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https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75167
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
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- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink; Graphite Pencil : Beige, Black, Purple, Blue ; Ht: 5 3/8 in. x W: 8 3/8 in.
- Date
- November 14, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink; Graphite Pencil : Beige, Black, Purple, Blue ; Ht: 5 3/8 in. x W: 8 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 14, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Certificate certifying that Heinz Rübler was a member of the group “Les Affranchis” M.N.B. before September 3, 1944 and that he is on unlimited leave to finish his studies. The typed name J. Dons, appearing before the signature, has been crossed out in ink and the name C. Tromme ? has been handwritten above it. Circular stamp has a skull and crossbones insignia in centre. On back, a name, address and some numbers have been handwritten in pencil. Narrative: Heinz Rübler was the brother-in-law of the donor, Walter Absil.
- Accession No.
- 2000.02.09
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medical certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75124
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Medical certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Green, Red ; Ht: 8,75 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Date
- May 31, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Medical certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Green, Red ; Ht: 8,75 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 31, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, folded three times horizontally. Letterhead of the Medical Service of the Committee for Aid to Jewish Refugees. Two green fiscal stamps affixed vertically to lower left corner of page. Form was printed to issue prescriptions but is being used to provide an attestation of physical and mental health for Walter Bondy. Narrative: Walter Bondy is the birth name of the donor, Walter Absil. He was born in Vienna, Austria on November 26, 1924. He fled to Belgium with his family in 1938 and survived the war in hiding.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.16
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Membership card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50317
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Membership card : Paper : Ink : Black, Biege, Purple ; Ht: 12,1 cm x W: 7,1 cm
- Date
- 1939-1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Membership card : Paper : Ink : Black, Biege, Purple ; Ht: 12,1 cm x W: 7,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1939-1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Yiddish
- Notes
- 1 vertical fold. The inside, and the back have a chart with twelve boxes, one for each month of the year, there are three stamps on the chart on the inside. There is also an additional rectangular stamp on the inside. Membership card issued to Otto Bondy from the agricultural cooperative/society for immigration to Canada. Card was valid from 1939 and 1940. It was paid up until August, 1939. Narrative: the card belonged to donor's father. Donor believes that his father tried to get visas in different countries, including Canada. Otto Bondy was born in Wien, Austria in 1897. He was a leather manufacturer and married to Margarethe nee Fischer. the Bondy family left Austria the day after the annexion by the German Reich and found refuge in Belgium. During the war, Otto and Margarethe were sent to Malines transit camp and deported with Transport XXII A to Auschwitz Birkenau, Extermination Camp, Poland on 1943-09-20. They were both killed in Auschwitz. thei two children survived in hiding.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.15
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Note
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75133
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Note : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Grey, Black ; Ht: 7 6 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
- Date
- September 4, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Note : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Grey, Black ; Ht: 7 6 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 4, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 small square page, single-sided. Document is handwritten in faded ink, with the names written in a different handwriting in two different inks. Signed in a third different ink. Document issued in St-Cyprien internment camp on September 4, 1940, states that the internee, Otto Bondy, is being escorted to Perpignan by Guard Bevan. Narrative: Otto Bondy was the father of the donor, Walter Absil. He was born in Vienna, Austria on January 1, 1897, and fled to Belgium with his family in 1938. In September 1940 he was interned with other German and Austrian Jews in St-Cyprien, but he escaped and returned to Brussels. He was deported from the Malines (Melechen) transit camp in Belgium to Auschwitz in September 1943, where he was murdered.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.07
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- St-Cyprien, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Otto and Margarethe Bondy
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78351
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 3 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 3 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- b&w picture with white border. The picture is a couple portrait of Otto Bondy and his wife, Margarethe Bondy nee Fischer. Narrative: Otto Bondy was the father of the donor. He was born in Vienna, Austria on January 1, 1897, and fled to Belgium with his family in 1938. In September 1940 he was interned with other German and Austrian Jews in St-Cyprien, but he escaped and returned to Brussels.He was deported from the Malines (Melechen) transit camp in Belgium to Auschwitz on transport XXIIA on September 20, 1943. the transport arrived in Auschwitz on 1943-09-22. Otto and his wife were both killed on Auscwhitz. Their children survived in hiding.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.64.03
