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- Aviva Ravel Fonds 2
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Alexandra Golub and Reuben Philipson
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49672
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Beige ; Ht: 5 cm x W: 7 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Beige ; Ht: 5 cm x W: 7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w, couple standing next to each other, looking in the same direction. They are the donor's paternal uncle and his wife. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.314
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
"A Point on a Sheet of Green Paper: Anthology of Canadian Poetry". - Edited by Aviva Ravel.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72388
- Collection
- Aviva Ravel Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1058; 1; 00313
- Date
- 1973
- Collection
- Aviva Ravel Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Date
- 1973
- Fonds No.
- 1058
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00313
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Bay 5
- Ctn. 011
- Creator
- Aviva Ravel and Shimon Levy
- Language
- English; Yiddish
- Notes
- File contains publication.
- Name Access
- Ravel, Aviva
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Writing - Fiction
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
"A Point on a Sheet of Green Paper: Anthology of Canadian Poetry". - Edited by Aviva Ravel.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72389
- Collection
- Aviva Ravel Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1058; 1; 00313
- Date
- 1992
- Collection
- Aviva Ravel Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Date
- 1992
- Fonds No.
- 1058
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00313
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Bay 5
- Ctn. 011
- Creator
- Aviva Ravel and Shimon Levy
- Language
- English; Yiddish
- Notes
- File contains publication.
- Name Access
- Ravel, Aviva
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Writing - Fiction
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Aufsätze
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47535
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Notebook : handwritten, bound : brown, blue, beige, black, red ; Ht: 21,3 cm x W: 16,8 cm
- Date
- 1909-1917
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Notebook : handwritten, bound : brown, blue, beige, black, red ; Ht: 21,3 cm x W: 16,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1909-1917
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- 14 pages. Softcover, bound with string. Cover is blue with a brown paper dust-cover. On the front, centre, is an octagonal white sticker with a handwritten title. Pages are beige with black horizontal lines; first 10 pages have handwritten text in black, with red markings and corrections throughout. School books of Sophie Orbach. Narrative: Sophie Orbach was the donor's mother. Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris with her husband Serge in the 1920s, due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. After spending 4 years in the free zone of France, and having found a hiding place, she was denounced along with her mother and her brother. In January 1944, they were arrested and sent to the Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. Her husband Serge survived the war in Ireland where he was managing a factory. Her daughter was able to survive in hiding in different places in the south of France.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.07
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Germany ?, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Belt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47536
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Belt : leather worked, braided, sewn (machine), pegged : red, silver
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Belt : leather worked, braided, sewn (machine), pegged : red, silver
- Other Title Information
- Clothing Accessory
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Silver buckle on one end; the other end is a piece of flat leather with 3 layers for reinforcement; 5 buckle holes are going along the centre in a line. The waist band is made up of 3 separate braided cords; 3 belt loops are positioned along the waist band in different intervals, keeping the cords connected, with an additional loop near the buckle. Narrative: This belt was a birthday gift from the donor's mother to her on the occasion of her 13th birthday (July 15, 1943) in Cannes.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.11
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Cannes, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
BERNARD, Lionel (Levy)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy43
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- December 26, 1891
- Date of Death
- October 09, 1916
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, France
- Cemetery
- Vimy Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 24
- Enlistment No.
- 27043
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Unit
- 15th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
- Notes
- Staff Sergeant Lionel Bernard was from London, England.
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Bill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76854
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Bill : Paper : Ink : Beige, red ; Ht: 20,7 cm x W: 13 cm
- Date
- January 22, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Bill : Paper : Ink : Beige, red ; Ht: 20,7 cm x W: 13 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 22, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single sided with the date in the upper right corner, and a circular stamp in the bottom left corner. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.057
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Galway, Ireland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Black Record: Germans Past and Present
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49662
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Paper : printed, bound : Beige ; Ht: 18,5 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Date
- February 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Paper : printed, bound : Beige ; Ht: 18,5 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 1941
- Creator
- Vansittart, Robert, Sir
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 56 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Front cover is orange with a thick black border. Inside the border, the title is printed in black at the top, and the author is printed in white at the bottom. A Swastika is printed in a white circle, with the Reichsadler of the German Empire in the centre. The back cover is white with orange text. Interior pages are white with black text, divided into chapters. Narrative: The Reichsadler (English: Empire's Eagle, Imperial Eagle, or Eagle of the Empire) was a historic eagle national insignia deriving from the heraldic Roman Aquila during various times of Germany's history, including the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. After the defeat of the German Reich in 1945, the national insignia of West Germany and modern Germany is called Bundesadler.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.06
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
BLUMENSHON, Levy
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy8553
- Collection
- JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)
- Material Type
- textual record
- Record Source
- JIAS Montreal Client Cards
- Fonds No.
