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Identification tag

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75118
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification tag : woven, printed ; Ht: 2,75 in. x W: 6,5 in.
Date
1944-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification tag : woven, printed ; Ht: 2,75 in. x W: 6,5 in.
Other Title Information
Personal Symbol
Date
1944-1945
Physical Condition
fragile
Notes
Rectangular piece of fabric with the number 42451 and a Star of David printed on it. Item was the prisoner identification number of Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski in Stutthof concentration camp. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa and her relatives were sent to the ghetto. Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration Camp, Poland. She arrived at the camp on July 13,1944. During her internment, Rosa Pliskin kept her clothes and accessories on her body at all times. She concealed two combs, a needle, some thread and fabric patches in a fabric pouch tied around her neck. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". Her identification prisoner number at Stutthof camp was 42451. Rosa Pliskin died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin perished in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and one unknown perished in the Holocaust. David Pliskin, was murdered in the Ninth Forst, a Nazi killing site 4 miles from Kovno.
Accession No.
1995.4.01
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Places
Stutthof , Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Comb

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75140
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Comb : green ; Ht: 1,1 in. x W: 5 in.
Date
1944-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Comb : green ; Ht: 1,1 in. x W: 5 in.
Other Title Information
Toilet Article
Date
1944-1945
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Green comb with long teeth. Teeth are thicker on left side, thinner and more finely spaced on right side. Comb is missing approximately a dozen fine teeth. Original owner concealed this comb and used it while interned at Stutthof concentration camp. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa and her relatives were sent to the ghetto. Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration Camp, Poland. She arrived at the camp on July 13,1944. During her internment, Rosa Pliskin kept her clothes and accessories on her body at all times. She concealed two combs, a needle, some thread and fabric patches in a fabric pouch tied around her neck. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". Her identification prisoner number at Stutthof camp was 42451. Rosa Pliskin died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin perished in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and one unknown perished in the Holocaust. David Pliskin, was murdered in the Ninth Fort, a Nazi killing site 4 miles from Kovno.
Accession No.
1995.04.21
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Places
Stutthof, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification tag

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76780
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification tag : woven, printed ; Ht: 2,75 in. x W: 6,5 in.
Date
1944-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification tag : woven, printed ; Ht: 2,75 in. x W: 6,5 in.
Other Title Information
Personal Symbol
Date
1944-1945
Physical Condition
fragile
Notes
Rectangular piece of fabric with the number 42451 and a Star of David printed on it. Item was the prisoner identification number of Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski in Stutthof concentration camp. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa and her relatives were sent to the ghetto. Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration Camp, Poland. She arrived at the camp on July 13,1944. During her internment, Rosa Pliskin kept her clothes and accessories on her body at all times. She concealed two combs, a needle, some thread and fabric patches in a fabric pouch tied around her neck. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". Her identification prisoner number at Stutthof camp was 42451. Rosa Pliskin died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin perished in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and one unknown perished in the Holocaust. David Pliskin, was murdered in the Ninth Fort, a Nazi killing site 4 miles from Kovno.
Accession No.
1995.04.01
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Places
Stutthof , Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Sewing bag

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78004
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Sewing bag : blue, white, grey ; Ht: 7 in. x W: 3,5 in.
Date
1944-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Sewing bag : blue, white, grey ; Ht: 7 in. x W: 3,5 in.
Other Title Information
Textileworking T&E
Date
1944-1945
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Small pouch sewn with white thread made by Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski. Inside are pieces of fabric and a flower shaped cardboard thread spool. It also includes a small beige canvas pouch inside. The pouch was used by Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski in Stutthof concentration camp to hold her sewing kit and belongings. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". She kept the pouch around her neck at all time. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski , known as Klupt, was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, c. 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski and her relatives were sent to the ghetto and, on 1944-06-13, Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration camp in Poland where she received 42451 as an identification number. She died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin perished in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and the fourth, unknown, perished in the Holocaust.
Accession No.
1995.04.03
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Places
Stutthof, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Comb

