerous details of his decades of work in the political world - from his days of journalism here in Canada and in the U.S., to his role in Histadrut, his meetings with President Truman and work with Oscar Ewing, his work with fair employment practices with the Construction Fund of the State University of New York and so on. Segal married his wife Ninel (Bercovitch) in 1979 and she also has been heavily involved in work in Congressman Mike McNulty. More details are available within the fonds.
Custodial History
Transferred directly from Charles Segal to the JPL-A starting in 2006. Further accurals expected.
Notes
Fonds also includes photographs, currently awaiting arrangement and description into the JPL Photograph Database.
Access Restrictions
Restriction on File 006, manuscript of Mr. Segal's biography, marked as so on file.
Subjects
Veterans, Jewish - Canada
Segal, Charles
Segal, Ninel (Bercovitch)
Israel
Israel - Foreign public opinion
Israel - Foreign relations
United States. Congress.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Articles and book reviews, Charles Segal

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17173
Collection
Charles and Ninel Segal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Date
1950-2006
Scope and Content
Consists of articles and book reviews on Charles Segal's historical writings and publications.
Collection
Charles and Ninel Segal Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
Consists of articles and book reviews on Charles Segal's historical writings and publications.
Date
1950-2006
Storage Location
5-5G
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Segal, Charles
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Der Führer zum Erfolg: Maschinenschreiben

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45458
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
book
Physical Description
Book : printed, stapled : brown, black, beige ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 21,6 cm
Date
1938
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
book
Physical Description
Book : printed, stapled : brown, black, beige ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 21,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1938
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
48 pages, softcover, stapled binding. Rust-brown cover with the title overlaid onto a drawing of a typewriter; the back cover is plain except for a circular publisher's logo in the center. Beige interior pages. Typewriting manual containing lessons with "Heil Hitler" salutations and excerpts of Hermann Goering speeches. Exercises include propaganda slogans, such as on page 25: "The program of the NSDAP is unshakable and unalterable."
Accession No.
2011X.146.01
Name Access
Glasrot, J.
Places
Darmstadt, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification tag

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45459
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification tag : beige, red, black ; Ht: 4,75 in. x W: 3,75 in.
Date
1939
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification tag : beige, red, black ; Ht: 4,75 in. x W: 3,75 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1939
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Identification tag printed on both sides. A cord is tied through two holes at the top, which have been reinforced with metal grommets. The numbers are large and take up most of the cardboard. Narrative: This card was used by Peter Braun for Kindertransport from Austria to England.
Accession No.
2011X.87.02
Name Access
Braun, Miriam
Places
Austria, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45460
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardboard : ink : beige, black, green, red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Date
May 30, 1941
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardboard : ink : beige, black, green, red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
May 30, 1941
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Polish
Notes
Plain postcard with address handwritten in black ink on one side and text in green and black ink on the other. It has been stamped with six circular postmarks (five black and one red); one of the postmarks is from Warsaw and the red one has the Nazi Reichsadler. There is also a square purple postage stamp from the General Governement. The handwritten text on the back is mostly in green ink with an addendum in black ink at the bottom. Narrative: The postcard was sent from the Warsaw Ghetto to Riwka Abramowicz who had escaped from Warsaw and was living in Moscow. The writers were a family member and a friend.
Accession No.
1990.14.01
Name Access
Abramowicz, Tobias
Places
Warsaw, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Calendar

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45461
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Calendar : paper : printed, Mounted : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 13 in. x W: 7,25 in.
Date
1942
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Calendar : paper : printed, Mounted : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 13 in. x W: 7,25 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1942
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
Hebrew
German
Polish
Notes
Mounted on a backing board for the year, with a photograph of ghetto council leader Moredechai Chaim Rumkowski at the top. Calendar contains information about the Lodz (Litzmannstadt) ghetto history At the bottom of every page is a slogan or a quote of a Rumkowski speech (e.g. "Be sparing with electricity and gas", "Nobody has to be hungry in the ghetto", "For the good of the ghetto you have to follow my way", "The young people have to learn a trade"). The appendix includes an address and telephone register of all the work resorts and departments of the ghetto.
Accession No.
2011X.58.06
Name Access
MHMC
Places
Lodz (Litzmannstadt), Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Shoe brush

