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KASHETSKY, Blanche (Nagleberg)

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

Material Type: textual record

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

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NameofMother: Rachel Schwartz Nagleberg

Name of Father: Hyman Nagleberg

Spouse: Max Kashetsky

Children: 4 sons - Joseph, Ancil, Herzl, Jerome, 1 daughter - Esther

Date of Birth: 1915

Date of Death: March 19, 1999

Place Where Deceased: New Brunswick, Canada

Place of Residence: Saint John

Cemetery: Shaarei Zedek Cemetery

Notes: OBITUARIES: Telegraph Journal, March 20, 1999 KASHETSKY, BLANCHE - At the St. John Regional Hospital on Friday, March 19 1999; Blanche Nagleberg Kashetsky, wife of the late Max Kashetsky Saint John, NB. Born 1915 in Toronto, Ontario she was the daughter of the late Hyman and Rachel (Shwartz) Nagleberg. She was a member of the Congregation Shaarei Zedek, an active member of Hadassah Wizo and Sisterhood , treasurer of Shomer (Seniors) Club. She is survived by three sons, Ancil of Toronto, Herzl of Saint John and daughter-in-Law Hanna, Herzl of Saint John and daughter-in-law Faith and Jerome of Vancouver. Also survived by nephew Mel Spiegel of Toronto and sister-in-law Lillian Kashetsky. She was predeceased by her daughter Esther and son Joseph. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Brenan’s Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row (506-634-7424) on Sunday, March 21, 1999 at 2:00PM. Interment will follow in Shaarei Zedek Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations go to the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum. (29 Wellington Row, E2L-3H4) Gravestone reference code(s): JM 2001.22.49. Memorial plaque in synagogue: Kashetsky-Michelson - F1.

Record Source: SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records

Fonds No.: SJJHM-S

File No.: 547

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

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MILBER, Fannie Celia (Schwartz)

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

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Spouse: Solomon Milber

Children: 1 son - Samuel, 4 daughters - Yetta, Mrs. Katie Budovitch

Date of Birth: 1880

Date of Death: February 15, 1966

Place Where Deceased: New Brunswick, Canada

Place of Residence: Fredericton

Cemetery: Shaarei Zedek Cemetery

Age at Time of Death: 83 years

Notes: OBITUARIES: Evening Times Globe, February 17, 1966, Page 24 At Fredericton, Feb. 15, 1966, Mrs. Fannie (Schwartz) Milber, formerly of Saint John, widow of Solomon Milber, survived by one son, three daughters, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the Jewish Community Center, Wellington Row, Saint John, with service at 3 o’clock. Interment was in Shaarei Zedek Cemetery. Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.350.

Record Source: SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records

Fonds No.: SJJHM-S

File No.: 692

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

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MILBER, Solomon

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

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Spouse: Fannie Schwartz Milber

Children: 1 son - Samuel, 4 daughters - Yetta, Mrs. Katie Budovitch

Date of Death: April 25, 1955

Place Where Deceased: New Brunswick, Canada

Place of Residence: Saint John

Cemetery: Shaarei Zedek Cemetery

Age at Time of Death: 85 years

Notes: OBITUARIES: Evening Times Globe, April 26, 1955,, Page 13 At Saint John General Hospital on April 25, 1955, Solomon Milber, leaving his wife, one son, four daughters, 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral from the residence, 89 Acadia Street, Tuesday afternoon with service at 3:30 o’clock. Interment in Shaarei Zedek Cemetery. Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.121. Additional notes: labourer

Record Source: SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records

Fonds No.: SJJHM-S

File No.: 694

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

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NAGELBERG, Rachel (Schwartz)

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

Material Type: textual record

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

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NameofMother: Blanche Schwartz

Name of Father: David Schwartz

Spouse: Hyman Nagelberg

Children: 1 son, 2 daughters - Mrs. Max Kashetsky

Additional Family: 1 sister

Date of Birth: January 20, 1888

Date of Death: March 16, 1962

Place Where Deceased: New Brunswick, Canada

Place of Residence: Saint John

Cemetery: Shaarei Zedek Cemetery

Age at Time of Death: 74 years

Notes: OBITUARIES: Evening Times Globe, March 17, 1962, Page 17 At Saint John General Hospital, March 16, 1962, Rachel Nagelberg, 183 Rockland Road, widow of Hyman Nagelberg, daughter of the late David and Blanche Schwartz, leaving one son, two daughters, one sister, six grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Funeral from the vestry of Shaarei Zedek Synagogue on Sunday. Beginning with service at 11:30 o’clock. Interment in Shaarei Zedek Cemetery. Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.33.

