name:"Elly Bollegraaf" found 103 records - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111972

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 21 cm of textual records; 105 photographs

Fonds No.: E0014

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of textual and photographic records, including a docent training kit, research notes, notes on artifacts used in exhibit, student and reflections on the exhibit.

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 21 cm of textual records; 105 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of textual and photographic records, including a docent training kit, research notes, notes on artifacts used in exhibit, student and reflections on the exhibit.

Fonds No.: E0014

Storage Location: B.1.4

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

History / Biographical: The "Anne Frank in the World: 1929 - 1945" exhibit was held in Ottawa from May 1 - 31, 1992 at the Canadian War Musuem. It was attended by more than 2000 students and numerous community members, government officals, and diplomats during the 31 days it was open. "Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945" was a internationall renowned travelling exhibit created by the Anne Frank Centre. It was displayed in museums and heritage institutions around the world including the Canadian War Musuem in Ottawa. In December of 1988, the exhibit's existance was brought to the attention of Vera Gara, Chairman of the Holocaust Remebrance Comittee and discussions began about bringing the exhibit to Ottawa. The cost to bring the exhibit would be $20,000 ($12,000 USD). The committee was eager to host the exhibit and sponsors and a space were explored. By May 1990, the exhibit had been booked for Spring 1992, and the Canadian War Musuem booked as the exhibit space. This same year Sara Vered was approached with the position of chairman of the exhibit committee which she accepted with the understanding that she would have full commitment from the Holocaust Remembrance Committee. It was decided that the exhibit would run from May 1 to May 31, 1992, in the Canadian War Musuem, on the third floor, with the CWM providing an incorporating exhibit called "The Sweetest Spring" showcasing the involvment of the Canadian Armed Forces in the libreration of the Netherlands. All of this would coincide with the liberation of Holland, and the Festival of Spring (The Tulip Festival). The offical opening of the exhibit happened on April 30, 1992. For the opening ceremony, a number of Holocaust survivors and veterans were asked to speak. Chateau Laurier donated $10,000 in catering and Dave Smith donated the liquor. Among the special guests for the opening event were Gen. Ramsay Withers; Victor Suthem, director of the Canadian War Museum; Ambassador Itzhak Shelef; the First Secretary for Political Affairs of the Royal Dutch Embassy; Mayor Jacquelin Holzman; and the Burgomaster of The Hague, Dr. A.J. Haver- mans. The Anna Frank High School Choir and the Ottawa Dutch Choral Society both performed. The display included more than 800 photographs and documents as well as a model of the secret annex where Anne and her family hid during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

17 paintings from the "Zoo was Nederland: 1940-1945" exhibit

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111975

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 19 photographs col.

Fonds No.: E0014; OJA 3-014-01

1 image

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 19 photographs col.

Fonds No.: E0014

Item No.: OJA 3-014-01

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

History / Biographical: Paintings displayed in the Canadian War Musuem in accompaniment with the "Anne Frank in the World: 1929 - 1945" exhibit.

Notes: Photos removed from a photo packet labelled: "'Zoo was Nederland: 1940-1945' Watercolour paintings of scenes in Holland - (Riet Navel has the collection) Anne Frank Exhibit"

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Anne Frank Exhibit artifacts

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111976

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 20 photographs b&w.

Fonds No.: E0014; OJA 3-014-02

Date: May 1992

1 image

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 20 photographs b&w.

Date: May 1992

Fonds No.: E0014

Item No.: OJA 3-014-02

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

History / Biographical: Artifacts displayed in the Canadian War Musuem in accompaniment with the "Anne Frank in the World: 1929 - 1945" exhibit.

Notes: Photos removed from a photo packet labelled: "May/92 Anne Frank Exhibit Arifacts"

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Photos of students planting tulip bulbs

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111977

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 10 photographs b&w.

Fonds No.: E0014; OJA 3-014-03

Date: October 9, 1991

1 image

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 10 photographs b&w.

Date: October 9, 1991

Fonds No.: E0014

Item No.: OJA 3-014-03

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

History / Biographical: 100 students in the Ottawa area planted "Anne Frank tulip bulbs" so they would bloom in time for the "Anne Frank in the World: 1929 - 1945" exhibit.

Notes: Photos removed from a photo packet labelled: "Oct. 9/91 Planting tulip bulbs in preparation for May 1992 Anne Frank Exhibit."; Photos include: Victor Suthren, Daniel Glenney, Fuzzy Zinman, Laura Van Daam, Uriel Hinberg, and other students from Hillel.

