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Evening Courses for Workers in Yiddish
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90231
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 23,6 cm x W: 34 cm
- Date
- 1917
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- 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/link/cjhn90232
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 8,75 cm x W: 13,75 cm
- Date
- 1922
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- 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
Woman
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90328
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 13,6 cm x W: 8,6 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 13,6 cm x W: 8,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Portrait of a woman in a dark dress. She stands in semi-profile, with her hand resting on the back of a chair. She was a friend of the donor's mother.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.23
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Lew family
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90316
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 33,8 cm
- Date
- 1925
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 33,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1925
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Photo mounted on cardboard backing. Formal family portrait with adults and children sitting or standing in front of curtains. It shows the Lew family. On top: Joseph (father), Pauline, Yitzchak (uncle), Bella (aunt), Eli (uncle), Isrul (cousin). Bottom: Sarah (aunt), Minnie (mother), Esther Malka (grandmother), Aron (grandfather), Pia (aunt). Photo taken before grandparents Eli and Bella emigrated to Canada c. 1929. Photographer: Dager (Michal Sztarker).
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.13
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
School girl
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90329
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 5,9 cm x W: 4,1 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 5,9 cm x W: 4,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Ridged, white border. Portrait of a young woman wearing a dark top with a white collar. Photo shows head and upper torso only. This is Pauline Cohen's (the donor) school friend.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.24
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Gymnasium class
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90317
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 8,8 cm x W: 13,8 cm
- Date
- January 17, 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 8,8 cm x W: 13,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 17, 1929
- Physical Condition
- fragile
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- Portrait. 22 female children are seated in 3 rows with one adult woman. All of the children are wearing white shirts. This is a Yehudiah physical education class. Pauline (the donor) is in the middle row, second from right. Narrative: Yehudia was a Jewish day school for girls on Dluga street in Warsaw. According to the donor, it had a strong religious and zionist leaning. The teachers were mostly men, in particular in religious subjects, and instruction was mainly in Hebrew. Secular subjects were taught in Polish.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.14
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51319
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : cardstock : Printed, handwritten : graphite pencil, ink : Black, white, beige ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Date
- June 30, 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : cardstock : Printed, handwritten : graphite pencil, ink : Black, white, beige ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 30, 1930
- Physical Condition
- fragile
- Language
- Yiddish
- Notes
- Postcard showing the S.S. Bremen on its first voyage. Short message written on back from Joseph Poll to his wife Minnie Lew.This card was sent by Joseph (father of the donor, Pauline Cohen Lew) while he was working as a book publisher in San Diego 1930. Narrative: The S.S. Bremen was a German passenger ship built in 1928 that held the record for fastest Atlantic crossing of her class of vessel until 1935. During World War 2 it was used as a barrack ship until a fire destroyed it. The fire was the result of mutiny.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.47
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Bremerhaven, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Yitzchak (Pauline Lew Cohen's brother)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90324
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 8,7 cm
- Date
- 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 8,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Notes
- Portrait of a young man. The photograph shows only the head and upper torso of the man, who is wearing a suit and glasses. This is Yitzchak, Pauline's brother. He was the only Jewish alderman in Warsaw at that time. Narrative: According to the donor, Yitzchak emigrated to Palestine in 1938; he was smuggled out by Zionists. His grandfather was a Rabbi. All of his children were involved in political movements and one daughter was a Communist.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.12
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Natural Sciences class field trip
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78330
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 6,1 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 6,1 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Condition
- fragile
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- White ridged border. Group portrait of about 30 girls in dark dresses and one man in a suit. They are outdoors, surrounded by trees. These are students of class 4, from Yehudia High School on a natural sciences field trip to Bielany. Narrative: Yehudia was a Jewish day school for girls on Dluga street in Warsaw. According to the donor, it had a strong religious and Zionist leaning. The teachers were mostly men, in particular in religious subjects, and instruction was mainly in Hebrew. Secular subjects were taught in Polish.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.04
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Bela
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90233
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 7,7 cm x W: 4,6 cm
- Date
- September 28, 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- 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/link/cjhn90234
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 8,4 cm x W: 5,8 cm
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- 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
Two male friends of Pauline
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90320
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 8,4 cm
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 8,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- White ridged border. Two men pose in coats and hats with their legs resting on a small fence bordering a fountain. The photograph was taken in January 1934, in Ogród Saski park in Warsaw. Sewek, one of men featured, sent this to Pauline in Canada.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.02
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Pauline with sister and mother
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90321
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 7,8 cm
- Date
- August 11, 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 7,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 11, 1934
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- White ridged border. A woman and a girl stand with a small child held between them. They are outdoors, amongst trees. The photo is dark and their faces are barely visible. The girl is Pauline Lew (Cohen, the donor), the small child is Frances Lew (her sister) and the woman is Minnie Lew (mother).