Record Source: SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records

Fonds No.: SJJHM-S

File No.: 698

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

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Postcard

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: Postcard : Cardstock : printed, handwritten : Ink; graphite : beige, green, graphite, purple ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 4 in.

Date: June 1944

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

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Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: Postcard : Cardstock : printed, handwritten : Ink; graphite : beige, green, graphite, purple ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 4 in.

Other Title Information: Documentary Artifact

Date: June 1944

Physical Condition: Good

Language: Hungarian

Notes: 1 page. Two-sided postcard. Light cardstock postcard with green stamp. On the recto, is a handwritten message and, on the verso, is to the address. Postcard was sent by Arthur Schwartz while working in a Hungarian Labour Battallion in 1944, located near Kosice, Slovakia. He wrote to a gentile neighbour asking her if she could check to see if his parents had sent any postcards from Auschwitz. His parents had been deported to Auschwitz in 1944-05. Narrative: Arthur Schwartz was born on 1923-05-31 in Kosice, Slovakia. The town was at the time in Czechoslovakia. Arthur was the oldest of four children, two boys and two girls. At the beginning of 1944-03, the Jews in Kosice were forced to wear the yellow star badge and a Judenrat was formed. Arthur was sent to a labour camp. He worked at a train station, giving water to Jews who were being deported. According to Arthur, three transports left the station every day for Poland, but he did not know where they went specifically. In 1944-05, his family was deported to Auschwitz (Poland). In 1944-10, Arthur was marched across the country with 400 men. They received military rations to eat. One day, he went into a town to fix his shoe and lost his unit. He slept in a barn and was captured by the Arrow Cross. The detachment took Arthur to an office and tortured him. He was released and sent on another forced march near the end of 1944. He was liberated by Russian Army on 1945-04-01. After the war, he found his two sisters and a cousin who had all survived the Auschwitz camp. Arthur's parents, grandparents, and brother were all murdered in the gas chambers. Arthur immigrated to Montreal in 1948. He worked in a luggage factory and in a clothing factory.

Accession No.: 2011X.37.1

Name Access: SCHWARTZ, Arthur

Places: Kosice, Slovakia, Hungary, Europe

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Repository: Montreal Holocaust Museum

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Postcard

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: Postcard : Cardstock : printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, green, graphite, blue, purple, red ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 4 in.

Date: July 1944

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: Postcard : Cardstock : printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, green, graphite, blue, purple, red ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 4 in.

Other Title Information: Documentary Artifact

Date: July 1944

Physical Condition: Good

Language: Hungarian

Notes: 1 page. Two-sided postcard. Light cardstock postcard with green stamp. On the recto, is a handwritten message and on the verso is the address. Postcard was sent by Arthur Schwartz while working in a Hungarian labour battallion in 1944, near Kosice (Slovakia). He writes to Vilmos Javorszky/, a gentile neighbour, to thank him for giving him news about his parents. Narrative: Arthur Schwartz was born on 1923-05-31 in Kosice, Slovakia. The town was at the time in Czechoslovakia. Arthur was the oldest of four children, two boys and two girls. At the beginning of 1944-03, the Jews in Kosice were forced to wear the yellow star badge and a Judenrat was formed. Arthur was sent to a labour camp. He worked at a train station, giving water to Jews who were being deported. According to Arthur, three transports left the station every day for Poland, but he did not know where they went specifically. In 1944-05, his family was deported to Auschwitz (Poland). In 1944-10, Arthur was marched across the country with 400 men. They received military rations to eat. One day, he went into a town to fix his shoe and lost his unit. He slept in a barn and was captured by the Arrow Cross. The detachment took Arthur to an office and tortured him. He was released and sent on another forced march near the end of 1944. He was liberated by Russian Army on 1945-04-01. After the war, he found his two sisters and a cousin who had all survived the Auschwitz camp. Arthur's parents, grandparents, and brother were all murdered in the gas chambers. Arthur immigrated to Montreal in 1948. He worked in a luggage factory and in a clothing factory.

