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Identification badge

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45741
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification badge : Yellow, Black
Date
1941-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Identification badge : Yellow, Black
Other Title Information
Personal Symbol
Date
1941-1945
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Serbo-Croatian
Notes
Circular badge with raised edges. Narrative: By 30 April 1941, all Jews in Croatia were ordered by the Ustaše government to wear this badge. Donor was exempt, because his mother was Christian. The Svarc (Schwarz) family were liberated by Yugoslav partisans in Zagreb 1944. After the war, Dr. Djuro Svarc (born in Koprivnica) kept it, then gave it to his son Emile, who brought it to Canada.
Accession No.
1981.01.01
Name Access
Svarc, Emile
Places
Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76618
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardstock : printed : beige, black, blue, green ; Ht: 8,7 cm x W: 14,5 cm
Date
September 15, 1942
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardstock : printed : beige, black, blue, green ; Ht: 8,7 cm x W: 14,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
September 15, 1942
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
Serbo-Croatian
Notes
Beige pre-printed postcard handwritten in blue ink. One side is inscribed with the address of the receiver (Mrs Olga Schwarz in Zagreb) and 3 postal ink stamps. One circular black ink stamp shows the date 1942-09-20. The other side contains a short message and a date. Narrative: This postcard was sent by Ivan V. Schwarz to his sister-in-law and brother while he was interned at the Jasenovac concentration camp. "Dragan", whom Ivan is referring to in this letter is his nephew, Emile Svarc, the donor of this item. Ivan Schwarz was interned in the camp from August 31, 1941 to April 22, 1945 when the camp was liquidated and all the remaining prisoners, including Ivan, were killed. Ivan Schwarz was born in 1898 and was originally from Koprivnica.
Accession No.
2011.29.01
Name Access
Svarc, Emile
Places
Jasenovac concentration camp, Croatia, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76619
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardstock : printed : beige, black, blue, green ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 13,7 cm
Date
September 24, 1943
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardstock : printed : beige, black, blue, green ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 13,7 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
September 24, 1943
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
Serbo-Croatian
Notes
Beige pre-printed postcard handwritten in blue ink. One side is inscribed with the address of the receiver (Mrs Olga Schwarz in Zagreb) and postal ink stamps in black and green ink while the other side contains a short message and a date written in blue ink and a green stam from officials. Narrative: This postcard was sent by Ivan V. Schwarz to his sister-in-law and brother while he was interned at the Jasenovac concentration camp. "Dragan", whom Ivan is referring to in this letter is his nephew, Emile Svarc, the donor of this item. Ivan Schwarz was interned in the camp from August 31, 1941 to April 22, 1945 when the camp was liquidated and all the remaining prisoners, including Ivan, were killed. Ivan Schwarz was born in 1898 and was originally from Koprivnica.
Accession No.
2011.29.02
Name Access
Svarc, Emile
Places
Jasenovac concentration camp, Croatia, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76620
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardstock : printed : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 8,8 cm x W: 13,5 cm
Date
October 7, 1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardstock : printed : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 8,8 cm x W: 13,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
October 7, 1944
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
Serbo-Croatian
Notes
Beige pre-printed postcard handwritten in blue ink. One side is inscribed with the address of the receiver (Mrs Olga Schwarz in Zagreb), ink stamps and 6 paper stamps; three blue stamps at the top, and three black and white stamps with a wounded man's face. There are two black and white stamps on the bottom left and another diagnoally on the top right, where it hangs off the postcard. It also has a handwritten message by the receiver in the bottom. The other side contains a short message and a date. Narrative: This postcard was sent by Ivan V. Schwarz to his sister-in-law and brother while he was interned at the Jasenovac concentration camp. Ivan Schwarz was interned in the camp from August 31, 1941 to April 22, 1945 when the camp was liquidated and all the remaining prisoners, including Ivan, were killed. Ivan Schwarz was born in 1898 and was originally from Koprivnica.
Accession No.
2011.29.03
Name Access
Svarc, Emile
Places
Jasenovac concentration camp, Croatia, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76621
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardstock : printed : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 10,4 cm x W: 13,5 cm
Date
January 8, 1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardstock : printed : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 10,4 cm x W: 13,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
January 8, 1945
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
Serbo-Croatian
Notes
Beige pre-printed postcard handwritten in blue ink. One side is inscribed with the address of the receiver (Mrs Olga Schwarz in Zagreb) and 8 paper stamps; two blue stamps in the bottom left and six at the top, two of which hang off the top edge of the postcard. It also has a handwritten message by the receiver at the bottom. The other side contains a short message and a date handwritten in blue ink and a mark made in red crayon on the bottom left hand side. Narrative: This postcard was sent by Ivan V. Schwarz to his sister-in-law and brother while he was interned at the Jasenovac concentration camp. Ivan Schwarz was interned in the camp from August 31, 1941 to April 22, 1945 when the camp was liquidated and all the remaining prisoners, including Ivan, were killed. Ivan Schwarz was born in 1898 and was originally from Koprivnica.
Accession No.
2011.29.04
Name Access
Svarc, Emile
Places
Jasenovac concentration camp, Croatia, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Sock

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45742
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Sock : woven, knitted, sewn, machine, embroidered : grey, beige, blue, orange, pink
Date
1939-1943
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Sock : woven, knitted, sewn, machine, embroidered : grey, beige, blue, orange, pink
Other Title Information
Clothing, Footwear
Date
1939-1943
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Grey socks with beige stripes and tops. Embroidered detailing and reinforcement is found along the sole and heels. Socks worn in hiding in Zagreb. Narrative: Donor's father was in camp in Croatia, but was released due to the efforts of his wife who was not Jewish. She managed to influence a policeman to release her husband. He then went to Zagreb and remained in hiding there, during which time he wore and mended these socks. Socks worn in hiding in Zagreb.
Accession No.
1981.01.02-03
Name Access
Svarc, Emile
Places
Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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