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Baptism certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59892
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Baptism certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, purple, burgundy ; Ht: 29,2 cm x W: 20,7 cm
- Date
- May 23, 1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Baptism certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, purple, burgundy ; Ht: 29,2 cm x W: 20,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 23, 1943
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- Single-sided printed page, creased horizontally and vertically, chart with basic personal information, signature B.R. multiple stamps. Baptism for Anna (Ruth) Eleanora Friedliebovà. Certificate of conversion to Roman Catholicism. Date of conversion is May 23, 1943. Form contains birthdate and names of parents. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J., USA, from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.31
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Skalica, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Business Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59878
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Business Card : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 5 cm x W: 9,9 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Business Card : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 5 cm x W: 9,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Business card with only name printed on it, diagonal crease across T.L. corner. Property of Doctor Alexander Friedlieb, a Jewish dentist who worked in Slovakia. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.09
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59871
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper ; Ht: 27,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- [Later than 1945]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper ; Ht: 27,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Later than 1945]
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- German
- Notes
- Document typewritten with black ink on beige paper at the back of first page of document #2010.13.01. Sworn declaration for the death of Dr. Alexander Friedlieb signed by Dr. Aladar Low-Beer. Document is a certification for the death of Dr. Alexander Friedlieb by Dr. Aladar Low-Beer. Dr. Low-Beer describes the circumstances in which he met Alexander Friedlieb at Schertendorf concentration camp and how he learned of his death in 1945. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.02
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59884
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 29 cm x W: 20,9 cm
- Date
- March 25, 1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 29 cm x W: 20,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 25, 1943
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- Page creased horizontally and vertically, stock form with information inserted on dotted lines. Ruling by the District Court in Bratislava regarding land registry in the area and city of Bratislava. Addressed to Dr. Alexander Friedlieb. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.15
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Death certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59887
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Yellow, black ; Ht: 20,6 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- April 23, 1963
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Yellow, black ; Ht: 20,6 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 23, 1963
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Page with decorative border, black star B.L. for seal, seal of the City of Newark T.L, entitled Office of Aaron H. Haskin, M.D, M.P.H. File number “N. 15964” printed in red on T.R. Certificate of death for Ruth E. Dressler, who died from Hodgkin’s disease at the Presbyterian Hospital on 1963/4/20 at age 30. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.18
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Diploma
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59885
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Diploma : Paper : Printed : Red chalk : Beige, black, burgundy, purple ; Ht: 34 cm x W: 20 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Diploma : Paper : Printed : Red chalk : Beige, black, burgundy, purple ; Ht: 34 cm x W: 20 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- Single page folded in half horizontally to form two legal document sized pages, open fissure along fold separated both halves. Duplicate of Medical diploma for Alexander Friedlieb issued by the University. Dr. Friedlieb received his Doctorate of Medicine in July 1921. The duplicate dated March 1923. Document shows the names of members of various professionals and teachers, including Rector Hynek, Dr. Spilka and Dr. Reinsberg. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.16
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Hecht, Thomas O. - Oral History of a Holocaust Survivor
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60324
- Collection
- WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 02:10:00
- Collection
- WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 02:10:00
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Thomas Otto Hecht was born on August 14, 1929 in Brno, Czech Republic. His family moved to Bratislava when he was five years old. Thomas remembers that he encountered antisemitism in his early years at school, when the other kids were told by a nun that Jesus died because of the Jews. In May 1939, Thomas’ father moved to Paris. The rest of the family would follow him in the fall of 1939. Thomas, his parents and his sister, stayed in Paris until June 1940, when they fled the Nazi invasion. They first tried to join the Czechoslovakian army in Agde, France, but as soon as they understood it was pointless, they tried to reach Spain. They eventually made it to Portugal and stayed in Lisbon until November 1941. At that point, they left for Canada on the Serpa Pinto. During their journey, the USA entered the war, cancelling the transit visas Thomas and his family obtained to reach Canada through the USA. The Hechts were thus kept and interrogated at Ellis Island but were eventually released and transferred to Montreal in December 1941. The Hechts started a new life in Canada. At the end of the war, only four relatives of theirs had survived, and they all immigrated to Canada.
- Accession No.