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47425
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Comb : cast (moulded), cut : brown
Date
1939-1942
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Comb : cast (moulded), cut : brown
Other Title Information
Toilet Article
Date
1939-1942
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Opaque brown lice comb with thin teeth along the top and bottom edges, connected by a solid piece in the middle; both side edges have a convex curve. Comb is missing all its teeth. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa and her relatives were sent to the ghetto. Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration Camp, Poland. She arrived at the camp on July 13,1944. During her internment, Rosa Pliskin kept her clothes and accessories on her body at all times. She concealed two combs, a needle, some thread and fabric patches in a fabric pouch tied around her neck. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". Her identification prisoner number at Stutthof camp was 42451. Rosa Pliskin died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin perished in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and one unknown perished in the Holocaust. David Pliskin, was murdered in the Ninth Forst, a Nazi killing site 4 miles from Kovno.
Accession No.
1995.04.22
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Places
Stutthof, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Group portrait with Rosa Pliskin

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90220
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 6 1/2 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
Date
1938
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 6 1/2 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1938
Notes
White border. Formal group portrait, indoors. Nine people wearing black clothes, are sitting next to each other and looking at the camera. The older woman in the front row, on the right is Ester Klupt (née Cahnin). The third person from the right in second row is Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski. The man in the middle is Mordechai Pliskin. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa and her relatives were sent to the ghetto. Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration Camp, Poland. She arrived at the camp on July 13,1944. During her internment, Rosa Pliskin kept her clothes and accessories on her body at all times. She concealed two combs, a needle, some thread and fabric patches in a fabric pouch tied around her neck. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". Her identification prisoner number at Stutthof camp was 42451. Rosa Pliskin died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin died in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and one unknown perished in the Holocaust. David Pliskin, was murdered in the Ninth Forst, a Nazi killing site 4 miles from Kovno.
Accession No.
1996.06.02
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Places
Kaunas, Lithuania, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Grandmother Esther Chanin

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90221
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper; cardboard : Printed, glued : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
Date
1920
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper; cardboard : Printed, glued : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1920
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Formal portrait glued onto black cardboard bearing the name of the portrait studio on the bottom. The image shows an older woman with dark hair wearing a large round pendant on a silver chain, another silver chain, earrings, and a black cape with tassels. The woman is Esther Klupt (née Chanin). Narrative: Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski's grandmother. Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old.
Accession No.
1996.03.01
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Places
Lithuania, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Needle

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48141
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Needle : cast (moulded), cut : silver
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Needle : cast (moulded), cut : silver
Other Title Information
Textileworking T&E
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Sewing needle with a long eyelet and a pointed tip. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa and her relatives were sent to the ghetto. Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration Camp, Poland. She arrived at the camp on July 13,1944. During her internment, Rosa Pliskin kept her clothes and accessories on her body at all times. She concealed two combs, a needle, some thread and fabric patches in a fabric pouch tied around her neck. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". Her identification prisoner number at Stutthof camp was 42451. Rosa Pliskin died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin perished in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and one unknown perished in the Holocaust. David Pliskin, was murdered in the Ninth Forst, a Nazi killing site 4 miles from Kovno.
Accession No.
2012X.29.01
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Spool

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48142
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Spool : woven, spun, cut, perforated : beige, red
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Spool : woven, spun, cut, perforated : beige, red
Other Title Information
Textileworking T&E
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Beige thread woven around a hexagonal-shaped spool. There are 3 holes in the centre of the spool. Narrative: Rosa Pliskin-Sokolinski (nee Klupt) was born in Kovno, Lithuania in 1898. She married Mordechai Pliskin before the war. They had at least 4 children. The family owned a store in Kovno, circa 1925, which remained open until 1941. The family sold manufactured materials for clothing. In 1941 or 1942, Rosa’s grandmother Esther Klupt (née Chanin) was shot in front of the family store with her great-grandson. Esther was 91 years old. Rosa and her relatives were sent to the ghetto. Rosa was then deported to the Stutthof concentration Camp, Poland. She arrived at the camp on July 13,1944. During her internment, Rosa Pliskin kept her clothes and accessories on her body at all times. She concealed two combs, a needle, some thread and fabric patches in a fabric pouch tied around her neck. Rosa considered these items to be very precious, she said they were "like gold to her". Her identification prisoner number at Stutthof camp was 42451. Rosa Pliskin died in 1986 in Tivon, Israel. Rosa’s husband, Mordechai Pliskin perished in Dachau. Four of their children, David, Seil (Saul), Klara and one unknown perished in the Holocaust. David Pliskin, was murdered in the Ninth Forst, a Nazi killing site 4 miles from Kovno.
Accession No.
2012X.29.02
Name Access
Dworkind, Cyla
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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