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Related Material: Article in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin details the bulb planting. The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, vol. 56 iss. 4 (October 25, 1991)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

17 photos of the "Anne Frank in the World" exhibit

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111978

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 17 photographs b&w.

Fonds No.: E0014; OJA 3-014-04

Date: May 1992

1 image

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 17 photographs b&w.

Date: May 1992

Fonds No.: E0014

Item No.: OJA 3-014-04

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

Notes: Photos removed from a photo packet labelled: "; Photos include: Arie Van Mansum, Elly Bollegraaf, Cornelis Suijk, and Martin Kloek

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

27 photos of the panels from "Anne Frank in the World" exhibit

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111979

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 27 photographs b&w.

Fonds No.: E0014; OJA 3-014-05-01

Date: May 1992

1 image

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 27 photographs b&w.

Date: May 1992

Fonds No.: E0014

Item No.: OJA 3-014-05-01

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Dutch volunteers at Elly Bollegraaf's home

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111980

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 5 photographs b&w.

Fonds No.: E0014; OJA 3-014-06

Date: May 1992

1 image

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 5 photographs b&w.

Date: May 1992

Fonds No.: E0014

Item No.: OJA 3-014-06

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

History / Biographical: Elly Bollegraff shown with 8 of the 10 Dutch Canadian volunteers who worked as docents and resources people in the Anne Frank exhibit.

Notes: Photos include: Elly Bollegraaf, and Arie Van Mansum

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

4 photos of the Anne Frank exhibit

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111981

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 4 photographs b&w.

Fonds No.: E0014; OJA 3-014-07

Date: May 1992

1 image

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 4 photographs b&w.

Date: May 1992

Fonds No.: E0014

Item No.: OJA 3-014-07

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

Notes: Photos include: Elly Bollegraaf, Diane Turpin, Julie Simard, and Martin Silbert

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

3 Photos of Elly Bollegraaf speaking to childen at the Anne Frank exhibit

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111982

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 3 photographs col.

Fonds No.: E0014; OJA 3-014-08

Date: May 1992

1 image

Collection: Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 3 photographs col.

Date: May 1992

Fonds No.: E0014

Item No.: OJA 3-014-08

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

Notes: Photo taken by Vera Gara

Access Restrictions: ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT OF ELLY BOLLEGRAAF. PHOTOS CANNOT BE PUBLISHED OR USED WITHOUT CREDITING ELLY

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Abe Carlofsky and Dr. Jack Kitts at the donor appreciation reception of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation' Legacy Campaign.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103403

Collection: Abe Carlofsky fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: I0003; OJA 1-674-018

Date: November 27, 2003

1 image

Collection: Abe Carlofsky fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: November 27, 2003

Fonds No.: I0003

Item No.: OJA 1-674-018

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

Acquisition Source: Elly Bollegraaf

Notes: Photograph was taken at the Aviation Museum, Ottawa. Dr. Kitts is the president and CEO of the Ottawa Hospital.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

An unknown individual, Joseph Stauss and Abe Carlofsky at the donor appreciation reception of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation' Legacy Campaign.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103404

Collection: Abe Carlofsky fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: I0003; OJA 1-674-019

Date: November 27, 2003

1 image

Collection: Abe Carlofsky fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: November 27, 2003

Fonds No.: I0003

Item No.: OJA 1-674-019

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

Acquisition Source: Elly Bollegraaf

Notes: Photograph was taken at the Aviation Museum, Ottawa.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Four photographs of Abe Carlofsky, Gloria Trainoff and Elly Bollegraaf at the Canal Ritz, Ottawa.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104112

Collection: Abe Carlofsky fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 4 photographs : col.

Fonds No.: I0003; OJA 1-754

Date: February 3, 2003

1 image

Collection: Abe Carlofsky fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 4 photographs : col.

Date: February 3, 2003

Fonds No.: I0003

Item No.: OJA 1-754

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

Acquisition Source: Marty Davis

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

22 photos of Lea Kalin's 80th birthday party

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113263

Collection: Kalin Family fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 22 photographs; col.

Fonds No.: I0110

Date: January 18, 2004

1 image

Collection: Kalin Family fonds

Description Level: Series

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 22 photographs; col.

