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Gol??v Jeníkov
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47544
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Album : photography, graphic arts : grey, black, blue, green ; Ht: 12,2 cm x W: 17,7 cm
- Date
- 1967
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Album : photography, graphic arts : grey, black, blue, green ; Ht: 12,2 cm x W: 17,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- English
- Notes
- Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Covers are woven grey and black fabric; no text. The spine has gilded text on a black background. Interior covers are grey Interior pages consist of 19 glossy b&w postcards, photos and sketches, glued onto the bound pages. A sheet of loose-leaf paper, handwritten in blue ink, has been inserted into the album, describing the photos. The ablum is housed in a green, textured cardboard box, with the right end left open.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.03
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Terezin vrchní brána
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47651
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Watercolour : paper : painted, cut, glued,screwed : watercolour : beige, grey, green, brown' blue, black
- Date
- August 28, 1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Watercolour : paper : painted, cut, glued,screwed : watercolour : beige, grey, green, brown' blue, black
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Painting
- Date
- August 28, 1943
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Painting, depicting a view from inside a compound, of workers departing, from the main gate of Magdeburg (needs confirmation), to work in the fields; surrounded by a beige window mat. Housed in a wooden frame, with a white grain; glass glazing. The dust cover is pin-striped paper; screw eyes are found on each side, connected with metal wire.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.05
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
P?ib?h židovského muzea v Praze
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47757
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : black, beige, red, blue, white ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 24,5 cm
- Date
- 1966
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : black, beige, red, blue, white ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 24,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1966
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- 347 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. The book has a dustjacket with a drawing of a scroll, floral detailing and the title printed in black on the right side. The drawing continues along the spine and back, where there is an image of a metal pointer. The book's cover is white, with 4 decorative designs and 3 gilded stars of David at the top. The back cover is the same as the front. The inside covers are of an abstract b&w drawing of 2 humans with wings, holding spears. The back inside cover has a b&w drawing of 2 peacock-like birds. Interior pages are glossy white with text, b&w drawings and photos, and colour drawings and photos. Images appear to be those of museum artefacts. A white ribbon is attached to the centre of the binding and used as a bookmark. The book comes in a beige cardboard box that is stapled together at the top and bottom.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.34
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Art of the Holocaust
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47758
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : white, black ; Ht: 31,3 cm x W: 23,3 cm
- Date
- 1981
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : white, black ; Ht: 31,3 cm x W: 23,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1981
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 272 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Cover is white with the title imprinted diagonally across in white, along with a Star of David and a swastika. The title and author are printed in black along the spine; the back cover is plain white. The inside covers have a white and grey map of Europe. The interior pages are mostly glossy white (some are black). The first 43 pages are just text (in 2 columns) and the remaining pages are a mixture of b&w and colour drawings and images, each with a caption. The images are depecting the Holocaust and life in the ghettos and camps.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.35
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Terezín: v kresbách v?z?? 1941-45
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47759
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : black, white ; Ht: 23,8 cm x W: 17,2 cm
- Date
- 1983
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : black, white ; Ht: 23,8 cm x W: 17,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- 26 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Cover is glossy white with the title printed in black at the top, under is a b&w sketch of tress with a barbed wire fence in the background. The back cover has a b&w sketch of a camp floor plan. Interior pages are white with text and b&w sketches with captions; the last few pages of the book have a list of artist names with descriptions.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.27
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Lípa 1940-1945: P?eškolovací tabor – Umschulungslager Linden p?edehra k tragedii Zind? v Protektoráté Cech a Moravy
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47760
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts, photography : blue, black,white ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 14,6 cm
- Date
- 1990
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts, photography : blue, black,white ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 14,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1990
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- 24 pages. Soft cover, cardstock bound with staples. Cover is light blue with a black U and an outline L printed in the centre, and additional black text printed towards the bottom of the cover, above a Star of David. Interior pages are white with text, charts, b&w sketches and photocopied images.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.28
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Von Namen zur Nummer : Von der Nummer zum Namen zurück : Gedenkbuch für die Inhaftierten des Au?enkommando Theresienstadt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47761
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : brown, blue, white, black ; Ht: 29,9 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- 1944-1999
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : brown, blue, white, black ; Ht: 29,9 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1944-1999
