Group portrait with Rosa Pliskin
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90220
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 6 1/2 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
1 image
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 6 1/2 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1938
- Notes
- White border. Formal group portrait, indoors. Nine people wearing black clothes, are sitting next to each other and looking at the camera. The older woman in the front row, on the right is Ester Klupt (née Cahnin). The third person from the right in second row is Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski. The man in the middle is Mordechai Pliskin. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa and her relatives were sent to the ghetto. Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration Camp, Poland. She arrived at the camp on July 13,1944. During her internment, Rosa Pliskin kept her clothes and accessories on her body at all times. She concealed two combs, a needle, some thread and fabric patches in a fabric pouch tied around her neck. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". Her identification prisoner number at Stutthof camp was 42451. Rosa Pliskin died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin died in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and one unknown perished in the Holocaust. David Pliskin, was murdered in the Ninth Forst, a Nazi killing site 4 miles from Kovno.
- Accession No.
- 1996.06.02
- Name Access
- Dworkind, Cyla
- Places
- Kaunas, Lithuania, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Grandmother Esther Chanin
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90221
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper; cardboard : Printed, glued : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
2 images
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper; cardboard : Printed, glued : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1920
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Formal portrait glued onto black cardboard bearing the name of the portrait studio on the bottom. The image shows an older woman with dark hair wearing a large round pendant on a silver chain, another silver chain, earrings, and a black cape with tassels. The woman is Esther Klupt (née Chanin). Narrative: Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski's grandmother. Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old.
- Accession No.
- 1996.03.01
- Name Access
- Dworkind, Cyla
- Places
- Lithuania, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Picnic in Korytnica
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90227
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 3,5 in. x W: 5,25 in.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
1 image
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 3,5 in. x W: 5,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 7, 1935
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- White ridged border. Group portrait showing a group of 9 young men in front of a train in wooded mountains. Two of the men are seated, the rest stand. Two women boarding the train are visible in the background. Narrative: Dezider Scheer was born April 26, 1918 in Mosovce, Slovakia to Nathan Scheer and Paulina Scheerova. In 1939, when Slovakia began to pass anti-Jewish laws, the Scheer family decided to immigrate illegally to Palestine, using a visa for Shanghai. Because of the cost and danger of the trip, it was decided that Dezider, then 20, would go first and then help bring his family over. He departed for Italy where a Greek boat was supposed to take him to Palestine, but the boat never came. Scheer and other Slovak refugees lived illegally in Italy for several months until they were arrested and placed in an Italian concentration camp, which Scheer described as very humane. The Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA) came to the camp looking for young Jewish men to work on farms in the Dominican Republic. Scheer was selected and left for the Dominican Republic, via Spain, Portugal and the United States, in October 1940. About 700 Jewish refugees settled in Sosua, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic during this time, where they were given land and cows. Dezider Scheer remained in Sosua until 1950 before selling his farm and moving to Canada to join his brother Jan Siroky (Scheer). Dezider Scheer’s mother and four of his siblings survived the Holocaust; two sisters and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins were deported and killed.
- Accession No.
- 1990.87.37
- Name Access
- Scheer, Dezider
- Places
- Korytnica, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Dezider Scheer on boat to Dominican Republic
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90228
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Digital file : b&w
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
1 image
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Digital file : b&w
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Straight white border. Informal group portrait of a group of 6 men sitting on the ground or on a bench with coats and luggage. A group of women, whose heads are not visible, stand behind them. Dezider Scheer escaped to the Dominican Republic during the holocaust. Narrative: Dezider Scheer was born April 26, 1918 in Mosovce, Slovakia to Nathan Scheer and Paulina Scheerova. In 1939, when Slovakia began to pass anti-Jewish laws, the Scheer family decided to immigrate illegally to Palestine, using a visa for Shanghai. Because of the cost and danger of the trip, it was decided that Dezider, then 20, would go first and then help bring his family over. He departed for Italy where a Greek boat was supposed to take him to Palestine, but the boat never came. Scheer and other Slovak refugees lived illegally in Italy for several months until they were arrested and placed in an Italian concentration camp, which Scheer described as very humane. The Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA) came to the camp looking for young Jewish men to work on farms in the Dominican Republic. Scheer was selected and left for the Dominican Republic, via Spain, Portugal and the United States, in October 1940. About 700 Jewish refugees settled in Sosua, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic during this time, where they were given land and cows. Dezider Scheer remained in Sosua until 1950 before selling his farm and moving to Canada to join his brother Jan Siroky (Scheer). Dezider Scheer’s mother and four of his siblings survived the Holocaust; two sisters and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins were deported and killed.