Date: January 18, 2004

Fonds No.: I0110

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

History / Biographical: Photos taken at the home of Deborah Stocher

Acquisition Source: Zev Kalin

Custodial History: Photos taken by Elly Bollegraaf who mailed them to Lea in 2004. In 2023, her son Zev, donated them to the archives along with other records.

Notes: Photos were accompanied by a note which reads: "Feb. 13/04 Hello Lea, I have enclosed a copy of each of the photos wich I took at your 80th birthday party at Deborah Stocher's house. Some of the photos as a litte washed out because I was facing the brihtly lit window when I took those photos. I am leaving on Feb. 17/04 for Vancouver and I will return on Mar 8/04. - Elly" Note can be found in fonds.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Frieda Levitan and Abe Carlofsky at the AJA50+ Chanukah party at Central Park Lodge

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104088

Collection: Mary and Samuel Lesh fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: I0159; OJA 1-683-03

Date: November 30, 2003

1 image

Collection: Mary and Samuel Lesh fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: November 30, 2003

Fonds No.: I0159

Item No.: OJA 1-683-03

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

History / Biographical: Frieda Lesh Levitan was the daughter of Mary and Samuel Lesh

Acquisition Source: Ruth Levitan

Notes: Ruth Levitan mentioned that Abe told her mother-in-law that she was "the Lesh girl"

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Elly Bollegraaf fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112086

Collection: Elly Bollegraaf fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 15cm of photographic and textual records

Fonds No.: I0288

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of two parliamentary letters from MPP Naqvi and Preimer McGuinty; a photo album of photos from the "A Coat of Many Colours" exhibit; a photo album of photos from the first international gathering of children hidden during the Second World War, 1991; a photo album of photos of "The Co…

Collection: Elly Bollegraaf fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 15cm of photographic and textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of two parliamentary letters from MPP Naqvi and Preimer McGuinty; a photo album of photos from the "A Coat of Many Colours" exhibit; a photo album of photos from the first international gathering of children hidden during the Second World War, 1991; a photo album of photos of "The Courage to Remember" exhibit 1991; a photo album of photos from the Leo Haas "Visual Memory" exhibit; 3 packets of photographs; a card sent to Elly from Anna Heilman, an Auschwitz survivor

