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?

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76489
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Item
Material Type
textual record
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? : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
Date
May 13, 1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
? : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
May 13, 1947
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
Notes
1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Triangular stamp with "Amchu" insignia of harp in centre, Yiddish text. Document relates to "Amchu" Artist's Group in Feldafing. Contains list of members. Mayer Abramowicz is first on the list. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.14
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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?

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76498
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
? : Paper : Drawn, Typed, Stamped : Ink : Yellow, Black, Red ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
? : Paper : Drawn, Typed, Stamped : Ink : Yellow, Black, Red ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
Notes
1 page, single-sided. Folded once vertically and 3 times horizontally. Large printed line drawing of a closed book, with a red stamp at top right corner of an opened book with Yiddish text superimposed over it. Text in Yiddish within the image of the book. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.26
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Calendar ?

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76493
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Calendar ? : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Green, Red, Blue ; Ht: 44 cm x W: 17 cm
Date
August 12, 1947-September 11, 1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Calendar ? : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Green, Red, Blue ; Ht: 44 cm x W: 17 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
August 12, 1947-September 11, 1947
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
Notes
1 vertical page, double-sided. Folded horizontally 3 times. Tape remnants at three remaining corners, indicating that it was likely posted on a wall. Document appears to be a calendar, related to "Amchu" theatre group in Feldafing D.P. Camp. Possibly of rehearsals or performances. Handwritten annotations and illustrations on verso. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.19
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Certificate

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76477
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Certificate : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Grey, Purple ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 21 cm
Date
November 15, 1948
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Certificate : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Grey, Purple ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 21 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
November 15, 1948
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
English
Notes
1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document is a signed attestation that Bela Herling worked as medical technician in the hospital's X-ray department. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.02
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Certificate

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76485
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Stamped : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue, Red ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 20 cm
Date
April 17, 1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Stamped : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue, Red ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 20 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
April 17, 1947
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document issued to Mejer Abramowicz, attesting that he arrived at D.P. Camp Feldafing on June 30, 1945, and has been living there since that date. Adds that he was liberated from Staltach. Signed by UNRRA Assistant Director and Chief of Billetting Office. Form printed on verso, left blank. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.10
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Handbill

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76500
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Handbill : Paper : Printed : Ink : Yellow, Black ; Ht: 22,5 cm x W: 15 cm
Date
January 28, 1954-January 31, 1954
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Handbill : Paper : Printed : Ink : Yellow, Black ; Ht: 22,5 cm x W: 15 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
January 28, 1954-January 31, 1954
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Yiddish
Notes
1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. Document is a handbill advertising a play to be performed at the Jewish Library, starring Rachel Relis. Myer Abramowitch listed as a feature player. English text on top half, Yiddish text on bottom. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir, Myer) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz, Abramowitch) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.28
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Montreal, Canada, North America
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Handbill

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76501
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Handbill : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Green ; Ht: 22,5 cm x W: 15 cm
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Handbill : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Green ; Ht: 22,5 cm x W: 15 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
English
Notes
1 page, single-sided. Document is a handbill advertising the play 'Road to Glory', to be performed at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. All text in Yiddish except title of play and address of location. List of featured cast members includes Mayer Abramovitch. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.29
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Montreal, Canada, North America
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification and travel pass

