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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
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
Purse & scissors
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47537
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Purse & scissors : leather worked, sewn (machine), woven : brown, brass
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Purse & scissors : leather worked, sewn (machine), woven : brown, brass
- Other Title Information
- Personal Gear
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Brown purse with stitching along the edges. Closes like an envelope and fastens in the centre with a snap button. The interior is lined with a brown fabric. Housed inside the purse are a pair of small nail scissors. Silver metal, connected at the centre with a screw.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.12
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Token
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49657
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Token : Paper : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4,5 cm x W: 6,25 cm
- Date
- August 19, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Token : Paper : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4,5 cm x W: 6,25 cm
- Other Title Information
- Exchange Medium
- Date
- August 19, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page booklet with vertical fold down the middle, inside has sheet of ration tickets. Ration cards for clothing issued in France to Rachel Philipson. A big “J ” is printed on the inside. "J" printed cards were delivered to youth of 12 to 18 years old. 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.
- 2011X.216.02
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Cauterets, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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