Fonds No.: I0288

Creator: Elly Bollegraaf

History / Biographical: Elly (nee Dwinger) Bollegraaf (b. September 19th, 1940, Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a child survivor of the Holocaust who now lives in Ottawa. Elly’s mother Rhodea Shandler (nee Henriette Dwinger) (b. August 26, 1919, Leeuwarden, Netherlands - d. February 17, 2006, Richmond, B.C.) was born in a traditional Jewish Orthodox family in Leuuwarden, in the Netherlands. Her parents were Joseph Dwinger and Kaatje (nee Cohen) Dwinger. She had two older sisters, Johanna Weijel-Dwinger (b. Approx. 1910 - d. January 8, 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Heintje “Henny” Noach-Dwinger (b. Approx. 1907 - d. February 1980, Amersfoort, Netherlands), and an older brother, Simon (b. 1905 - d. January 1943, Auschwitz). Rhodea attended an all-girls private school in the Netherlands. After graduating she worked in a lingerie store in the 1930s, then in the office of a shoe factory. Rhodea met Elly’s biological father Nathan Gruner at her sister’s bakery in Winterswijk near the German border in 1935. They corresponded by letter until 1938 when Nathan fled the Netherlands to avoid the Gestapo. Rhodea found him a place to stay and they began a relationship, however they were not able to be married since Nathan was a fugitive. Rhodea and Nathan moved to Amsterdam in 1940 where Rhodea began working as a student nurse. Elly was born there in 1940, the same year that Germany invaded the Netherlands. As an unwed mother, Rhodea hid her pregnancy to avoid being fired from the hospital where she worked, however, after giving birth she had to leave her job. Nathan was arrested by the Gestapo in September 1940. Rhodea lived in a government sponsored home for new mothers for a few months, then got a new job at a Jewish home for the aged and left Elly to live with her mother and sisters in Amersfoort, where Rhodea frequently visited. Elly was taken care of by her aunt Johanna for two years. Johanna had two children, and her husband was in the hospital due to injuries sustained while fighting in the German invasion of Rotterdam. In 1942, Rhodea began working in a Jewish mental hospital in Apeldoorn, and met Ernst Bollegraaf in Amersfoort, after he and his family had fled to the Nertherlands from Bunde, Germany following Kristallnacht. Ernst worked at a recycling plant owned by his father and also worked as a butcher. Rhodea and Ernst were married in October of 1942. Elly’s uncle Simon, his wife Esther Dwinger-van Rhijn, and his twin son and daughter Joseph and Ida Dwinger were deported to Auschwitz in 1942, where Simon’s family were killed and where he endured two years of forced labour before dying from typhus in 1943. Elly’s maternal grandparents were killed in Auschwitz in October 1942, and her paternal grandparents died in either Izbica, Poland or the nearby death camp Sobibor in 1942. Nathan Gruner died in Sobibor in 1943. In 1943, the hospital where Rhodea was working was overtaken by Nazis, and she was forced to go into hiding. Johanna’s husband Bram was in contact with the Dutch Underground, who helped both Johanna and Rhodea’s family to find hiding places. Rhodea and Ernst initially stayed in a friend’s house but after realizing that they were not safe there they moved to a safe house in Vasserveld, where they lived in a barn belonging to the Ankersmit family. Rhodea and Ernst went by fake names and had fake identification documents, and Ernst helped the Underground by delivering food stamps. Other members of the farming community where they stayed helped them to stay hidden. Rhodea gave birth to her second daughter Johanna Gault (b. December 6, 1943) while living in the Ankermits barn, however due to the increased danger posed by hiding a baby the Ankersmits became less welcoming towards the Bollegraafs and they asked their contact in the Underground to move them. Johanna was sent to live with another family, while Rhodea and Ernst initially were split up then met up again on another farm, where they lived and worked until the end of the war. Elly initially stayed with her aunt Johanna and her husband Bram, however when it was clear that they would also need to go into hiding she was sent to live with another family in the south of Holland, where it was thought that she would blend in more with her dark curly hair. Johanna, Bram, and their two sons stayed with a different family, where they lived until the end of the war. Elly was taken to a house in Utrecht, then to Mechelen South Limburg in 1942, where she lived with the Wetzels family who lived and worked in a hotel. The Wetzels had 7 sons and 2 daughters, all much older than Elly. When the Netherlands was liberated in 1945 Rhodea and Ernst moved back to Amersfoort with their daughter Johanna, and took Elly to live with them a few months later. Rhodea and Ersnt’s daughters Betty Barnes (1946), Henriette “Tikki” Ernestine Glynn (1947) and Carla (1949) were all born in Amersfoort, while Ernst started working for a recycling plant and eventually started his own recycling business. After six years in Amersfoort the family decided to leave the country due to economic struggles in post-war Netherlands, and were attracted to Canada from newspaper and radio advertisements which advertised Canada’s open spaces and economic opportunities. They moved to Ottawa in 1951, and had three more children in Canada; Judy Shandler, Ingrid Hogan, and Nathan Shandler. Elly graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honours from Carleton University in 1968, and went on to work for the department of Health and Welfare, in positions relating to communicable diseases and epidemiology. She moved to Westboro, and married Dr. P.E. Grattan-Bellew. Elly has been an active member and organizer in many organizations dedicated to remembrance and education of the Holocaust and the Second World War. As part of the Ottawa Holocaust Remembrance Committee, she led a project in the 1990s to document the personal histories of Holocaust survivors and their children living in Ottawa. The result of this project was a book and accompanying digital records on 42 Ottawa Holocaust survivors and 17 children of survivors. She has served Coordinator and Chair of Holocaust Education Week and has attended many of the annual Yom Hasoah Memorials. In 1991, Elly attended the First International Gathering of Children Hidden During World War II in New York, and became part of the Ottawa Hidden Children group as well. Elly was a member of the Anne Frank Exhibit Committee in 1992, for which she interviewed Dutch Canadians living in Ottawa about their wartime experiences and collected artefacts to be shown in conjunction for the exhibit. Elly has shared her experiences of the Holocaust at Ottawa schools and at a variety of educational events. She has served as the chair of the Abe Carlofsky Scholarship Fund Committee. Elly was honoured at a ceremony for Canadian Holocaust survivors in 2000. Elly was a volunteer for the Ottawa Post for Jewish War Veterans for many years. She took photos at events for the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, and wrote articles that were published in the Bulletin as well as Ottawa newspapers. She has served as deputy post commander and Chair of the Student Awards Selection Committee of the Ottawa Post, Jewish War Veterans of Canada.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101337

Collection: Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: textual records, 23 photographs and other material.

