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American Joint Distribution Committee activities: A welfare worker and client
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59627
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- A print of a drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz depicts a Joint Distribution worker sitting at a desk next to a client in felt hat. A map to Hamburg is on the wall, next to two pictures of Men taking down a fence. Signed 'HE 47' in the bottom center. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.09
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
American Joint Distribution Committee activities: A welfare worker interviews a couple
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59622
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Print of a drawing by Sylvia Markowitz, depicts a woman in military dress at a desk interviewing two elderly Jewish people. Map of Palestine and Jerusalem on the wall. Silhouette of another man waiting in the background. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.04
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Hamburg, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
American Joint Distribution Committee Activities - Moving
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59619
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : Paper : Copy : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : Paper : Copy : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Copy of original drawing, men moving furniture into truck under Jewish banners. Crate in foreground reads 'Bergen-Belsen / Tel Aviv.' Sketched by Sylvia Benjamin-Markowitz. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.01
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Hamburg, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
American Joint Distribution Committee Activities - Welfare Worker
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59620
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Copy of a drawing, depicts a woman in military dress at a desk as various forms of transportation speed towards their destinations. Eiffel tower and New York in the distance. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.02
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Hamburg, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
American Joint Distribution Committee storage room: shelf of shoes
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59625
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Print of a drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts a storage room in the Joint Distribution Committee. Racks of shoes, a ladder, and an opened box. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.07
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
American Joint Distribution Committee storage room - women’s clothing
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59628
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Print of drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts a store room of the American Joint Distribution Company. Racks of coats, piles of boxes marked 'AJDC,' a saw horse, and 2 opened boxes. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.10
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Crowd at Train Station
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59623
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Print of a drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts a crowd of Jewish citizens on a train platform. One soldier in uniform directs the crowd. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.05
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Hamburg, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Displaced Family on Boat
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59624
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Print of a drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts a displaced Jewish family on a boat. Five members of the family, five seagulls flying into the sky. Land on the horizon. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.06
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Drawing
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59621
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Print of a drawing by Sylvia Markowitz, depicts 3 men and a dog in a camp. There is a group of Jewish men in the background reading newspapers, and a bag of what appears to be oranges on the ground. One man is holding out his arms. There is a suitcase next to him. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.03
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Hamburg, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Grave markers at Concentration Camp
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59626
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- 1947
- Creator
- Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- German
- Notes
- Print of a drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts 8 headstones that mark the burial of over 1000 Jewish ashes at a concentration camp. Text on one plaque reads "Here Lies 1000 Bodies" in English and German. A chimney can be seen in the distance. The weather is bleak as five birds fly into the distance. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.75.08
- Name Access
- Benjamin, Sylvia
- Places
- Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
MARKOWITZ, Benjamin, Sylvia
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn64533
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; ZB (General Documentation: Personalia)
- Date
- 1948
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1948
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- ZB (General Documentation: Personalia)
- Notes
- Report: 'Assignment w. AJJDC overseas' (Hamburg) 1945-1948. File characteristics: Originals and photocopies. Montreal-related material.
- Name Access
- MARKOWITZ, Benjamin, Sylvia
- Subjects
- Benjamin, Sylvia MARKOWITZ
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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