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Birth certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78444
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Birth certificate : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 29,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- November 30, 1950
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Birth certificate : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 29,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 30, 1950
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. One-sided photocopy of an official document. On the t. is the name Kaszemacher, Jacques. The document give the details of his birth. Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.15
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Boys at the OSE home in Le Vesinet
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78442
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 6,7 cm x W: 9,6 cm
- Date
- 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 6,7 cm x W: 9,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- B&W photograph with border. Outdoors. Group of boys posing in a yard. On the rignt is a young woman problably in charge of the group. Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.10
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Le Vesinet, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Chaja Kaszemacher
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78386
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 9,6 cm x W: 7,1 cm
- Date
- 1932
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 9,6 cm x W: 7,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- B&W photograph. Outdoors. A young woman is laying in the grass with a tennis racquet. She is wearing a white outfit with a black belt. The photograph shows her head and torso. A hand is placed on her shoulder. Narrative: Chaja Kaszemacher, nee Bajwelcwajg, was born in Warsaw, Poland. She lived in Paris where she gave birth to Jacques and Janine Kaszemacher. She died on 1943-10-26 in the Drancy transit camp near Paris, France.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.01
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Death cartificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78456
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death cartificate : Paper : printed, handwritten, typed : Ink : beige, black, purple, red ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- November 06, 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death cartificate : Paper : printed, handwritten, typed : Ink : beige, black, purple, red ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 06, 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided document issued by the Departement of veterans affairs and war victims.The document attests to the death of Ida Wolnowicz's mother, Rojza Wolnowicz. Narrative: Rojza Goldmann was born 1892-09-20 in Kaluszyn (Poland). She was arrested in Paris on 1942-07-16 and Drancy internment camp (France). She was deported to Auschwitz (Poland) on 1942-07-22 where she was killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.28
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Death certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78455
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : printed, typed, handwritten : Ink : beige, black, grey, blue ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- October 26, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : printed, typed, handwritten : Ink : beige, black, grey, blue ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 26, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided document issued by the Departement of veterans affairs and war victims.The document states the death of Ida Wolnowicz's father, Szypa Wolnowicz. Narrative: Szypa Wolnowicz was born in Warwaw (Poland) on 1894-10-03. He was captured on 1942-07-16 and confined to Drancy internment camp (France). He was deported to Auschwitz (Poland) on 1942-07-22 where he was killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.27
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Death certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78457
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : printed, handwritten, typed : Ink : beige, black, purple ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 20,9 cm
- Date
- October 25, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : printed, handwritten, typed : Ink : beige, black, purple ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 20,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 25, 1946
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided document issued by the Departement of veterans affairs and war victims.The document attests to the death of Ida Wolnowicz's brother, Lejb Nuta Wolnowicz. Narrative: Lejb Nuta Wolnowicz was born on 1918-12-07 in Warsaw (Poland). He was arrested on 1942-07-16 and confined to Drancy internment camp (France). He was deported to Auschwitz (Poland) on 1942-07-22 where he was killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.29
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Death certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78460
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : typed, handwritten, stamped : Ink : off-white, black, purple ; Ht: 26,9 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- October 02, 1953
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : typed, handwritten, stamped : Ink : off-white, black, purple ; Ht: 26,9 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 02, 1953
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 3 pages. Two-sided official document made by Paris courthouse attached with two threads. The certificate stipulates that Lejb Nuta Wolnowicz died after his deportation to Auschwitz on 1942-07-22. Narrative: Lejb Nuta Wolnowicz was born on 1918-12-07 in Warsaw (Poland). He was arrested on 1942-07-16 and confined to Drancy internment camp (France). He was deported to Auschwitz (Poland) on 1942-07-22 where he was killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.32
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Death certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78461
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : typed, handwritten, stamped : Ink : off-white, black, purple ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,2 cm