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76484
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification and travel pass : Cardboard : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Blue, Black, Red, Green, White ; Ht: 12,5 cm x W: 9 cm
Date
January 11, 1949
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification and travel pass : Cardboard : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Blue, Black, Red, Green, White ; Ht: 12,5 cm x W: 9 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
January 11, 1949
Physical Condition
Good
Language
French
Notes
1 horizontal page, folded vertically 9 times to create 10 double-sided panels. When folded, document is an 18-page booklet, not including front and back covers. Front cover has thick red diagonal stripes printed at top left and bottom right corners. White circular sticker affixed at top left corner under stripe with handwritten annotation "4 / D. Hal". Document is an identification and travel pass for Mayer Abramowicz, issued by the state of France in lieu of a passport. Numbered 00077. Square b&w photograph of subject affixed on page 3 with 2 metal grommets. Valid for 1 year, until January 10, 1950. Visas on pages 7,8,9, and 10 related to subject's immigration to Canada in 1949. Back cover has 60174 handwritten in black ink at top right corner. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.09
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Paris, France, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76476
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Cardboard : Printed, Typed : Ink : blue, black, white ; Ht: 13 cm x W: 18 cm
Date
July 01, 1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Cardboard : Printed, Typed : Ink : blue, black, white ; Ht: 13 cm x W: 18 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
July 01, 1946
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Folded once vertically to create four panels. Square b&w photograph of cardholder affixed at top right. Document is an identity card for Bella Herling, issued by the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp. Personal details on left side, indicating that she was born September 25, 1925 in Suchedniów, Poland, and was imprisoned in Cz?stochowa concentration camp. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.01
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76481
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Cardboard : Printed, Handwritten, Stamped, : Ink : Beige, Red, Black, Grey ; Ht: 13 cm x W: 10 cm
Date
May 23, 1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Cardboard : Printed, Handwritten, Stamped, : Ink : Beige, Red, Black, Grey ; Ht: 13 cm x W: 10 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
May 23, 1946
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
German
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Folded once horizontally. Document is a D. P. identification card for Majer Abramowicz, issued at Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp. Top half of recto contains particulars of cardholder, including fingerprint of right thumb at centre right. Bottom half of recto contains particulars of issuance, including signature of position of UNRRA Official. On verso, instructions printed in English and German. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.06
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76482
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Pink, b&w, Grey, Purple ; Ht: 13 cm x W: 8,75 cm
Date
[Prior to 1949-05-02]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Pink, b&w, Grey, Purple ; Ht: 13 cm x W: 8,75 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[Prior to 1949-05-02]
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
English
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Folded once horizontally. Document is an identity card for Mayer Abramowicz, issued by Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp. Square b&w photograph of cardholder affixed at top left corner with one metal grommet. Document attests that cardholder was born on November 10, 1914 in Wilna, is stateless, was imprisoned in Stutthof and Dachau concentration camps, and had the number 34063 tattooed on his left arm. Last two letters of family name corrected by hand in blue ink. Stamps indicate that cardholder was part of the leadership of the D.P. Camp. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.07
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76483
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Pink, b&w, Blue ; Ht: 10,25 x W: 14
Date
[Prior to 1949-05-02]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Pink, b&w, Blue ; Ht: 10,25 x W: 14
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[Prior to 1949-05-02]
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
English
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Folded once vertically to create four panels. On verso, left panel, Yiddish text printed on top and bottom. In centre, insignia of an ornate harp. On recto, left panel, square b&w photograph of cardholder affixed with one staple. Signature underneath. Yiddish printed text on right panel with additions written by hand. Document is a membership card for the 'Amchu' artists' group, attached to the Jewish Labour Committee, issued to Mayer Abramowicz. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.08
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification card

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76487
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Cardboard : Printed, Typed, Stamped : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 7,5 cm x W: 13 cm
Date
May 02, 1949
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification card : Cardboard : Printed, Typed, Stamped : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 7,5 cm x W: 13 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
May 02, 1949
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Document is a tourist class immigration identification card for Mayer Abramowicz. Name of ship M/V "Sobieski" stamped on it. On left side of card is space for Medical Examination Stamp, left blank. Ink stamp on right sde of card in space for Civil Examination Stamp. On verso, instructions are printed in 12 languages Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.12
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Identification certificate