- I0037
- Series No.
- R
- File No.
- 04-2020
- Restrictions
- Due to privacy laws, access to further information about this record is restricted. You may contact the Canadian Jewish Archives to learn more.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Booklet
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50359
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Bound : Ink : Blue, White, Beige ; Ht: 8,25 cm x W: 6,5 cm
- Date
- 1909-1917
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Bound : Ink : Blue, White, Beige ; Ht: 8,25 cm x W: 6,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1909-1917
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Bound along the left edge, the inside has pages with horizontal lines, which have been wrote on. The cover has a rectangular sticker on the front with a line border around its edges. School books of Sophie Orbach. Narrative: Sophie Orbach was the donor's mother. Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris with her husband Serge in the 1920s, due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. After spending 4 years in the free zone of France, and having found a hiding place, she was denounced along with her mother and her brother. In January 1944, they were arrested and sent to the Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. Her husband Serge survived the war in Ireland where he was managing a factory. Her daughter was able to survive in hiding in different places in the south of France.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.08
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Booklet
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50360
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Bound : Ink : Beige, white ; Ht: 8,25 cm x W: 6,5 cm
- Date
- 1909-1917
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Bound : Ink : Beige, white ; Ht: 8,25 cm x W: 6,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1909-1917
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Bound along the left edge, the inside has pages with horizontal lines, which have been wrote on. The cover has a rectangular sticker on the front with a line border around its edges. School book of Sophie Orbach, the donor's mother. Narrative: Sophie Orbach was the donor's mother. Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris with her husband Serge in the 1920s, due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. After spending 4 years in the free zone of France, and having found a hiding place, she was denounced along with her mother and her brother. In January 1944, they were arrested and sent to the Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. Her husband Serge survived the war in Ireland where he was managing a factory. Her daughter was able to survive in hiding in different places in the south of France.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.09
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Booklet
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50361
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : bound : Ink : Beige, White ; Ht: 8,25 cm x W: 6,5 cm
- Date
- 1909-1917
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : bound : Ink : Beige, White ; Ht: 8,25 cm x W: 6,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1909-1917
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Bound along the left edge, the inside has pages with horizontal lines, which have text on them. The cover has a rectangular sticker on the front with a line border around its edges. School books of Sophie Orbach, the donor's mother. Narrative: Sophie Orbach was the donor's mother. Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris with her husband Serge in the 1920s, due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. After spending 4 years in the free zone of France, and having found a hiding place, she was denounced along with her mother and her brother. In January 1944, they were arrested and sent to the Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. Her husband Serge survived the war in Ireland where he was managing a factory. Her daughter was able to survive in hiding in different places in the south of France.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.10
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47531
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Box : cut, glued, woven, sewn (machine) : brown, blue, white, yellow, red ; Ht: 4,5 cm x W: 12,5 cm x De: 17,5 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Box : cut, glued, woven, sewn (machine) : brown, blue, white, yellow, red ; Ht: 4,5 cm x W: 12,5 cm x De: 17,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Container
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Notes
- Box with a textured outside. The inside, top and bottom, is lined with padded fabric: it is divided diagonally into 2 sections, one side is blue and the other side is white. In the centre is a yellow Star of David. The inner sides are lined with red fabric.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.05
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel ?
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
BRAUNSTEIN, Levy
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy8956
- Collection
- JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)
- Material Type
- textual record
- Spouse
- Cerna
- Record Source
- JIAS Montreal Client Cards
- Fonds No.
- I0037
- Series No.
- R
- File No.