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Approximately 30 pages (exact number unknown). Softcover, bound with paper, blue plastic rings and a clear brown plastic sheet; the back cover is plain bright blue plastic. The title page is white with black text. Interior pages are white with text, b&w maps, charts, photocopied portraits of men and b&w sketches of camp scenes. A letter is included with the book: white paper with red horizontal and vertical lines. The top right corner has a coloured coat-of-arms, with an ostriche and Bundesadler. The letter was signed in blue ink by the Bürgermeister of Strausberg.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.29
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Places
- Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Koncentra?ní tabor Wulkow 1944-1945
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47762
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : blue, black, white ; Ht: 20,6 cm x W: 14,3 cm
- Date
- 1995
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : blue, black, white ; Ht: 20,6 cm x W: 14,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- 30 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Cover is light blue with black text. Interior pages are white with text. On pages 8 and 9 there are a series of b&w illustrated maps.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.30
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Terezín
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47763
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : black, blue, white, brown, green ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- 1980
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : black, blue, white, brown, green ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1980
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- 291 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Cover is glossy with a colour photo of a brick structure, with grass and trees on top, the title is printed in a white rectangle at the top left corner. The spine and back cover are glossy black, with white text. Interior pages are blossy white with text, b&w sketches, photos & maps and colour photos. Captions are included with the photos and drawings. The back cover has an added paper sleeve, with 2 paper maps tucked inside.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.33
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jägerkaserne
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51201
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Sketch : Ink; Pencil : Black, White ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 8 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Drawing : paper : Sketch : Ink; Pencil : Black, White ; Ht: 5,75 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Drawing depicts inside a dormitory in ghetto-camp of Terezin. Piled mattresses with two children sleeping on the edge of the pile and two adults huddled in a corner. The scene shows the last night in the Terezin Jägerkaserne for this group prior to their deportation to a killing centre Narrative: The Jägerkaserne was used as quarters for old people during the ghetto period. In addition, it served as a quarantine station for the disinfestation of personal belongings.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.02
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51250
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Paper : Ink : Beige, Black, White, ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 3 in.
- Date
- November 11, 1943-April 23, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Paper : Ink : Beige, Black, White, ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 3 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 11, 1943-April 23, 1945
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Card folded in two, text on front and back. Narrative: Work identification card duplicate issued to Georg Pick in Ghetto Theresienstadt. First entry dates November 11, 1943 and last entry dates April 20, 1945. Handritten note dates July 1945 regarding repatriation. Inside on page 2 and 3 are listed the different occupations held by the card holder. On the fourth page are listed instructions for the card holder.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.08
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Terezin, Block L 100
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60062
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Watercolour : Painting : Watercolour : red, white, blue, green, yellow, black ; Ht: 8,25 in. x W: 6 in.
- Date
- June 05, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Watercolour : Painting : Watercolour : red, white, blue, green, yellow, black ; Ht: 8,25 in. x W: 6 in.
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Painting
- Date
- June 05, 1944
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Framed, depicting a view from inside the Jewish quarter of block L100 and the overpass built for the German workers employed in the Sicherheitsdienst Archives (Security service), so that they may not have contact with the inmates.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.04
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Education certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76598
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Education certificate : Paper ; Ht: 26 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- August 26, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Education certificate : Paper ; Ht: 26 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 26, 1944
- Notes
- beige paper printed in black ink, grey blue watermark. This is a certificate for bookbinding issued by the Jewish community of Prague to Georg Pick. 2 ink stamps for the Jewish community at the bottom of the page.
- Accession No.
- 2010.15.01
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Membership card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76599
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Membership card : Paper ; Ht: 7,9 cm x W: 11,5 cm
- Date
- 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Membership card : Paper ; Ht: 7,9 cm x W: 11,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1946
- Notes
- White cardstock card painted in black. Stamped with red and purple ink stamps, signed in black and blue inks on the front, two paper membership fees stamps for 1946 are glued at the back, one red and one blue. Paper stamps have a hammer and a feather in a circle design. This is a membership card for Jiri Novak as a member of the Czech National Socialist party.
- Accession No.
- 2010.15.02
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Places
- Czech Republic, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Jewish wrestling world champion Kopecky
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76600
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- B&w portrait of young man posing in wrestling pose, arms at an angle and fists closed. One medal is hanging by a ribbon around his neck and 4 medals pinned to his outfit. Narrative: The wrestler came from Cesky Brod, the donor's hometown.
- Accession No.
