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Can opener

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48062
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Can opener : cast (moulded), cut, beveled, soldered : grey ; Ht: 1,2 cm x W: 1,5 cm x De: 3,8 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Can opener : cast (moulded), cut, beveled, soldered : grey ; Ht: 1,2 cm x W: 1,5 cm x De: 3,8 cm
Other Title Information
Food Processing T&E
Date
1947
Physical Condition
Excellent
Notes
Rectangular plane that tapers slightly at the top right edge. Bottom left corner has a hole cut out. Going horizontally across the plane is a shallow trench. A half circle has been cut out of the top edge, in the middle. At the top left edge, is a cylindrical eyelet with a triangular piece inserted through the eyelet and pointing upwards; the top edge is curved. Narrative: Small metal can opener given to Dana Borenstein by an American soldier in the Jewish D.P camp in Stuttgart, West
Accession No.
2009.12.02
Name Access
Borenstein, Dana
Places
Stuttgart, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Scissors

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48061
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Scissors : cast (moulded), screwed, incised : silver, black
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Scissors : cast (moulded), screwed, incised : silver, black
Other Title Information
Toilet Article
Date
1947
Physical Condition
Excellent
Notes
Nail scissors with circular handles, screwed together near the blades; between the handle and blades there is a half-circle cut out with a tapered edge. A thin rectangular eyelet is found on the obverse, below the handle. The blades taper at the ends. A nail file is attached to a rectangular case, which covers the scissor blades. At the very end of the file is a tapered and curved point, which locks into the eyelet on the scissors. Narrative: Given to Dana Borenstein by an American soldier in the Jewish D.P camp in Stuttgart, West along with a can opener. Dana kept them and used them until 2009 when she gave them to her nephew Stefan (her husband's brother's son) who could remember them from the D.P camp.
Accession No.
2009.12.01
Name Access
Borenstein, Dana
Places
Solingen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Ticket

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76274
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Ticket : Paper; Cardstock : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue, Red ; Ht: 10,3 cm x W: 7,2 cm
Date
February 1949
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Ticket : Paper; Cardstock : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue, Red ; Ht: 10,3 cm x W: 7,2 cm
Other Title Information
Exchange Medium
Date
February 1949
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
German
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Small b&w photograph affixed at bottom left corner, recto, with two metal grommets. On verso, printed map of tram system above two paper stamps, both dated Feb. 49. Document is a tramway pass for Stuttfart. Red ink on map indicates stops where pass was valid. The two stamps added extra fare to the value of the pass. Narrative: Dana Borenstein (Danka Borenstaijn, née Checinska), the donor, used this pass while living in the West Stuttgart Displaced Persons Camp for Jewish survivors. She was born in 1918 in Rajanice (Pabjanice), Poland. In 1940, she was arrested and jailed in Grodisk. After nearly a year, she was sent to work in an ammunition factory. She was also imprisoned in Auschwitz and Oberstadt. After Liberation, Dana walked for two days and nights to reach Stuttgart. At the D.P. camp, she was reunited with her husband, his brother and his brother's family. They lived there until 1949. Dana and her husband arrived in Canada on June 6, 1949.
Accession No.
2009.12.04
Name Access
Borenstein, Dana
Places
Stuttgart, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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