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45462
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Shoe brush : stained : beige, red-brown, black ; Ht: 1,75 in. x W: 8 in.
Date
1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Shoe brush : stained : beige, red-brown, black ; Ht: 1,75 in. x W: 8 in.
Other Title Information
Clothing Accessory
Date
1944
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Shoe brush made of red-brown stained wood with rounded edges and concave back. Black bristles are bordered by beige bristles. A hidden compartment is revealed by sliding the back away from the part that holds the bristles. Narrative: Chava Favor was born on March 22, 1920 to Albert Fleischer and Juliana Beck. She was sent to Szeged ghetto (Hungary) in early 1944, where she received this brush from a Hungarian carpenter. In the summer of 1944, she used the brush to smuggle a small diamond brooch and money (the equivalent of $500) onto a train to a sub-camp of Mauthausen. She was eventually liberated from Strasshoff concentration camp (Austria) by the Soviet Army. After living in Prague (Czechoslovakia), Chava used the brush to smuggle $3,000 into Israel in 1949. She immigrated to Canada in 1952.
Accession No.
2011X.124.01
Name Access
Favor, Chava
Places
Szeged, Hungary, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Booklet

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45463
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Booklet : folded, glued, embroidered : purple, red, beige, black ; Ht: 2 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
Date
December 12, 1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Booklet : folded, glued, embroidered : purple, red, beige, black ; Ht: 2 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
December 12, 1944
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Heart-shaped autograph book made of folded paper, with purple fabric cover embroidered with the letter F in red thread. Pages are glued together with glue made from bread starch. The booklet contains 8 folded paper pages with messages written by prisoners. There are 21 different messages inside the booklet including 2 which are not signed. 19 different names appear. 4 messages are dated 1944-12-12 and one is dated 1945-01-26. Narrative: Booklet was given to Fania Landau on her 20th birthday by 19 co-workers in the Union ammunition factory in Auschwitz. Made in secret with materials stolen or found in the camp, the heart brings together messages of hope and birthday wishes. It represents the solidarity between these women, but also their courage and strength to withstand their horrific situation. Again, at great peril, they also presented a “cake” to Fania, made of hidden bread and decorated with margarine, on December 12, 1944.
Accession No.
2011X.55.01
Name Access
Fainer (Landau), Fania
Places
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Union factory, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Holocaust survivors playing in a band in Munich

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45464
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : Ink : black, white ; Ht: 7,75 in. x W: 10,25 in.
Date
1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : Ink : black, white ; Ht: 7,75 in. x W: 10,25 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1946
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
Yiddish
German
English
Notes
White border. Indoors. Group of musicians wearing camp prisoner uniforms and performing a concert in Munich for American soldiers and UJA staff. Behind them is a 2-dimensional cardboard backdrop made up of a large palm tree, a column, and a section of barbed wire fence on which there are two Stars of David, one in German and one in Yiddish. A series of large paper Yiddish letters decorate the front of the stage and read "Am Yisrael Chai" (the nation of Israel lives). The musicians are members of The Saint Ottilien Ex-Concentration Camp Orchestra. Pictured from left to right are Max Beker (violin), Max Borstein (violin), Melech Granat (drums), Jerzy Richter (voice), Fania Beker (piano) and Rala Wolfberg (clarinet). Narrative: The leader of the orchestra was Michel Hofmekler. The musicians played every Sunday in the Kovno ghetto. The donor, Etta Kaplan, was a spectator at the Nuremberg trials.
Accession No.
1996.14.02
Name Access
Kaplan, Etta & Nathan
Places
Munich , Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45465
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Postcard : paper : printed, handwritten : ink : black, white, blue ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 4 in.
Date
1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Postcard : paper : printed, handwritten : ink : black, white, blue ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 4 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1946
Creator
0
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
French
Hebrew
Polish
German
Russian
Notes
b&w, white border. Postcard commemorating the first anniversary of the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp by the Americans. The front shows a black and white drawing of an American flag being raised by soldiers. A man in a prisoner's uniform waves while he walks by a fat Nazi soldier tangled in a barbed wire fence. A large American flag dominates the scene. The reverse has a caption in six languages, and bears a stylized postage stamp featuring the camp gates. The sender's message is written in blue ink. Narrative: Donor, Mr. Wehrman, was liberated from Mauthausen concentration camp (Austria) on May 5, 1945.
Accession No.
2000.05.03
Places
Mauthausen, Ebensee, Austria (Europe)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Hanukkah lamp