- Date
- October 02, 1953
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Death certificate : Paper : typed, handwritten, stamped : Ink : off-white, black, purple ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 02, 1953
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 3 pages. Two-sided official document made by Paris courthouse attached with two threads. The certificate stipulates that Szyja Wolnowicz died after his deportation to Auschwitz on 1942-07-22. Narrative: Szypa Wolnowicz was born in Warwaw (Poland) on 1894-10-03. He was captured on 1942-07-16 and confined to Drancy internment camp (France). He was deported to Auschwitz (Poland) on 1942-07-22 where he was killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.33
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Deportation certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78452
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Deportation certificate : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black, purple ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 13,4 cm
- Date
- December 15, 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Deportation certificate : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black, purple ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 13,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 15, 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided document issued by the Departement of veterans affairs and war victims. The document certifies that Henri Kasmacher was a prisoner of war. Narrative: Uszer Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, was born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). He was a driver in the French Army starting in 1940-03. He was captured in 1940-06 in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). He survived the war and went back to France where he was remarried to Ida Wolnowicz.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.24
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Deportee card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78462
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Deportee card : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : blue, black,purple ; Ht: 7,9 cm x W: 11,6 cm
- Date
- September 05, 1955
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Deportee card : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : blue, black,purple ; Ht: 7,9 cm x W: 11,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 05, 1955
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. Two-side card issued posthumously by the French Department of Veterans and War Victims to grant the title of political deportee to Szypa Wolnowicz. Narrative: The title of political deportee was given to all persons who were deported after 1940-06 due to the Nazi occupation or the French State. The title gives the holder a pension of civilian war victims and the right to wear a Medal of deportation and internment. Szypa Wolnowicz was born in Warwaw (Poland) on 1894-10-03. He was captured on 1942-07-16 and confined to Drancy internment camp (France). He was deported to Auschwitz (Poland) on 1942-07-22 where he was killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.34
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Deportee card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78463
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Deportee card : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : blue, black, purple ; Ht: 7,9 cm x W: 11,7 cm
- Date
- September 19, 1955
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Deportee card : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : blue, black, purple ; Ht: 7,9 cm x W: 11,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 19, 1955
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. Two-side card issued posthumously by the French Department of Veterans and War Victims to grant the title of political deportee to Lejb Nuta Wolnowicz. Narrative: The title of political deportee was given to all persons who were deported after 1940-06 due to the Nazi occupation or the French State. The title give the holder a pension of civilian war victims and the right to wear a Medal of deportation and internment. Lejb Nuta Wolnowicz was born on 1918-12-07 in Warsaw (Poland). He was arrested on 1942-07-16 and confined to Drancy internment camp (France). He was deported to Auschwitz (Poland) on 1942-07-22 where he was killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.35
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Discharge card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78451
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Discharge card : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black, purple ; Ht: 20,5 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Date
- June 05, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Discharge card : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black, purple ; Ht: 20,5 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 05, 1945
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. Two-sided official document issued by the Paris demobilization centre to Henric Kasmacher. The form was printed and filled with a typewriter. On the verso, on the t.l., are two finger prints mde with purple ink. Narrative: Uszer Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, was born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). He was a driver in the French Army starting in 1940-03. He was captured in 1940-06 in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). He survived the war and went back to France where he was remarried to Ida Wolnowicz.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.23
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78443
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 8 cm x W: 12 cm
- Date
- June 27, 1952
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 8 cm x W: 12 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 27, 1952