Fonds No.: O0047

Date: 1999 - 2007

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of documents related to the published book, "THERE I WAS... A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II." It also consists of Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf at various events from 2001-2012. Textual material consist of new…

Collection: Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: textual records, 23 photographs and other material.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of documents related to the published book, "THERE I WAS... A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II." It also consists of Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf at various events from 2001-2012. Textual material consist of newspaper clipping (February 28, 2000); correspondence from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (May 9, 2000), Ambassador of Israel David Sultan (May 30, 2000), and Parliamentary librarian Richard Pare (July 28, 2000); 22 typed transcripts; the book THERE I WAS...A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II, 1 colour photograph, video cassette of the Ottawa Post of the JWVC’s first annual dinner, 1991 and one audio cassette of an interview on CBC between the Jewish War Veterans and Lawrence Wall. (November 10, 2000), and an agreement to give annual money to Hillel Ottawa (August 2022). Other material includes 13 colour photographs, 1 b&w photograph, 1 audio cassette, 2 VHS video cassette, 1 CD, 1 photograph album containing approximately 250 photographs (many are identified) dating from the 1990's. One photograph from this album has been scanned into photographic database. Fonds also contains a wreath from a commemoration for Dieppe at the National War Memorial (2007). Box 2 - Photographs 8 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Machzikei Hadas Synagogue Dinner, Ian Snipps, Mel Goldberg, Irwin Colter, Moe Cardash, Sam Petigorsky – May 16, 2001; 48 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Breakfast meeting with Speakers at Agudath Israel, Newspaper Clipping, Shimon Fogel, Phil Pinkus, - October 14, 2001; 3 b/w copies of photographs, Annual Dinner, Moe Kardish, Sam Petigorsky, Moe Cardash – May 15, 2002; 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 1/2, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Hy Hymes, Arnold Greenberg, Sam Ages, Morris Konick, Saul Goldfarb, Rabbi Arnold Fine, Hillard Pionick, Norman Spegel - May 15, 2002; 25 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 2/2, Arnie Greenberg, Sam Ages, Ruth Beck, Norman Beck, Keith Landry, Sam Petigorsky, Moe Cardash, Moe Kardish, Barry Davis, Cy Torontow – May 15, 2002; 24 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day JCC, roll 1/3, Moe Cardash, Norman Beck, Albert Winer, Ferdinand Bylelzer, Syd Schechter, Bill Bloom, Cy Torontow, Bill Kahansky, Hy Stoller, Hy Hymes, Leon Leckie, Juair Monson – November 11, 2002; 22 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day JCC, roll 3/3, Norman Beck, Sheila Beck, Arnie Greenberg, David Molot, George Montain, Anne Molot, Maureen Monson, Jean Monson, Jeffrey Katz, Leon lecki, Al Shapiro, Sam Ages, Hy Stoller, Phil Pinkus, Gloria Goldberg, Norman Potchin – November 11, 2002; 1 Colour Photograph, OPJWVC – May 2003; 13 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque Dedication, roll 1/2, Alex Polowin, Barry Cohen, Bert Bronsther, Hilliard Pivnick, Phil Pinkus – May 18 2003; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque Dedication, roll 2/2, Moe Cardash, Abe Carlofsky – May 18, 2003; 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Tribute Dinner at Agudath Israel, Chich Wolfe, Paul Bender, Abe Carlofsky, - May 29, 2003; 9 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – July 2003; 4 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – July 2003; 2 b/w copies, Remembrance Day dinner and parade – November 9, 2003 3 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 1, 2003; 2 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 14, 2003; 3 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 14, 2003; 33 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Breakfast at Machzikei Hadas, Alex Baher, Abe Carlofsky, Rita Hornstein, Paul Bender, Benita Baker, Alex Baker, Steve Baker, Ian Kagedon, Shoshona Kagedon, Sam Ages – October 26, 2003; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Commemoration and Parade JCC, Abe Carlofsky, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Julie Tova Gamarnick, Gloria Goldberg, Aaron Kaiman – November 9, 2003; Envelope, 16 b/w copies of photographs, OPJWVC, Visit to Rideau Hall - December 13, 2003; 8 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque of Jewish Heroines/ Martyrs in Auschwitz, Anna Heilman, Joshua Heilman, Paul Bender – April 17, 2004; 45 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 1/3, Sam Ages, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Irving Aaron, Norm Potechin, Hy Hymes, Paul Bender, Freda Rosenberg, Gerb Grey - April 18, 2004; 16 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 2/3 – April 18, 2004; 14 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 3/3, Paul