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Passport
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50318
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Orange, Purple, White ; Ht: 16,3 cm x W: 10,8 cm
- Date
- July 15, 1936
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Orange, Purple, White ; Ht: 16,3 cm x W: 10,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 15, 1936
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- German
- Notes
- 48 pages. Throughout the book are 10 circular ink stamps, and 5 square stamps. The pages have a watermark of the Coat of Arms of the German Confederation on them. On page 3 there is a b&w identity photograph of Margharete Bondy with her hair tied back, and wearing a blouse. Stamps inside the passport reveal that Margharete was issued a tourist visa on March 12, 1938 valid for two months by the Belgian Embassy. A visa to France was issued by the French consulate in Brussels on March 14, 1938 and a stamp was added in Bâle, Switzerland on March 13, 1938. A stamp on the last page indicates that Margharete changed money at the Wechselstube Westbahnhof train station in Vienna the day she left the country. Narrative: Margarete Bondy nee Fischer (mother of donor) was born in Wien, Austria in 1904. She was a saddler worker. Her family left Austria the day after the annexion of Austria by the Gemran Reich on March 12, 1938 and found refuge in Belgium. During the war she was arrested by the Gestapo, and sent to Malines. She was then deported with Transport XXII A from Malines, Caserne Dossin Camp, Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Extermination Camp, Poland on 1943-09-20. She was killed in Auschwitz along with her husband Otto. Their children Walter and Liesl survived in hiding.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.21
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Passport
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75125
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Paper : Printed, Stamped, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple, Green, Red ; Ht: 16 cm x W: 10,8 cm
- Date
- September 13, 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Paper : Printed, Stamped, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple, Green, Red ; Ht: 16 cm x W: 10,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 13, 1929
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- French
- Notes
- 48 pages. Soft cover, paper bound with string. Cover is brown cardboard; the title and a coat of arms is printed in the centre in black. Numbered 890873 at top centre. Issued for Otto Bondy; his name, nationality and passport number are on page 1, a physical description of him and information about his children is found on page 2, and his b&w photo and signature are on page 3. Dates of issue, expiration and renewals are on page 4. Pages 5-39 are stamped with travel visas to European countries. Pages 40-46 are blank. Pages 47-48 are stamped with information relating to currency exchange transactions. Narrative: Otto Bondy was the father of the donor, Walter Absil. He was born in Vienna, Austria on January 27, 1897, and fled to Belgium with his family in 1938. He was deported from the Malines (Melechen) transit camp in Belgium to Auschwitz in September 1943, where he was murdered.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.22
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Police certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50319
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Police certificate : Paper : Black, White, Purple ; Ht: 29,8 cm x W: 21,3 cm
- Date
- May 8, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Police certificate : Paper : Black, White, Purple ; Ht: 29,8 cm x W: 21,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 8, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- 1 page. 2 circular ink stamps with a Reichsadler in the centre, and 1 rectangular stamp. Narrative: This document was issued by the chief of police in Vienna. It certifies that the donor, Mr. Walther Siegfried Israel Bondy has no criminal records. This document was required in order to apply for a U.S. visa.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.06
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50179
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Red, Blue, Biege, Purple ; Ht: 3,5 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Date
- September 20, 1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Red, Blue, Biege, Purple ; Ht: 3,5 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 20, 1943
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, double sided. There is a circular stamp on the front top right corner, on top of a square Belgium Postage stamp. Narrative: Handwritten postcard written by Otto Bondi from Malines transit camp (Belgium) to his children. He and his wife were deported with Transport XXII A from Malines, Caserne Dossin (Belgium) to Auschwitz Birkenau, Extermination Camp (Poland) on 1943-09-20. . He was the donor's father.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.13
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Malines, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75163
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4 1/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Date
- January 3, 1949
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4 1/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 3, 1949
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Invitation to a convocation ceremony, addressed to Heinz Rübler, held by the Resistance Office of the Ministry of National Defense. The ceremony was scheduled for Januray 19, 1949 in Brussels. Narrative: Heinz Rübler was the brother-in-law of the donor, Walter Absil.
