name:"Beer, Max" found 3 records - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

Notes: 1 page, One-sided with a circular ink stamp on the bottom left of the page. Birth certificate for Max Beer. Narrative: Max is the son of Genia and Leo Beer. Genia (Gitla) Paris Eizenberg Beer, was born was born on July 7, 1916 in Radom Poland to Chaim Mordechai and Ruchla Paris. She had two sisters Devora and Freindel and five younger brothers. Both of her parents and all her siblings perished in the Holocaust except for one sister who went to Palestine in the late 1930s. Genia married Israel Einzenberg and had a child when the Holocaust broke out. Both were killed. During the war she was incarcerated in the Szarzysko Kamiena labor camp for three years. After the war she met her second husband, Leo (Leyb) Beer. Leo Beer was born in 1908 in Uhniv (Uhnow in Polish), a small shtetl called near Lviv, Poland (today Ukraine). Leo joined the soviet Army and was wounded in a German attack where he lost the use of his left arm. He was then transferred to Tashkent, Uzbekistan until the end of the conflict. His two brothers and mother were killed in the Holocaust. His father, who had immigrated to Canada in the late 1920s survived. Leo went back to Poland after the war, where he met Genia. In 1946, antisemitic pogroms in Poland led them to flee toward the East through Czechoslovakia. They settled in the Displaced Persons camp of Pocking, in Germany. Max, was born on May 18, 1847 in a UNRRA hospital. The Beer family landed in Canada on January 18, 1949.

Accession No.: 2011X.56.04

Name Access: Beer, Max

Places: Pocking, Germany, Europe

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Repository: Montreal Holocaust Museum

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Boots

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Type: object

Physical Description: Boots : Hammered, sewn : navy, black, brown ; Ht: 15,4 cm x W: 7 cm x De: 16,2 cm

Date: [ca. 1948]

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Description Level: Item

Material Type: object

Physical Description: Boots : Hammered, sewn : navy, black, brown ; Ht: 15,4 cm x W: 7 cm x De: 16,2 cm

Other Title Information: Clothing, Footwear

Date: [ca. 1948]

Physical Condition: Good

Notes: Pair of handmade navy cloth and black leather child’s boots with light brown lining. Each boot has 2 leather straps, metal buckles and hand-hammered leather soles. Narrative: These baby boots belonged to the donor, Max Beer. He was born to Genia and Leo Beer. Genia (Gitla) Paris Eizenberg Beer was born on July 7, 1916 in Radom Poland to Chaim Mordechai and Ruchla Paris. She had two sisters, Devora and Freindel, and five younger brothers. Her parents and siblings were all killed during the Holocaust, with the exception of one sister who went to Palestine in the late 1930s. Genia had been married to Israel Einzenberg with a young child when war broke out. Both were killed. During the war she was incarcerated in the Skarzysko-Kamienna labor camp for three years. After the war she met her second husband, Leo (Leyb) Beer. Leo Beer was born in 1908 in Uhniv, Poland. He joined the Soviet Army and was wounded in a German attack where he lost the use of his left arm. He was evacuated to Tashkent, Uzbekistan and survived the war there. His two brothers and mother were killed in the Holocaust. His father, who had immigrated to Canada in the late 1920s, survived. Leo went back to Poland after the war, where he met Genia. In 1946, antisemitic pogroms in Poland led them to flee toward the East through Czechoslovakia. They settled in the Displaced Persons camp of Pocking, in Germany. Max was born on May 18, 1947. The Beer family arrived in Canada on January 18, 1949.

Accession No.: 2011X.56.01-02

Name Access: Beer, Max

Places: Pocking Displaced Persons Camp, Germany, Europe

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Montreal Holocaust Museum

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Identification certificate

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: Identification certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Yellow, Black, Red, Blue ; Ht: 13,5 in. x W: 8 in.

Date: November 17, 1948-November 19, 1948

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Collection: Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level: Item

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: Identification certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Yellow, Black, Red, Blue ; Ht: 13,5 in. x W: 8 in.

Other Title Information: Documentary Artifact

Date: November 17, 1948-November 19, 1948

Physical Condition: Poor

Language: German; English

Notes: 1 page, double-sided. Folded 3 times horizontally and once vertically. Small b&w photograph of Genia Beer (née Paris) affixed at centre left with 2 metal staples. Document issued by the International Refugee Organization, U.S. Zone of Germany. Certificate of identity for the purpose of immigration to Canada. Document contains personal and physical information about Genia Beer and lists Max Beer as her son, who will be accompanying her to Canada. Stamped with immigration visas at bottom and on verso. Narrative: Genia (Gitla) Paris Eizenberg Beer was born on July 7, 1916 in Radom Poland to Chaim Mordechai and Ruchla Paris. She had two sisters named Devora and Freindel and five younger brothers. Both of her parents and all her siblings were killed in the Holocaust except for one sister who went to Palestine in the late 1930s. Genia married Israel Einzenberg and had a child before the war started. Both were killed. During the war she was incarcerated in the Szarzysko Kamiena labour camp for three years. She survived and after the war she met her second husband, Leo (Leyb) Beer. Leo Beer was born in 1908 in Uhniv (Uhnow), a small shtetl called near Lviv, Poland (today Ukraine). Leo joined the soviet Army and was wounded in a German attack where he lost the use of his left arm. He was then transferred to Tashkent, Uzbekistan until the end of the conflict. His two brothers and mother were killed in the Holocaust. His father, who had immigrated to Canada in the late 1920s survived. Leo went back to Poland after the war, where he met Genia. In 1946, antisemitic pogroms in Poland led them to flee toward the East through Czechoslovakia. They settled in the Displaced Persons camp of Pocking, in Germany. Genia and Leo’s son, Max, was born on May 18, 1847. The Beer family landed in Canada on January 18, 1949.

Accession No.: 2011X.56.03

Name Access: Beer, Max

Places: Pocking, Germany, Europe

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Montreal Holocaust Museum