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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
Images
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
Images
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
Images
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
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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
Images
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
Images
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
Images
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
Images
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
Images
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