- WTH-528
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59877
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Brown, black, purple ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Brown, black, purple ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- Card with linear border around front and back pages, details filled in by hand, ink stamp F.C. Document serves as an identification card for Dr. Alexander Friedlieb, and is valid only for certain functions. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.08
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59873
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 20 cm
- Date
- September 02, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 20 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 02, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- Page creased vertically in center, Okresny Urad V header, ink stamp on B.C. Document confirms the compulsory registration of Hilda Friedliebovà as a Jew in the city of Skalica. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.04
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Skalica, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Immigration Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59872
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Immigration Certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 14,8 cm x W: 20,2 cm
- Date
- November 26, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Immigration Certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 14,8 cm x W: 20,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 26, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Page creased horizontally and vertically, top and left edge serrated, gridded into sections of information, including birth date, parents name, and nationality. Card information listed on back. Registration for aliens was issued for Hilda Friedliebovà and was used as a personal identification document in Slovakia. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.03
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Inventory
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59886
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Inventory : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1943]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Inventory : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1943]
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Page creased horizontally and vertically, paper warping on T.R., typed list with check marks written next to most items. Inventory of Dr. Alexander Friedlieb's medical office Last 3 lines of page 2 are a message from Dr. Friedlieb to his assistant Ruti mentioning the value of certain items and that she should be careful. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.17
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59881
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 29,6 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- May 03, 1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 29,6 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 03, 1943
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- Page creased horizontally and vertically, multiple ink flecks around age. Rejection letter from the travel authorities to an application made by Dr. Alexander Friedlieb. This letter was sent from the Ministry of the Interior. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.12
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Skalica, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59889
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 31,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- November 24, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 31,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 24, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Double-sided letter, first page written in German, second in English, creased horizontally and vertically, errors typed over with x's. Sent to Ruth in Canada from her cousins on her mother's side. First page written by Ernest (Ernst) Traub who immigrated to Australia in 1938. Second page written by his sister, Irene, requesting that Ruth be her pen pal. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.28
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Note
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59890
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Note : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 20,7 cm x W: 15 cm
- Date
- March 22, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Note : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 20,7 cm x W: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 22, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Page folded horizontally and vertically, printed letterhead reads Dr. Stefan Klen Advokat. Receipt made to Arnost Barton by lawyer in response to the adoption and immigration of Ruth Friedlieb to Canada. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J., USA, from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.29
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Passport
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59888
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Cardstock, paper : Printed : Ink : Brown, beige, red, blue. ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 10,3 cm
- Date
- May 15, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Cardstock, paper : Printed : Ink : Brown, beige, red, blue. ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 10,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 15, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Slovak
- French
- Russian
- Notes
- Hardcover booklet, cloth exterior, bound with multi-coloured thread (taped down), entitled Republika Ceskoslovenska. Czechoslovakian Passport for Ruth (Anna) Eleanora Hecht valid for all European states and Canada, with visa from the British embassy dated 1946/5/20 and a stamp from Canadian immigration services dated 1946/6/2 Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.27
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Passport Application
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59901
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport Application : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 26,6 cm x W: 40,6 cm
- Date
- 1943-1956
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport Application : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 26,6 cm x W: 40,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1943-1956
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Page folded in half horizontally to form two legal-size pages, double-sided, divided by lines into different areas for information and officiating stamps. Blank United States of America passport application. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J., USA, from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.40
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Permit
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59882
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Permit : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 29,3 cm x W: 20,7 cm
- Date
- June 27, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Permit : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 29,3 cm x W: 20,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 27, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- Page folded horizontally and vertically, underlined header, ink stamp on centerfold. Travel document authorizes Dr. Alexander Friedlieb to travel from Skalica to Bratislava. Authorization is valid until July 20, 1942. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.13
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Skalica, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Permit
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59883
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Permit : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 29,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- September 24, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Permit : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 29,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 24, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- Page folded horizontally and vertically, underlined header, ink stamp on centerfold. Travel document authorizes Hilda Friedlieb to travel from Skalica to Bratislava. Authorization is valid until December 31, 1942. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.14
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Skalica, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Record
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59879
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Record : Cardstock, paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, red, grey, black ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 9 cm
- Date
- 1923-1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Record : Cardstock, paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, red, grey, black ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1923-1935
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Booklet, oilcloth cover, handwritten name on cover, cards riveted face-down to back cover, basic personal information handwritten on first and second page, details of service written or stamp in following pages. Military identification booklet for Dr. Alexander Friedlieb Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.10
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Report
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59880
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Report : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, blue ; Ht: 27,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- June 23, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Report : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, blue ; Ht: 27,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 23, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Waxed paper, semi translucent, single-sided. Signed by the County Chairman in Skalica, this document indicates that Hilda Friedlieb is employed as an assistant by her husband; therefore she is discharged from compulsory labor. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J. (USA), from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.11
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Places
- Skalica, Slovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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