Bender, Sam Ages, Barry Cohen, Irwin Colter, – April 18, 2004; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Flag Raising Ceremony JCC, Bert Bronsther, Norman Beck, Harold Shizgal, Bill Kahansky, Hy Hymes, Barry Cohenm Albert Winer, Herb Goldenberg, Lea Steinman, Ruth Aaron - April 27, 2004; 24 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 1/2, Al Shapiro, Morton Taller, Juair Monson, Morton Baslaw, Dave Molot, Paul Bender, Edward Fitch, Terry Tobin, Ofir Gendelman, – June 23, 2004; 49 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 2/2, Sam Ages, Terry Tobin, Rita Hornstein, Hy Stoller, Sam Charron, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Edward Fitch, Sally Taller, Morton Taller, Freda Lithwick, Arnold Greenberg, Bertha Greenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Herb Goldenberg, Bert Bronsther, Abe Bookman, Harold Shizgal, Saul Goldfarb, Edna Goldfarb, Evelyn Dubisnky, Shirley Dubinsky, Annette Edelson, Jack Edelson, Sheila Baslaw, Louis Fine, Horace Bailin, Muriel Balin, Goldie Cantor, Lottie Molot, Dorothy Hymes, Hy Hymes, Phil Pinkus, Wilma Pinkus – June 23, 2004; 21 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM Agudath Israel, roll 1/2, Sam Ages, Phil Pinkus, Rabbi Friedman, Freda Lithwick, Nikki Fischer, Nisa Fischer, Bruce Fischer, Herb Goldenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldeberg, Moe Cardash, Sam Petigorsky, Barry Cohen - October 17, 2004; 20 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM Agudath Israel, roll 2/2, Phil Pinkus, Hy Stoller, Albert Winer, Norman Taller - October 17, 2004; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade JCC, roll 2/2 – November 7, 2004; Dubinsky, Evelyn Dubinsky, Barry Cohen, Joshua Heilman, Harold Shizgal, Paul Bender – November 7, 2004; 44 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Veteran’s at Rideau Hall, roll 2/2, Elly Bollgraaf – December 13, 2004; 53 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Veteran’s at Rideau Hall, roll 1/2, Anna Heilman, Joshua Heilman, Adrienne Clarkson, Paul Bender, Bluma Dieks- Goldenberg, Herb Goldenberg, Malca Kahansky, Rose Konick, Morris Konick, Freda Lithwick, Moe Cardash, Barry Cohen, Bill Kahansky– December 13, 2004; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory of Europe Day, roll 1/3, PM Paul Martin, Barry Dansen, Paul Bender, Allan Bacon, Phil Pinkus, Malka Kahane, Bill Kahane, Irving Aaron - May 8, 2005 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, roll 2/3, Paul Bender, Sam Ages, Irving Aaron, Harold Shizgal – May 8, 2005; 1 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, roll 3/3 – May 8, 2005; 32 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, Herb Goldenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Paul Bender, - June 1, 2005; 4 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Al Abelson with Elly Bollegraaf’s poster, - July 2005; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in the Far East, Herb Goldenberg, Alex Polowin, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Cliff Chaddeton, Horace Baylin, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Adrienne Clarkson, Alan Baker, Claire Leger, John Rolston Saul - August 14, 2005; 29 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch roll 2/2, Elizabeth Jedwab-Stepniewiez, Henryk Jedwab, Eric and Elaine Schwartz, Freda Lithwick, Hannah Linden, Max Linden, Mallory Kardish, Harvey and Sheryl Kardish, Herb Goldenberg, Lillian and Moe Cardash – October 15, 2005; 13 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch Roll 1/2 , Joan Bacquie, Shannon Conway, Ruth Aaron, Bozena Jedwab, Herb Goldenberg, Shirley Winer, Lilly Cardash, Kathleen Polowin - October 16, 2005; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade SJCC roll 1/2 – Nov 7, 2005; 52 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade SJCC roll 2/2 – Nov 7, 2005; 19 Colour Photographs, Remembrance Day at National War Museum – November 11, 2005; 60 Colour Photographs, Holocaust Memorial Day on Parliament Hill, organized by Yad Vashem, roll 2/2, Jack Layton, Hy Stolls, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Mrs. Rabbi Gary Kessler, Rosalie Abella, Barry Davis, Bluma Drieks, Herb Goldenberg, Jack Edelson, Annette Edelson, Michael and Leah Abramowitz, Ambassador Alan Baker, Elly Bollegraaf, Lean and Zev Kalin, PM Stephen Harper, Barry Cohen, Harold Shizhghal, Hy Hymes, Norman Beck – April 25, 2006; 27 Colour Photographs, Holocaust Memorial Day on Parliament Hill, roll 1/2, Norman Potechin, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Hy Hymes, - April 25, 2006; 10 Colour Photographs, OPWVC Yom Hashoah JCC – April 25, 2006; 46 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet Lunch, roll 1/2 – April 30, 2006; 5 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet Lunch, roll 2/2 – April 30, 2006; 9 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Reception hosted by Netherlands Embassy, Norm Potechin, Paddy Gratton-Bellow, William Pinkus, Phil Pinkus, Bert Bronsther, Victor Rabinovitch, Korel can de Beer – May 1, 2006; 19 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 1/2 - May 5, 2006; 48 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 