- 2010.15.03
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78280
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, blue, black, red, purple ; Ht: 29,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- August 26, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, blue, black, red, purple ; Ht: 29,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 26, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Czech
- German
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided. On the background is a watermark of a Star of David surrounded with a laurel branch and a vine branch. On the t.l. is a red fiscal stamp valued at 5 Reichsmark. The document was issued to Georges Novak when he graduated a book-binding course. Narrative: Georges Novak was born Jiricek Pick on 1923-08-06 in Cesky Brod (Czech Republic, then Czechoslovakia). Georges' father, Vladimir, owned a large textile mill and factory that employed 400 people. His mother was an accomplished opera singer. George and his sister Hana were brought up in a Catholic home as Georges’ father had converted to Catholicism. Georges' father's Jewish identity was not revealed until the Germans identified him as a Jew. On 1939-03-15, the German Army invaded their hometown. In 1940, Georges was classified as a Jew according to the Nuremberg Laws and was forbidden to attend school. In 1941, he moved to Prague where he studied book binding. Georges' father was imprisoned by the Gestapo. In Prague, Georges was falsely arrested for sabotage and sentenced to life in prison. He spent two years at Lipa camp. He described it as a farm with livestock and a vegetable garden where Georges was guarded by a German couple. On 1943-09-13, Georges was transferred to Theresienstadt ghetto-camp. There, he was sent to a military prison called Kleine Festung. During the day, Georges was assigned to work in the garden and was able to smuggle vegetables into the ghetto-camp. In 1945-05, the Soviet Army liberated Theresienstadt. Georges escaped from the Russians and went to Prague where he attended medical school at Charles University. He learned that his parents and his sister had been deported in 1942 and were murdered in Auschwitz. Georges immigrated to Montreal alone in 1949.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.01
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jiricek and Hana Novak in children's parade
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78319
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 3 1/8 in. x W: 5 1/4 in.
- Date
- September 5, 1926
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 3 1/8 in. x W: 5 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 5, 1926
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- b&w, outdoor. Two children sibilings Jiricek (Georges) and Hana Novak are sitting on a toy car decorated with plants and flowers. Jiricek is dressed as a firefighter and Hana is sitting on tricycle behind him, she has a star on her shirt. Narrative: Georges Novak was born Jiricek Pick on 1923-08-06 in Cesky Brod (Czech Republic, then Czechoslovakia). Georges' father, Vladimir, owned a large textile mill and factory that employed 400 people. His mother was an accomplished opera singer. George and his sister Hana were brought up in a Catholic home as Georges’ father had converted to Catholicism. Georges' father's Jewish identity was not revealed until the Germans identified him as a Jew. On 1939-03-15, the German Army invaded their hometown. In 1940, Georges was classified as a Jew according to the Nuremberg Laws and was forbidden to attend school. In 1941, he moved to Prague where he studied book binding. Georges' father was imprisoned by the Gestapo. In Prague, Georges was falsely arrested for sabotage and sentenced to life in prison. He spent two years at Lipa camp. He described it as a farm with livestock and a vegetable garden where Georges was guarded by a German couple. On 1943-09-13, Georges was transferred to Theresienstadt ghetto-camp. There, he was sent to a military prison called Kleine Festung. During the day, Georges was assigned to work in the garden and was able to smuggle vegetables into the ghetto-camp. In 1945-05, the Soviet Army liberated Theresienstadt. Georges escaped from the Russians and went to Prague where he attended medical school at Charles University. He learned that his parents and his sister had been deported in 1942 and were murdered in Auschwitz. Georges immigrated to Montreal alone in 1949.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.14
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Sokol movement youth group
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78320
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 3 3/8 in. x W: 5 1/4 in.
- Date
- 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 3 3/8 in. x W: 5 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w, outdoor, group photo of boys in uniform posing in front of a building's doors. A man holding a flag is standing on the right side. George (Jiricek) Novak is standing fourth from the left on the middle row. Narrative: Georges Novak was born Jiricek Pick on 1923-08-06 in Cesky Brod (Czech Republic, then Czechoslovakia). Georges' father, Vladimir, owned a large textile mill and factory that employed 400 people. His mother was an accomplished opera singer. George and his sister Hana were brought up in a Catholic home as Georges’ father had converted to Catholicism. Georges' father's Jewish identity was not revealed until the Germans identified him as a Jew. On 1939-03-15, the German Army invaded their hometown. In 1940, Georges was classified as a Jew according to the Nuremberg Laws and was forbidden to attend school. In 1941, he moved to Prague where he studied book binding. Georges' father was imprisoned by the Gestapo. In Prague, Georges was falsely arrested for sabotage and sentenced to life in prison. He spent two years at Lipa camp. He described it as a farm with livestock and a vegetable garden where Georges was guarded by a German couple. On 1943-09-13, Georges was transferred to Theresienstadt ghetto-camp. There, he was sent to a military prison called Kleine Festung. During the day, Georges was assigned to work in the garden and was able to smuggle vegetables into the ghetto-camp. In 1945-05, the Soviet Army liberated Theresienstadt. Georges escaped from the Russians and went to Prague where he attended medical school at Charles University. He learned that his parents and his sister had been deported in 1942 and were murdered in Auschwitz. Georges immigrated to Montreal alone in 1949.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.15
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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