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45466
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Hanukkah lamp : sculpted relief : silver ; Ht: 5,5 in. x W: 8,75 in.
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Hanukkah lamp : sculpted relief : silver ; Ht: 5,5 in. x W: 8,75 in.
Other Title Information
Ceremonial Artifact
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
8 candle holders mounted against an elaborately sculpted relief background. The background is in the shape of a crown with scalloped edges; in the centre are represented the Tablets of stone flanked by two lions rampant. The candle holders are shaped like small pots and balanced on a bar. There is a handle on each side and a hollowed-out space beneath them to catch wax drippings. The whole is balanced on four small, elaborately patterned pad feet. The back is undecorated, designed to be laid flat against a wall; there are two interlocking rings near the top from which the lamp can be hung.
Accession No.
2011X.58.07
Name Access
MHMC
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Letter

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45467
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Letter : paper : handwritten : ink : grey, black ; Ht: 7,5 in. x W: 10,25 in.
Date
April 30, 1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Letter : paper : handwritten : ink : grey, black ; Ht: 7,5 in. x W: 10,25 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
April 30, 1945
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Notes
Double-sided personal letter on an envelope which unfolds; there is writing in both sides, as well as the address and sender's information. Written by Saul Stein to his father Ben Stein in Montreal. Saul describes his impressions of Bergen-Belsen when he and other R.C.A.F. soldiers liberated the concentration camp. He details his impressions, asks that his friends and family spread the news and hopes they can find some way of helping.
Accession No.
2000.10.10
Name Access
Stein, Saul
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45468
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : cardstock : printed, handwritten, stamped : ink : beige, grey, black, yellow, white ; Ht: 6 in. x W: 4 in.
Date
January 4, 1939
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : cardstock : printed, handwritten, stamped : ink : beige, grey, black, yellow, white ; Ht: 6 in. x W: 4 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
January 4, 1939
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
German
Notes
Double-panel kennkarte marked with an orange "J" for Marie Louise Sara Cahn. The front is beige with a darker yellow-beige pattern. The right panel has a b&w portrait at t.l. and fingerprints at t.r.. There are four circular Reichsadler ink stamps issued by the presidential police in Mainz, as well as a blue postage stamp from 1938 at the b.r. of the left panel. Issued 1939-01-04, expiry date 1944-01-04. The verso is plain grey with black lettering. Narrative: William M. Birks, oldest son of Henry Birks used to buy jewelry and silver from the factory owned by Frank Cahn’s grandparents. The two families had known each other from before World War I. Frank’s grandmother asked Mr Birks for his help. The original plan was to send only Frank to Canada but after Karl (Frank’s father) was sent to Buchenwald, they sent an urgent cable to Mr. Birks, asking for his help for the entire family. Eventually, visas were issued in Hamburg by the Canadian Consul on January 23, 1939 for Karl, his wife Marie, their 3 sons Frank, Robert and Paul and Marie’s mother, Elise Leitschen. The permission to go to Canada made it possible Karl’s immediate release. The whole family arrived in Halifax on March 5, 1939.
Accession No.
2011X.34.01
Name Access
Cahn, Frank
Places
Mainz, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Suitcase