2/2, Joel Dimitrcis, Paul Vet, David Vet, Marion Wolfe – May 5, 2006; 32 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch, Hy Stoller, Esther Copelinski, Norman Spengel, Jack Edelson, Morrie Konick, Emily Movn, Daniel Hepcovitch, Rabbi Zischa, Lauren Shaps, Ron Cohen, Alan Baker, Sam Ages, Gloria Goldberg, Rita Homstein, Phil Pinkus, Rose Kronick, Paddy Gratton Bellow, Rabbi Bulka – October 29, 2006; 14 Colour Photographs, Same Ages reviews the Shem Tov Awards at the SJCC – June 6, 2007; Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, roll 1/2, Sam Ages, Michael Ettedqui, Phil Pinkus, Freda Lithwick, Robert Walker, Gedalya Rosenfeldt, Amit Gil-Bayaz, Morrie Konick, Rose Kronick, Sally Taller, Morton Taller, Goldie Cantor, Moe Cardash, Irving Aaron, Herb Goldenberg, Blume Goldenberg, Annette Edelson, Jack Edelson, Dorothy Hymes, Hy Hymes, Muriel Beilin, Horace Beilin, Albert Winer, Evelyn Dubinsky, Shirley Dubinsky - June 10, 2007; 27 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, roll 2/2 – June 10, 2007; 14 Colour Photographs Disabled Israeli Veterans at JCC, roll 1/3, Emil Najar, Ruth Aaron, Gur Netzuetsky - June 5, 2007; 45 Colour Photographs, Disabled Israeli Vets at Ambassador’s Residence, roll 2/3 – June 5, 2007; 34 Colour Photographs, Disabled Israeli Vets, Elly Bollegraaf, Alan Baker, Dalia Balor, Hona Bronstein, Nadau Friedman, Lisa levy, Emil Najar, Guv Nedguetsky, Ruth Aaron, Assaf Ashkenazy, Joseph Haddad, Yitzhak Yotuat, Gil Rotman, Yari Fogelman, Haron Joffe, Idan Bovsky – June 5 2007 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at SJCC Archives, Alex Polowin and legion of honour certificate – August 8, 2007; 16 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Dieppe Commemoration at Canadian War Memorial, Sam Ages, Esther Ages, Miriam Levitan, Jack Edelson, Phil Pinkus, Hoel Morgan, Blume Drieks-Goldbenberg, Herb Goldenberg – August 19, 2007; 52 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC AGM and Brunch, Rabbi Bulka, Cantor Shaneur Birlak, Herb Goldenberg, Phil Pinkus, Leonard Stern, Rosalie Schwartz, Harold Schwartz, Naomi Schwartz, Paul Finn, Sheldon Paquin, Annette Paquin, Merle Paquin,- October 14, 2007; 14 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC , Remembrance Day at Canadian War Memorial,Sam Ages, Rabbi Bulka, Steven Harper - November 11, 2007; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial day, roll 1/2, Rabbi Bulka – May 1, 2008; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 2/2, Jack Cohen, Dalia Baks, Rabbi Bulka, Rhona Levine, Alan Baker, David Cohen, Irwin Cotler – May 1, 2008; 22 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Spring Brunch, Miriam Levitan, Nathan Greenfield, Phil Pinkus, Bert Bronsther, Sylvia Bronsther, Phil Pinkus, Malca Kahansky, Cantor David Aptowitzer, Herb Goldenberg - June 22, 2008; Envelope, 17 colour photographs, Yom Hashoah Commemoration at SJCC, Sybil Sarah Niemoeller (Baroness von Sell), Jaden Lairson, Elly Bollegraaf, David Kilgour, Zev Kalin, Lea Kalin – April 20, 2009; 5 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Colonel Edmund Hutchinson – June, 2009; 28 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM, roll 1/2, Ethan Calof, Joshua Levitan, Alexa Wall, Ilana Hadad, Shalom Bengoquen, Ruth Aaron, Irving Aaron, Brenda Wolf, Miriam Levitan, Harold Frieman, Esther Ages, Allan Paige, Phil Pinkus, Annette Edelson, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg – August 23, 2009; 38 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM, roll 2/2, Orit Kremer, Alex Page, Terrence Whitly, Bert Bronsther, Morrie Konick, Dorothy Hymes, Esther Ages, Hy Hymes – August 23, 2009; 97 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM – August 23, 2009; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance day Ceremony, Sam Ages, Paul Bender, Philip Pinkus, Michelle Jean, Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles, Stephen Harper, Evelyn Greenberg – November 11, 2009; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Ceremony, Phil Pinkus, Rabbi Bulka – November 11, 2009; Envelope, 6 colour photographs, Yom Ha’ Shoah Commemoration at the SJCC – April 11, 2010; Envelope, 6 colour photographs, Holocaust Memorial day at the Canadian War Museum – April 12, 2010; Envelope, 14 colour photographs, Yom Ha’ Atzmaut Flag Raising at SJCC, Hy Hymes, Sam Ages, Harold Shizgiol – April 20, 2010; Envelope, 43 colour photographs, AGM, Eliaz Luf, David Brown, Ilan Fellus, Phil Pinkus – October 3, 2010 Envelope, 40 colour photographs, Honour Role Unveiling at SJCC, Shirley Viner, Albert Viner, Gita Aptowitzer, Cantor David Aptowitzer, Irving Aaron, Morrie Konick, Stella Beck, Jack Berman, Sylvia Kershman, Jack Edelson, Annette Edelson, Norman Beck, Bluma Dieks-Goldberg, Sam Ages, Evelyn Potechin, Norman Potechin, Hy Hymes, Ruth Arron, Victor Rabinovitch, Bert Brimsther, Paul Bender, Evelyn Dubinsky – November 7, 2010; Envelope, 4 colour photographs, Remembrance Day at confederation Square – November 11, 2010; Envelope, 2 colour photographs, Sol Gunner playing the violin at Yom HaShoah at SJCC – April 18, 2012; Box 3: Misc. printed Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf.