- Accession No.
- 2000.02.07
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75165
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, White, Green, Purple ; Ht: 4 1/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Date
- January 29, 1949
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, White, Green, Purple ; Ht: 4 1/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 29, 1949
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Invitation to a convocation ceremony, addressed to Heinz Rübler, held by the Resistance Office of the Ministry of National Defense. The ceremony was scheduled for February 24, 1949. Narrative: Heinz Rübler was the brother-in-law of the donor, Walter Absil.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.11.06
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75166
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Green, Black, Blue, Red ; Ht: 3 5/8 in. x W: 5 1/2 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Green, Black, Blue, Red ; Ht: 3 5/8 in. x W: 5 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Postcard issued by the Mouvement Nationale Belge (M.N.B.), a resistance organization. The postcard is addressed to Heinz Rübler, and acknowledges his request for recognition of his resistance activities. It indicates that his file number is 16560. Narrative: Heinz Rübler was the brother-in-law of the donor, Walter Absil.
- Accession No.
- 2000.02.08
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Program
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75135
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Program : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Grey ; Ht: 8,25 in. x W: 6,75 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Program : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Grey ; Ht: 8,25 in. x W: 6,75 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Yiddish
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Handwritten program, possibly for a performance. Writing is very faded.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.64.02
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Receipt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75130
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Typed, Handwritten : Colour pencil; Ink : Beige, Black, Red ; Ht: 15,7 cm x W: 10,7 cm
- Date
- September 4, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Typed, Handwritten : Colour pencil; Ink : Beige, Black, Red ; Ht: 15,7 cm x W: 10,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 4, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. Document states that Otto Bondy requested and received a refugee allowance on September 4, 1940. The number 21 is written in red at the top right corner of the page. Narrative: Otto Bondy was the father of the donor, Walter Absil. He was born in Vienna, Austria on January 1, 1897, and fled to Belgium with his family in 1938. In September 1940 he was interned with other German and Austrian Jews in St-Cyprien, but he escaped and returned to Brussels. He was deported from the Malines (Melechen) transit camp in Belgium to Auschwitz in September 1943, where he was murdered.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.11
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Perpignan, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Receipt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75152
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Graphite pencil : Beige, Black, Grey ; Ht: 1,5 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Graphite pencil : Beige, Black, Grey ; Ht: 1,5 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Piece of beige paper with the German word Anerkannt - Recognized (trad.) typed on it, with the signature below it in pencil. Narrative: This receipt was signed by the mother of the donor, Walter Absil. Such receipts were issued to give camp inmates the impression that their belongings would be returned to them. Walter Absil obtained this receipt with his mother's earrings, as well as a receipt signed by his father and his father's watch, after the war. The objects had been found by Allied forces in a railroad car full of jewelry confiscated from prisoners. It is likely that the jewelry was confiscated from Margarethe Bondy-Fischer upon her arrival in Auschwitz.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.64.04
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Auschwitz, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Receipt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75169
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Handwritten, Typed : Ink; Graphite Pencil : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5 3/8 in.