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76495
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink; Graphite Pencil; Coloured Pencil : Yellow, Black, White, Blue, Green, Red, Grey ; Ht: 34 cm x W: 20 cm
Date
November 18, 1948
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Identification certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink; Graphite Pencil; Coloured Pencil : Yellow, Black, White, Blue, Green, Red, Grey ; Ht: 34 cm x W: 20 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
November 18, 1948
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Folded once vertically and three times horizontally. Document is a certificate of identity of the purpose of immigration to Canada, issued to Bela Herling by the International Refugee Organization in the U.S. Zone of Germany. '38' handwritten in red pencil at top right corner. Square b&w photo of subject affixed with one staple on right side, just above centre. Name, date and place of birth, nationality, occupation and parents' names typed on form next to photo. Signature and physical description below photo. Canada Immigrant Visa stamped at bottom right, issued in Munich, Germany on November 19, 1948. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.22
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Munich, Germany, Europe
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Illustrated Jubillee Journal

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76494
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Journal : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 29 cm x W: 21 cm
Date
1945-1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Journal : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 29 cm x W: 21 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1945-1946
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
Yiddish
English
Notes
36 pages, bound with 2 metal staples. All but bottom 5 cm of front cover contains hand-drawn illustration, blue with beige border. At top, Yiddish block text in rectangle on slight diagonal, with '1945' above and '1946' below. Beneath text, large image of a stage with an ornate pillar with a carved figure wearing a crown on each side, connected by an arch topped with more ornamentation, including a nymph-like head and 2 crossed trumpets. Stage curtains are opened, and 'AMCHO' is written in Yiddish text below above stage. Large open book with Yiddish text is superimposed over stage, on diagonal. Beneath illustration, caption reads 'ILLUSTRATED JUBILLEE JOURNAL / Edited by Dramat. Office "AMCHO" of the Jewish Labour Committee of Feldafing' in English. Inside, journal includes a variety of articles and photographs. All in Yiddish except English caption on cover. Document appears to provide a retrospective look at the activities of the theater group over 1945 and 1946. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.21
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Newspaper clipping

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76488
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Newspaper clipping : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 14,5 cm x W: 10,5 cm
Date
[Prior to 1947-04-17]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Newspaper clipping : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 14,5 cm x W: 10,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[Prior to 1947-04-17]
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
Yiddish
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Square piece of paper cut out of a newspaper. Recto is a photograph of the 'Amchu' theatre group at Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp. Mayer Abramowicz is among those sitting in the front. Caption in Yiddish. On verso, articles in Yiddish. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.13
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing ?, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76496
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 13,5 cm
Date
October 21, 1949
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 13,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
October 21, 1949
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Notes
1 page, double-sided. Folded once vertically. On verso, printed with 1 cent postal stamp at top right. Document is an invitation to a meeting of all members of the Jewish Drama Club at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. of Montreal, written by Maier Abramovitz, Chairman. On verso, postcard is addressed to Majer Abramowitz. Address handwritten in blue ink. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.23
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Montreal, Canada, North America
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Poster ?

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76499
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Poster ? : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Brown
Date
1951
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Poster ? : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Brown
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1951
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
Yiddish
Notes
1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and twice vertically. Monochrome photograph at top right corner of a young woman in a dark sweater with a light coloured collared shirt underneath. Text in Yiddish, appears to be a poster advertising an event. On bottom half of page, box contains list of names on right side, possibly cast of a play or program of presentations. Fourth name is Mayer Abramovitch. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.27
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Program

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76490
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Program : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
Date
[Prior to 1947-04-17]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Program : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[Prior to 1947-04-17]
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
Notes
1 horizontal page, folded once vertically to make a four-panel booklet, then folded once horizontally and once vertically. "Amchu" emblem of a harp printed on cover (left panel, verso). Document is a program for a performance of the Dybbuk by the "AMCHO" [aka "Amchu"] artists' group in Feldafing. Maier Abramowicz is part of the cast. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.15
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing , Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Program

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76491
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Program : Cardboard : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 18 cm x W: 8 cm
Date
[Prior to 1947-04-17]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Program : Cardboard : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 18 cm x W: 8 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[Prior to 1947-04-17]
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
Notes
1 vertical page, double-sided. On recto, program for a theatrical presentation is printed. Text is mainly in transliterated Yiddish. Verso is a blank punchcard. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.17
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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