- Accession No.
- 1990.87.39
- Name Access
- Scheer, Dezider
- Places
- North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Vacation in Slovakia
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90229
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 2,5 in. x W: 2,5 in.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
1 image
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 2,5 in. x W: 2,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Straight white border. Outdoors. Informal group portrait with five people seated on a bench (a sixth on the arm) and six people standing behind them. Dezider Scheer is seated third from left. Jan and Alexander Scheer are also in the photo. The other people are Gentile friends. Narrative: Dezider Scheer was born April 26, 1918 in Mosovce, Slovakia to Nathan Scheer and Paulina Scheerova. In 1939, when Slovakia began to pass anti-Jewish laws, the Scheer family decided to immigrate illegally to Palestine, using a visa for Shanghai. Because of the cost and danger of the trip, it was decided that Dezider, then 20, would go first and then help bring his family over. He departed for Italy where a Greek boat was supposed to take him to Palestine, but the boat never came. Scheer and other Slovak refugees lived illegally in Italy for several months until they were arrested and placed in an Italian concentration camp, which Scheer described as very humane. The Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA) came to the camp looking for young Jewish men to work on farms in the Dominican Republic. Scheer was selected and left for the Dominican Republic, via Spain, Portugal and the United States, in October 1940. About 700 Jewish refugees settled in Sosua, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic during this time, where they were given land and cows. Dezider Scheer remained in Sosua until 1950 before selling his farm and moving to Canada to join his brother Jan Siroky (Scheer). Dezider Scheer’s mother and four of his siblings survived the Holocaust; two sisters and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins were deported and killed.
- Accession No.
- 1990.87.24
- Name Access
- Scheer, Dezider
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Barracks in Buchenwald concentration camp five days after liberation
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90230
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 10,3 cm x W: 13 cm
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
2 images
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 10,3 cm x W: 13 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 16, 1945
- Creator
- Levey, Harris
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- White border. Outdoors. Liberated prisoners pushing loaded cart outside barracks at Buchenwald, five days after the Liberation of the camp. Narrative: Photographer Harris Levey was part of the US Air force, 15th tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo Unit.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.158.06
- Name Access
- Levey, Jonathan
- Places
- Buchenwald, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Evening Courses for Workers in Yiddish
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90231
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 23,6 cm x W: 34 cm
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
2 images
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 23,6 cm x W: 34 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1917
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- Yiddish
- Notes
- Outdoors. Group portrait glued on grey cardbard frame. The photo shows a group of over 50 men and women seated (some standing) in front of a building. Two women hold a white sign with text in Yiddish and the date 1917 in front of the group. The numbers 38 and 39 are visible on the building behind the group. Depicts a group of workers at evening Yiddish course in Warsaw. The teachers were Yitzchak Lew, Joseph Lew and Pata Lew. Narrative: Teachers were relatives of the donor.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.55
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Pensionat Stylowy
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90232
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 8,75 cm x W: 13,75 cm
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
2 images
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 8,75 cm x W: 13,75 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- Outdoor group portait. Men, women and children, standing and seated on steps in front of Pensionat "Stylowy," the sign for which is visible at the top centre. Pauline (donor) as a baby, and her mother, Minnie, are visible in the 2nd row from the top. Narrative: According to the donor, Pensionat Stylowy was a spa in Otwock and the purpose of the trip there was to put on weight.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.20
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Otwock, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 7,7 cm x W: 4,6 cm
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
2 images
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 7,7 cm x W: 4,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 28, 1934
- Physical Condition
- fragile
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- Ridged white border. Portrait of a young woman, Bela, wearing a beret with a circular pin on it, slightly smiling, and holding a telephone receiver to her right ear. Narrative: Bela was a friend of donor who immigrated to Palestine.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.05
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Poland ?, Europe ?
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Three young women walking in the street
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn90234
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 8,4 cm x W: 5,8 cm
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
2 images
- Collection
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE (MHMC-01)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 8,4 cm x W: 5,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- White ridged border. Image shows three young women walking outside, with arms linked, looking at the camera. Trees and other people are visible in the background. The young women are on the way home from school. Two of them are wearing berets with a button that bears their school insignia. The woman in the centre is named Bela. Narrative: The young women were friends of donor.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.06
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