- Date
- September 4, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Handwritten, Typed : Ink; Graphite Pencil : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 4, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Receipt for documents received from Otto Bondy, evacuated from Brussels, indicating his new residence. Receipt issued by Le Receveur des P.T.T., Ministére des Communications. On reverse, there are some mathematical calculations done in pencil. Narrative: Otto Bondy was the father of the donor, Walter Absil. He was born in Vienna, Austria on January 1, 1897, and fled to Belgium with his family in 1938. He was deported from the Malines (Melechen) transit camp in Belgium to Auschwitz in September 1943, where he was murdered.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.64.11
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Perpignan, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Residence certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75129
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Residence certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Pink, Black, Purple, Red ; Ht: 10,75 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- May 4, 1926
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Residence certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Pink, Black, Purple, Red ; Ht: 10,75 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 4, 1926
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- 1 page, double sided. Folded once horizontally and vertically. Document is a certificate of residence, issued in Vienna on April 5, 1926. Purple stamp with handwritten portions in top right corner regarding passport. Narrative: Otto Bondy was the father of the donor, Walter Absil. He was born in Vienna, Austria on January 1, 1897 and fled to Belgium with his family in 1938. He was deported from the Malines (Melechen) transit camp in Belgium to Auschwitz in September 1943, where he was murdered.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.18
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Travel document
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75126
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Travel document : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : White, Black, Purple ; Ht: 26,9 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- August 16, 1940-September 04, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Travel document : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : White, Black, Purple ; Ht: 26,9 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 16, 1940-September 04, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Travel pass, issued by the Belgian Consulate in Perpignan, France, authorizing Bernhard Otto Fischer to travel freely in the French Occupied Zone and cross the border into Belgium, accompanied by Otto Bondy. Circular stamp on back, b.r has insignia in centre. Narrative: Otto Bondy and Bernhard Otto Fischer escaped the St-Cyprien internment camp in September or October 1940. At the Belgian Consulate, Mr. Fischer was initially refused the travel pass because the consulate only issued travel documents for Belgian nationals (he was Austrian). The officer would not complete the form with the necessary stamp and signature. The escaped men left with the unstamped document, and later convinced 2 gendarmes on the street that they were Belgian and needed their travel pass validated, and were taken to the Gendarmerie where the document was stamped and signed. Mr. Fischer subsequently added Mr. Bondy's name to the document as authorized travel companion. Otto Bondy was the father of the donor, Walter Absil. He was born in Vienna, Austria on January 1, 1897, and fled to Belgium with his family in 1938. He was deported from the Malines (Melechen) transit camp in Belgium to Auschwitz in September 1943, where he was murdered. Bernhard Otto Fischer was Mr. Absil's uncle (his mother's brother). He survived the war and settled in the United Kingdom.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.04
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Perpignan, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Travel document
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75127
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Travel document : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Colour pencil; Ink : Beige, Black, Red, ; Ht: 27,9 cm x W: 21,1 cm
- Date
- March 1, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Travel document : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Colour pencil; Ink : Beige, Black, Red, ; Ht: 27,9 cm x W: 21,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 1, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, double sided. Folded once horizontally and vertically. Document issued in Ixelles by the Public Safety Department of the Justice Ministry.. It states that Otto Bondy must leave Belgium before June 15, 1939. If found in the country after this date, he risks imprisonment. He is not authorized to settle in Belgium and must emigrate. Square b&w photograph of Otto Bondy is affixed to upper-right corner of document with 4 grommets (one in each corner). Underneath the photo, text states that the document is not valid without a stamped photograph, and that the subject must hold a passport or other identification document with a stamped photograph. Inscription "Ci dél" has been scrawled at bottom right, under the signature, in red pencil. There is a signed notice on back, dated June 28, 1939 that the deadline has been delayed until September 30, 1939, referring to a letter dated June 21, 1939. A second signed notice dated September 21, 1939 appears directly underneath, stating further delay until December 31, 1939. Narrative: Otto Bondy was the father of the donor, Walter Absil. He was born in Vienna, Austria on January 1, 1897, and fled to Belgium with his family in 1938. He was deported from the Malines (Melechen) transit camp in Belgium to Auschwitz in September 1943, where he was murdered.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.08
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Ixelles, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Walter Bondy and sister Liesl in front of an antisemitic poster “Le complot Juif”
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51324
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 15,3 cm x W: 11,5 cm
- Date
- 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 15,3 cm x W: 11,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Brother and sister Walter and Liesl Bondy are standing in front of a wall covered in antisemitic posters reading "Jewish conspiracy" (in French: Le complot Juif and in Flemish: Juden Komplott). A white V letter is also painted on the wall next to where Lisel stands. The V for victory was a symbol of resistance to the Nazi regime. Narrative: Walter and his sister had fake Belgian identity cards and managed to survive the war in hiding. Both their parents as well as their maternal grandmother were deported from Kazern Dossin in Malines to Auschwitz concentration camp and killed there. On January 14, 1941, Victor de Laveleye, former Belgian Minister of Justice and director of the Belgian French-speaking broadcasts on the BBC (1940–1944), suggested in a broadcast that Belgians use a V for victoire as a rallying emblem during World War II. By July 1941, the emblematic use of the letter V had spread through occupied Europe.
- Accession No.
- 1990.96.12
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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