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45469
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Suitcase : brown, orange, multi-coloured ; Ht: 14 in. x W: 24 in.
Date
1938
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Suitcase : brown, orange, multi-coloured ; Ht: 14 in. x W: 24 in.
Other Title Information
Personal Gear
Date
1938
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
German
Notes
Brown leather suitcase with metal keyhole clasps and reinforced leather corners. The interior is lined with orange fabric and held by thin leather straps. The suitcase bears labels of shipping companies and hotels on every side, including the bottom. The hotel labels include the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo; the Hotel Conti in Zurich; the Myrtle Bank Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica; the Savoy Badgastein in Austria; 2 labels for the Hotel Carrera in Santiago, Chile; the Hotel Kaiserin Elisabeth Wieni in Vienna, Austria; the Hotel Union in Innsbruck, Austria; the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam; and the Hotel Luna in Bolzano, Italy. There are also labels for the Swedish American Line cruise to New York City; the Societa "Italia" di Navig.; and the Holland American Line. Narrative: Albert Spanier was originally from Enger (Germany); his parents Adolf and Amalia were in the textile business and became very wealthy. In 1938 Albert Spanier was forced to leave Germany. He obtained a visa to the U.S.A. where he worked at a minimum wage job and sent money to his mother and sister (cousin of Amalia, Sol Katzenstein signed the affidavit for his visa). They went to England, and later, the mother joined her son in Connecticut. Her daughter joined her husband in Argentina. The suitcase went with Albert Spanier; in it he brought family photographs and memorabilia. A list of contents represents what Albert Spanier would have been able to take with him when he left Europe in 1938: 10 pairs of shoes; 1 pair of slippers; 1 pair of sports shoes; / 2 pairs of sports stockings, ½ dozen winter stockings; 35 pairs of summer stockings; / 2 pairs of gloves; 2 pairs of overshoes; 13 ties; 2 pullovers; / 9 pajamas; 1 bath towel; 3 towels; / 1 bathrobe; 2 white shirts; 9 shirts; 9 sports shirts; / 2 white sports shirts; 3 polo shirts; 2 nightshirts; 1 ½ dozen winter underwear; / 10 shirt pants; 10 slip pants; 1 bathing suit; ½ dozen undershirts; / 1 tablecloth with 6 table napkins; 2 tablecloths; 2 ½ dozen handkerchiefs; / 1 dozen white collars; 10 spoons; 1 vase; 2 knives & forks; / 2 white pants; 2 linen suits; 1 grey summer jacket with pants; / 1 green summer jacket with pants; 1 overall; 1 shortgown; / 2 winter suits; 1 smoking; 1 woollen blanket; 1 winter coat; / 1 thin coat; 1 rain coat; 1 dust coat; 1 alarm clock; / 1 typewriter and ink ribbons; toiletries; stationary; / 1 stamp collection; ritual items; 1 umbrella; books, sofa cushions; / pictures, laundry bags, cap, 200 pieces of cigars.
Accession No.
2011X.312.01
Name Access
Spanier, Beverly
Places
Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Trau keinem Fuchs Auf gruener Heid Und keinem Jud bei seinem Eid! Ein Lesebuch für Groß und Klein

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45470
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Book : Cardboard, paper : printed : Ink : red, beige, black, multi-coloured ; Ht: 18 cm x W: 25 cm
Date
1936
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Book : Cardboard, paper : printed : Ink : red, beige, black, multi-coloured ; Ht: 18 cm x W: 25 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1936
Creator
-
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
Hardcover with cloth cover, text on left and image on right. Antisemitic propaganda publication for children, in the form of fairy tales. Front and back covers have red paper overlays: front cover features colour drawings of a stereotypical Jewish man with a big nose and a Star of David in the t.r. corner and a fox standing in grass on the b.l. corner. Inside are illustrated fairy tales; some examples include a comparison between a perfectly built Aryan man and a stereotypical Jewish man, a stereotypical Jewish man offering a good German girl riches, a group of happy German children in Hitler Youth uniforms and flying the DJ Fähnlein flag, and stereotypical Jews being deported while German children look on happily.
Accession No.
2011X.48.01
Name Access
MHMC
Places
Nuremberg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Documents
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Envelope

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45471
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Envelope : paper : printed, handwritten : ink : blue-green, black, red ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 6,25 in.
Date
September 12, 1941
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Envelope : paper : printed, handwritten : ink : blue-green, black, red ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 6,25 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
September 12, 1941
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
Envelope issued by the Auschwitz concentration camp with printed instructions. On the left side there is a list of conditions to be observed in correspondence with prisoners; in the middle, the address to reply to; and on the right side, the address of the recipient. It bears a red 12 pfenning Paul von Hindenburg stamp, an "Auschwitz (Oberschlesien) a" postmark with the date "12 9-41 - 12", and a red approval stamp. Narrative: This envelope was sent by prisoner Ludwig Stankiewicz (b. 1903-08-25) from Auschwitz concentration camp to Mrs. Helene Stankiewicz in the Generalgouvernement.
Accession No.
2011X.58.180
Name Access
MHMC
Places
Auschwitz, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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