- 05-74
- Restrictions
- Due to privacy laws, access to further information about this record is restricted. You may contact the Canadian Jewish Archives to learn more.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50362
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Paper : Ink : Beige, Red, Green, Blue ; Ht: 16,5 cm x W: 25 cm
- Date
- March 19, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Paper : Ink : Beige, Red, Green, Blue ; Ht: 16,5 cm x W: 25 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 19, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, Double-sided with a vertical fold down the middle. There is horizontal, as well as vertical text. On the inside there is an illustration of a boy riding a horse, and two of the seven dwarfs sawing wood across the top, and another one of the seven dwarfs hammering a nail, in the lower left corner along the fold. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.20.01
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50363
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- card : Paper : Ink : Beige, Pink, Green, Black, Purple ; Ht: 15,5 cm x W: 23 cm
- Date
- June 02, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- card : Paper : Ink : Beige, Pink, Green, Black, Purple ; Ht: 15,5 cm x W: 23 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 02, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, Double-sided with a vertical fold down the middle. There is text on the front, as well as on the inside. There is also an illustration of a girl wearing a vertically striped skirt, talking to a man at a podium who has a feather in his hat, across the top of the front of the card. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.20.02
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50525
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Cardstock : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 6,8 cm x W: 10,9 cm
- Date
- June 17, 1924
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Cardstock : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 6,8 cm x W: 10,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 17, 1924
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Single sided, with two lines in the middle, and the date in the bottom left corner. thank you card sent tpo guests following the wedding of Shulim and Sophie Philipson. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.245
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Casino in Neris-les-Bains
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49758
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Beige, White, Black ; Ht: 10,4 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Date
- [Later than 1940]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Beige, White, Black ; Ht: 10,4 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Later than 1940]
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Recto has b&w photograph of the casino building in Neris-les-bains. On verso are handwritten messages and address with three red postal stamps on top right with ink stamps. Postcard sent to Serge Philipson in Galway by his daughter Rachel and her cousins Ruth and Stephane. Narrative: In the 1930’s Rachel Levy’s parents, Serge and Sophie Philipson moved from Berlin to Paris due to antisemitism. After a few years, Serge started working in his brother-in-law’s, Henri, company “Les Modes Modernes”. An opportunity to expand the business in Ireland resulted in Serge moving to Irland while his wife Sophie and daughter Rachel stayed in France. In July 1938, the factory opened in Ireland, Rachel and Sophie went for the opening and came back to Paris. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and other family members (Stéphane, Esther, Choura and her mother) went to Cabourg, in Normandy, while Augusta, Ella and Ruth went to Neris-les-bains. Since Paris wasn’t safe for Jews anymore, they decided to stay in Cabourg and rented a small house; Rachel was nine years old and started school there. After winter 1939-1940 it was difficult to communicate with Ireland but the family could still send and receive letters from Serge. At the end of winter 1940 Rachel moved to Neris-les-Bains where the rest of the family was. In July 1940, they left for Cauterets where Robert, Serge’s brother, was staying. They rented an apartment owned by Madame Noebès on rue Richelieu (close to the Spanish border). In 1940, Henri and Stéphane returned to the Riviera. With Néné, they moved to Hotel Victoria on the rue Antibes in Cannes. In August 1942, Mr. Kleinman (a friend from Paris) arrived in Cauterets and told them that Jews who had come to France after 1933 would be deported. Ella, Ernest, Ruth, Robert and Esther were arrested by local police and would be deported and killed later on. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her daughter Rachel, Oma, Henri, Stéphane and Néné left Cauterets to move to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria. On July 15 1943, Rachel turned 15 years old. Mr. Borello offered to hide Henri, Sophie and Grandmother Augusta (Oma) while Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced, arrested and transferred to Marseille and then sent by train to Drancy from where they were later deported (they did not survive). Jean (who was in a relationship with Rachel’s aunt Suzanne) came to Maubourget, gave Rachel his daughter’s identity “Jacqueline” and she left for Juan-les-Pins. In 1944, she moved from one place to another and still continued to correspond with her father. At the end of the war, Rachel met her uncle Shaja at the Polish Consulate in Lyon. He offered to help her to get papers to go to Ireland. On June 14, 1945, she spent three days in London with some family members and then took a boat-train for Dublin where she was reunited with her father, Serge, whom she had not seen for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. She had four sons and has been living in Montreal since 1954.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.320
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50522
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Ink : Beige, Blue, Black ; Ht: 18,5 cm x W: 24,7 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Ink : Beige, Blue, Black ; Ht: 18,5 cm x W: 24,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Notes
- 1 page, single sided. There is a leaf pattern border around the edges of the page, and the large block letters have a grain like pattern inside of them. In the middle of the certificate there is an illustration of a hill with 3 larger trees in the foreground and smaller trees in the background. The certificated attests to the planting of 60 trees in Dublin in honour of Sophie Philipson, the donor's mother, by her husband, Serge Philipson. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.176
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Dublin, Ireland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate, death
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49866
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate, death : Paper : Beige, black ; Ht: 24 cm x W: 16 cm
- Date
- January 23, 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate, death : Paper : Beige, black ; Ht: 24 cm x W: 16 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 23, 1951
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.217
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Paris ?, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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