Accession No.: 2011X.294.01

Name Access: SCHWARTZ, Arthur

Places: Kosice, Slovakia, Hungary, Europe

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Repository: Montreal Holocaust Museum

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RAPAPORT, Morris

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Collection: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records

Material Type: textual record

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

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NameofMother: Esther (Zelda) Rapaport

Name of Father: Nathan Rapaport

Spouse: Leah Rapaport

Children: 3 daughters - Anna D., Marjorie (Mrs. Sidney) Koven, Mrs. Louis Weinstein

Additional Family: 1 brother - Louis, 2 sisters - Mrs. L. Schwartz, Mrs. Ida Shur

Date of Death: September 21, 1952

Place Where Deceased: New Brunswick, Canada

Place of Residence: Fredericton

Cemetery: Shaarei Zedek Cemetery

Age at Time of Death: 79 years

Notes: OBITUARIES: Evening Times Globe, September 22, 1952, Page 10, 11 Morris Rapaport Dies in Hospital [photo] Stricken on Friday as he was about to leave his home for the Synagogue of Shaarei Zedek to participate in the observance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, Morris Rapaport, well known Fredericton merchant, died at the General Hospital on Saturday evening. He was in his 80th year. Mr. Rapaport was born in Poland, and was a son of the late Nathan and Esther (Zelda) Rapaport. He had been a resident of the province for the last 40 years. For the last seven years he had made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Sidney Koven, 293 King Street, West Saint John. Since coming to New Brunswick, Mr. Rapaport had been engaged in the fur, cattle and lumber business and made his home in Fredericton where he took an active part in community affairs. He was largely responsible for the erection of the Fredericton Synagogue and was the donor of two scrolls used in the church [sic]. In addition, Mr. Rapaport gave generously to other Jewish institutions including a donation of a scroll to a synagogue in Czechoslovakia after its destruction during the Second World War. Possessed of a charitable nature, he will be remembered for his kindness and consideration to many during his residence in the province. His wife and a daughter Anna died some years ago. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Koven, West Saint John and Mrs. Louis Weinstein, Bangor, Me., one brother Louis Rapaport, Bangor; two sisters, Mrs L. Schwartz, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Mrs. Ida Shur, Bangor, as well as seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews. The body is resting at the residence of Mrs. Koven, 293 King Street West, from where the funeral will be held this afternoon with service at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be in Shaarei Zedek Cemetery. At the Saint John General Hospital on Sept.20, 1952, Morris Rapaport, of 293 King Street, West Saint John, son of the late Nathan and Esther (Zelda) Rapaport, leaving two daughters, one brother, two sisters, seven grandchildren, one great grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Resting at the residence from the funeral will be held Monday afternoon with service at 2:30 p.m. Internment in Sharei Zedek Cemetery. Gravestone reference code(s): JM 998.61.82. Additional notes: merchant

Record Source: SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records

Fonds No.: SJJHM-S

File No.: 724

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

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Sam Schwartz

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: Photograph : Paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 8,75 cm x W: 7 cm

Date: May 6, 1945

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: Photograph : Paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 8,75 cm x W: 7 cm

Other Title Information: Documentary Artifact

Date: May 6, 1945

Physical Condition: Good

Notes: b&w. Portrait. Sam Schwartz wearing a striped camp prisoner's uniform with a Star of David and a cap. His face is very thin. Narrative: Sam Schwartz was born 1906-07-12 in Stryl (Poland). The photograph was taken after the liberation of Waldenburg Gross-Rosen concentration camp.

Accession No.: 1990.23.01

Name Access: Schwartz, Sam

Places: Waldenburg, Germany, Europe

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Repository: Montreal Holocaust Museum

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SCHWARTZ, Abraham Albert

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Date of Birth: 1920

Date of Death: August 10, 1943

Place of Burial: Ottawa, Ontario

Cemetery: Ottawa Jewish Cemetery

Age at Time of Death: 23

Enlistment No.: J-21013

Rank: Pilot Officer

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Notes: Pilot Officer Abraham Albert Schwartz of Ottawa, Ontario, was reported killed on active service (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 654). He died in an Ottawa hospital of injuries sustained when the airplane which he was flying as instructor crashed into a tree ten miles east of Kemptville, Ontario, on August 10, 1943. Enlisting in the air force in January 1940, Pikot Officer Schwartz served for a time with the equipment branch of the R.C.A.F. before remustering to air crew. He trained at St. Thomas, Winnipeg, Uplands, Rockcliffe and Belleville, before going to St. Hubert, where he receive his pilot’s wings and commission on November 19, 1942. At the time of his death, he was instructor at the Uplands R.C.A.F. Station. Honours and awards: Defence Medal; CVSM; War Medal 1939-45. (From “There I Was ... A Collection of Reminiscences by Members of the Ottawa Jewish Community Who Served in World War II,” published by the Ottawa Post Jewish War Veterans and the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society.)