Responsibility: Elly Bollegraaf

Date: 1999 - 2007

Fonds No.: O0047

Storage Location: vault

History / Biographical: The Jewish War Veterans of Canada is an organization established to bring together Jewish war veterans from all past wars. The organization was founded in 1969 and at its peak included nine branches, Posts, including the Jewish War Veterans of Canada - Ottawa Post. The book "THERE I WAS..." was an initiative of the Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans in the late 1990's. Spearheaded by Freda Lithwick (first lieutenant nursing sister), the book is a collection of the reminiscences of Ottawa’s Jewish servicemen who fought in World War II. (49% of the population of Jewish men in Ottawa enlisted in military service.) The book was published with the assistance of Cy Torontow, (RCAF wing commander), Elliott Gluck (Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps), Morrie Konick (RCAF squadron leader), and Morton Baslaw (RCAF leading aircraftsman). Morton Baslaw, retired from the graphic art business, looked after design and layout. More than 50 veterans responded to an appeal for first person stories. Jack Granatstein, director and chief executive officer of the Canadian War Museum, wrote the foreword to the book.

Custodial History: Donated by Mel Goldberg, December 1999, except for correspondence by Parliamentary librarian Richard Pare which was donated by Sam Ages, November 2000. Sam Ages also donated a photograph album in November of 2009. Further accrual of photographs donated by Elly Bollegraaf.

Notes: 1. Installation Dinner donated by Inge Hoffman, February, 2001. 2. Photographs described in Inmagic. Audio Cassette is located in the vault, filing cabinet, drawer four. Video Cassette is located in the vault, filing cabinet, drawer two.