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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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
60th anniversary of VE Day at the National War Memorial
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113584
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : col.
- Fonds No.
- O0047; OJA 4-047-21
- Date
- May 8, 2005
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : col.
- Date
- May 8, 2005
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Item No.
- OJA 4-047-21
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Elly Bollegraaf
- Notes
- Photos include: Paul Bender, Barney Danson, Prime Minister Paul Martin
- Access Restrictions
- Elly Bollegraaf MUST be credited if images are used.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
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
- 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
Al Shapiro and Phil Pinkus at Ottawa Jewish War Vets Breakfast meeting
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn110168
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- O0047; OJA 4-047-01-1
- Date
- October 14, 2001
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- October 14, 2001
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Item No.
- OJA 4-047-01-1
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Elly Bollegraaf
- Notes
- Event took place at Agudath Israel Synagogue
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Al Shapiro, Phil Pinkus, Mel Goldberg, and Sam Ages at Ottawa Jewish War Vets Breakfast meeting
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn110169
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- O0047; OJA 4-047-01-2
- Date
- October 14, 2001
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- October 14, 2001
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Item No.
- OJA 4-047-01-2
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Elly Bollegraaf
- Notes
- Event took place at Agudath Israel Synagogue
- 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
- 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
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
Annual Banquet / Tribute dinner of the Ottawa Post of Jewish War Veterans of Canada
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113585
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 15 photographs : col.
- Fonds No.
- O0047; OJA 4-047-22
- Date
- June 1, 2005
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 15 photographs : col.
- Date
- June 1, 2005
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Item No.
- OJA 4-047-22
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Elly Bollegraaf
- History / Biographical
- Event was held at Agudath Israel Synagogue
- Notes
- Photos include: Israeli Ambassador to Canada Allen Baker, Netherlans Ambassdor to Canada Como van Hellenberg Hubar, Elly Bollegraaf, Paul Bender, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Herb, Bluma
- Access Restrictions
- Elly Bollegraaf MUST be credited if images are used.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Annual diiner of the Ottawa Post of Jewish War Veterans of Canada
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113560
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : col.
- Fonds No.
- O0047; OJA 4-047-16
- Date
- June 23, 2004
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : col.
- Date
- June 23, 2004
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Item No.
- OJA 4-047-16
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Elly Bollegraaf
- Notes
- Photos include: Wilma Pinkus, Phil Pinkus, Lottie Molot, David Molot, Sam Ages, Jack Edelson, Annette Edelson, Dorthy Hymes, Hy Hymes, Horace Beilin, Muriel Beilin, Goldie Cantor, Mrs. Shulman, Paul Bender, Rita Hornstein, Sheila Baslaw, Morton Baslaw, Louis Fine, Abe Bookman, Harold Shizgal, Shirley Dubinsky, Evelyn Dubinsky, Edna Goldfarb, Saul Goldfarb, Hy Stoler, Gloria Goldberg, Elly Bollegraaf, Mrs. Charron, Sam Charron, Arnold Greenberg, Bertha Greenberg, Mrs. Bronsther, Bertram Bronsther, Bluma Dieks, Herb Goldenberg, Sally Taller, Morton Taller, Freda Lithwick, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Major General Edward Fitch, Terry Tobin (Director of Canada Remembers Unit, Veteran Affairs), Rabbi Howard Fiinkelstein, Rivka Finkelstein, Juair Monson, Al Shapiro,
- Access Restrictions
- Elly Bollegraaf MUST be credited if images are used.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Annual Dinner of the Ottawa Jewish War Veterans
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113545
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : col.
- Fonds No.
- O0047; OJA 4-047-03
- Date
- May 15, 2002
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : col.
- Date
- May 15, 2002
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Item No.
- OJA 4-047-03
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Elly Bollegraaf
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- History / Biographical
- Event took place at Agudath Israel Synagogue. Guest speaker at the event was Keith Landy, national president of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Notes
- Photos include: Norman Beck, Mrs. Ruth Beck, Barry Cohen, Hy Hymes, Arnold Greenberg, Sam Ages, Morrie Konick, Saul Goldfarb, Rabbi Arnold Fine, Dr. Hilliard Picnick, Norman Spergel, Keith Landy, Ambassador Chaim Sivan, Rabbi Bulka, Sam Petigorsky, Moe Kardish, Moe Cardash, Barry Dover, and Cy Torontow.
- Access Restrictions
- Elly Bollegraaf MUST be credited if images are used.
- 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
- 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
Don Snipper speaking at Ottawa Jewish War Vet dinner
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn110171
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- O0047; OJA 4-047-01-4
- Date
- May 16, 2001
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- May 16, 2001
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Item No.
- OJA 4-047-01-4
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Elly Bollegraaf
- 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
- 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
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
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
- 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
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