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.17
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Otwock, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Maid with Frances Lew
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90322
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,6 cm x W: 6,4 cm
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,6 cm x W: 6,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- White ridged border. A young girl in a coat and dress is pictured walking hand in hand with a young woman wearing a hat. They are facing the camera and there are other people visible in the background. The young girl is Frances Lew (donor's sister). The woman is a maid.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.07
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Frances and maid
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90323
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,9 cm
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- White border. A young girl and a woman are shown in a tree, seated on a branch. The woman is wearing a polka dot dress. The girl is Frances Lew (donor's sister) and the woman is a maid. They are at a summer residence in Michalin, Poland.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.09
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Michalin, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Pauline with relatives in Michalin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90326
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 7,1 cm x W: 11,1 cm
- Date
- August 11, 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 7,1 cm x W: 11,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 11, 1934
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- White, ridged borders. Shows five children standing outside in front of a fence and trees. The two younger children stand in front. Top: Mieteck, Ala (cousins) and Pauline (Pola, the donor). Bottom: other cousin, Frances (Pauline's sister, nickname Fela).
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.26
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Michalin, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Rachmil Grynspen
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45878
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 3 1/4 in. x W: 2 3/8 in.
- Date
- July 5, 1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 3 1/4 in. x W: 2 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 5, 1935
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- b&w, white ridged border. Outdoor portrait of young man engaged in physical activity, probably a soccer game, dressed in shorts and sport shoes. Narrative: Rachmil Grymspen survived the Holocaust, immigrated to the US after the war. He visited donor in Canada.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.45
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Otwock, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Greeting card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78318
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Greeting card : Paper : ink : b&w ; Ht: 5,4 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Date
- 1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Greeting card : Paper : ink : b&w ; Ht: 5,4 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Notes
- White border. On front, a photograph is printed inside a circle showing railways on pier above the ocean ready to receive cargo from ships. Several large trunks are on the rails. There are a few people on the docks. Below the image but within the circle there is a short text in Hebrew. Another text, in script, is to the right of the circle.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.51
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Tel Aviv, Israel, Asia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Pauline with friends and cousin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90318
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,8 cm x W: 6,9 cm
- Date
- 1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,8 cm x W: 6,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- Four young women standing on steps in front of a white building with pillars. Two are standing and two are seated. All are wearing dresses and the two on the right are wearing coats. Standing at the top are Pauline (Pola) and her cousin, Ala. Seated at the bottom are friends Fela and Ania. Narrative: All pictured in photo died during the Holocaust except for the donor, Pauline. The cousin was Pauline's mother's brother's child, who lived in Lviv. The entire family died: Segal , Shiek (Pauline's mother's maiden name was Segal).
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.18
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Otwock, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Couple posing in a park
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90327
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 8,7 cm
- Date
- 1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 8,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Photo shows a man and woman in a park. The woman is seated on a bench, the man stands behind her and to the right. His arm rests on the back of the bench. They are the donor’s mother’s cousins. Narrative: Both killed. Possibly in Auschwitz.
- Accession No.
- 1990.16.22
- Name Access
- Cohen, Pauline
- Places
- Otwock, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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