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. Two-sided document issued by the "Ministère des anciens combattant et victimes de la guerre". On the l. is a picture of woman (Marianne, allegory of the French Republic) down on one knee extending her arms toward two children with the inscription "Pupilles de la Nation", or warden of the State, under the image. On the verso are the details about the 1917-07-27 law concerning children affected by war. After the Second World War, Jewish children were adopted by the French Nation as they received help and protection if needed. Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.14
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78445
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper; Cardboard; Fabric : printed, handwritten, : Ink : beige, black, blue brown ; Ht: 15,4 cm x W: 10,8 cm
- Date
- July 26, 1952
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper; Cardboard; Fabric : printed, handwritten, : Ink : beige, black, blue brown ; Ht: 15,4 cm x W: 10,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 26, 1952
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. Folded document with cardboard and fabric support. On the t.r. is a b&w identity picture of Jacques Kaszemacher at 17 years old. On the b.r. is his finger print and a 70 Francs fiscal stamp. Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.17
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Le Vesinet, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78448
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black,blue, red, green ; Ht: 8,9 cm x W: 10 cm
- Date
- April 05, 1957
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black,blue, red, green ; Ht: 8,9 cm x W: 10 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 05, 1957
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. Two-sided card issued by the Consulate General of France in Montreal to Jacques Kaszemacher. On the recto, a b&w identity picture of him at age 22 on the t.r. Below the picture, b.r., is a fiscal stamp from Foreign Affairs office.Verso is stamped and signed by the Consul. Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.18
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78449
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : off-white, black, purple, red ; Ht: 24,4 cm x W: 7,5 cm
- Date
- December 01, 1926
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : off-white, black, purple, red ; Ht: 24,4 cm x W: 7,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 01, 1926
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided official document issued by the Minister of Justice. On the t.l. is a purple fiscal stamp of 3 Francs. The document states the french nationality of Ida Wolnowicz. Narrative: Ida Wolnowicz was born in Paris on 1925-04-20. She was the daughter of Szypa Wolnowicz, born 1894-10-03 in Warsaw (Poland) and Rojza Goldmann born 1892-09-20 in Kaluszyn (Poland). Ida's parents and her brother Lejb Nuta Wolnowicz were arrested in Paris on 1942-07-16 and sent to Drancy internment camp (France). They were deported to Auschwitz on 1942-07-22 where they were killed. Ida Wolnowicz survived the Holocaust and came back to Paris where she married Uszer Kaszemacher and adopted his son Jacques Kaszemacher.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.21
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78453
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : off-white, black, blue, purple ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 20,9 cm
- Date
- November 26, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : off-white, black, blue, purple ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 20,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 26, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided form issued by the Ministry of population for Uszer Kaszemacher. The document testities to Uszer Kaszemacher French naturalization. Narrative: Uszer Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, was born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). He was a driver in the French Army starting in 1940-03. He was captured in 1940-06 in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). He survived the war and went back to France where he was remarried to Ida Wolnowicz.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.25
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78454
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, black,blue, purple ; Ht: 26,7 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- February 20, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, black,blue, purple ; Ht: 26,7 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 20, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided document issued by the Departement of veterans affairs and war victims. The document is an answer to a demand made by Ida Wolnowicz to get information on the fate of her mother, Rojza Wolnowicz Narrative: Rojza Wolnowicz was born in Kaluszyn, Poland on 1892-09-20. She was arrested on 1942-07-16 in Paris and confined to Drancy internment camp (France). She was deported on 1942-07-22 to Auchwitz (Poland) where she was killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.26
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jacques Kasma
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78436
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 13,6 cm x W: 8,5 cm
- Date
- March 11, 1936
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 13,6 cm x W: 8,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 11, 1936
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- B&W photograph with white border. Indoors. Portrait of Jacques Kasma when he was six months old. He is dressed in a winter outfit with boots, coat and a hat. Printed on a postcard from "Ateliers Jérome". Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.04
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jacques Kasma and his father Uszer Kaszemacher
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78437
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 12,1 cm x W: 8 cm
- Date
- April 03, 1937
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 12,1 cm x W: 8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 03, 1937
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- B&W photograph with a decorative border. Indoors. On the l., a man wears a black suit and, on the r., a child is holding a ball. Portrait of Jacques Kasma at age 2 with his father, Uszer Kaszemacher. Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.05
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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