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Assembly during Rosh Hashanah service

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90445
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Printed : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 13,7 cm
Date
1942
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Printed : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 13,7 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1942
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
White border. A group of soldiers stand in rows wearing uniforms with caps. Four soldiers in front have belted uniforms and one is wearing a kilt. They stand in front of chairs. Some soldiers are holding prayer books. Photograph was taken on the occasion of the celebration of Rosh Hashanah while Polish army soldiers were in training in Scotland.Front row fourth from right is Captain Rabbi Heszel Klepfisz. At the very back of the group one can see some civilians taking part in the service. Third row, second from right is Willie Glaser. Narrative: German born Polish Jew Willie Glaser escaped Nazi Germany to be reunited with his sister in Belfast. His sister had been part of Kindertransport. In 1941, aged 20 years old, Willie enrolled in the Polish Army. In 1943, Willie Glaser was transferred to the First Polish Armoured division. On August 8, 1944, the First Polish Armoured division became an integral unit of the First Canadian Army and Willie Glaser landed along the Canadian soldiers in Normandy. From Juno beachhead they moved to Caen. Willie took part in the liberation of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Heszel Klepfisz was born into a rabbinical family near Warsaw in 1910. He studied philosophy, history and literature at universities in Warsaw, Brussels and Zurich and earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy. By the age of 19, he began writing articles in the Jewish newspapers attacking anti-Semitism in Poland. He was one of the first to warn of the menace of fascism in 1933. During World War II, Dr. Klepfisz served as a military chaplain, with the rank of Major, in the Polish army. After the War, Dr. Klepfisz became Chief Rabbi of Panama. There, he was appointed Professor of Judaic Studies and History at the University of Panama. He also helped negotiate the return of the Panama Canal Zone by the United States to Panama. Dr. Klepfisz died in Israel at the age of 95.
Accession No.
2010.12.02
Name Access
Glaser, Willie
Places
Dundee, Scotland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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Jewish Women in Liberation March at Bergen-Belsen

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45713
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,4 cm
Date
1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,4 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1946
Creator
0
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w with a white border. Outdoor scene. Jewish women holding flags and marching on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. A building is seen in the background behind them with a tall lamp post in front of it. In the background, one can see a sign stating “On the day of Liberation”, a star of David as well as three flags: one with the star of David, one British flag and one American flag. The women are dressed in long dark skirts and white blouses with the exception of the two leaders who wear white blouses with light coloured pants. Narrative: The photograph was taken during a visit of the camp by a group of Polish soldiers after Liberation
Accession No.
2011.40.01
Name Access
Glaser, Willie
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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Polish Soldier in Front of a Crematorium at Bergen-Belsen

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45714
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,2 cm
Date
1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,2 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1946
Creator
0
Physical Condition
Poor
Notes
b&w with a white border. Outdoor scene. A soldier in uniform is standing next to an iven previsouly used to dispose of the corpses of dead concentration camp prisoners. Narrative: The photograph was taken during a visit of the camp by a group of Polish soldiers after Liberation
Accession No.
2011.40.02
Name Access
Glaser, Willie
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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Polish Soldier Posing in Front of Liberation Monument at Bergen-Belsen

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45716
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Ht: 13 cm x W: 9 cm
Date
1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Ht: 13 cm x W: 9 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1946
Creator
0
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w with a white border. A Polish soldier is leaning against the monument with his right hand resting on the side of it and his feet resting on the base of it. A wreath is positioned in front of monument and a dark cloth is set on the steps with a star of David on the cloth. The top of the monument has four sideson which a triangle with the star of David is carved. The monument contains a short script in remembrance of the thirty thousand Jews that were exterminated in the camp. Narrative: The photograph was taken during a visit of the camp by a group of Polish soldiers after Liberation.
Accession No.
2011.40.04
Name Access
Glaser, Willie
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail

Polish Soldier & Two Women in Front of a Crematorium at Bergen-Belsen

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45715
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,5 cm
Date
1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1946
Creator
0
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w photograph with white border. A man in a Polish army uniform is standing with two women in front of a crematorium. The man is holding onto the arms of both women, as the woman in the foreground holds onto two metal poles poking out of the stove. The woman in the front is wearing light colored pants and a sweater that has RS written on it. The woman in the back is wearing a dark skirt and a light colored striped sweater. In the distance one can see a barbed wire fence. Narrative: The photograph was taken during a visit of the camp by a group of Polish soldiers after Liberation
Accession No.
2011.40.03
Name Access
Glaser, Willie
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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Soldiers eating at Passover Seder

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45707
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography ; Ht: 8 cm x W: 13,3 cm
Date
1942
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography ; Ht: 8 cm x W: 13,3 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1942
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w, white border. Indoors. Group of Polish Army soldiers in training and a few civilians sharing Passover seder at U-shaped tables. In the front, second from right, is WIllie Glaser (wearing glasses). In the center, at the back table is Rabbi Major H. Melcer, the senior chaplain, wearing a white shawl. Second next to Melcer’s left is Captain Rabbi Heszel Klepfisz. Narrative: German-born Polish Jew Willie Glaser escaped Nazi Germany to be reunited with his sister in Belfast. His sister had been part of Kindertransport. In 1941, aged 20 years old, Willie enrolled in the Polish Army. In 1943, Willie Glaser was transferred to the First Polish Armoured division. On August 8, 1944, the First Polish Armoured division became an integral unit of the First Canadian Army and Willie Glaser landed along with Canadian soldiers in Normandy. From Juno beachhead they moved to Caen. Willie took part in the liberation of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Rabbi Major H. Melcer, the senior chaplain, stayed behind in the United Kingdom. Heszel Klepfisz was born into a rabbinical family near Warsaw in 1910. He studied philosophy, history and literature at universities in Warsaw, Brussels and Zurich and earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy. By the age of 19, he began writing articles in the Jewish newspapers attacking anti-Semitism in Poland. He was one of the first to warn of the menace of fascism in 1933. During World War II, Dr. Klepfisz served as a military chaplain, with the rank of Major, in the First Polish Armoured division. He fought in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. After the war, Dr. Klepfisz became Chief Rabbi of Panama. There, he was appointed Professor of Judaic Studies and History at the University of Panama. He also helped negotiate the return of the Panama Canal Zone by the United States to Panama. Dr. Klepfisz died in Israel at the age of 95.
Accession No.
2010.12.07
Name Access
Glaser, Willie
Places
Dundee, Scotland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail

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