objectType:"artefact" found 5 records - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

Scope and Content: Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.

Collection: Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; artefact

Physical Description: 0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.

Scope and Content: Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.

Date: 1921-1968

Fonds No.: 1416

Storage Location: JPL

History / Biographical: Adele Druckman was born in Dorna Candrenilor near Vatra-Dornia, Romania, in 1894. At eighteen years old, she attended a school called Jaures-Zeugnis in the town of Chernovitz. In 1938, at 44, she was married to Isaac Kinsbrunner, a businessman in Chernovitz, which was under control of the Nazis. As Jews, they had to wear a yellow star and carry an identity card. After the Germans were defeated, the Soviets took over. Most of their family was gone, and they struggled to start again. Finally, in 1949 they decided to leave and emigrate to Paris. Adele packed her monogrammed linen, and hid her diamond engagement ring as well as an unmounted diamond. Isaac's cousin had moved to Canada in 1913, so they went to the Canadian Legation in Paris for permission to immigrate. They were required to leave by January 1950, and so booked passage on the Samaria to arrive in Halifax on February 9, 1950. They were met by Isaac's cousin, Sydney Brown, ne Kinsbrunner, and his wife Jessie Cohen, who took them to Sydney's shop in Montreal at 4464 Coloniale Avenue. Unfortunately, Isaac suffered a heart attack and died, having only been in Canada for 12 days, devastating Adele. Sydney and Jessie had two sons, aged 5 and 7, who helped Adele learn English using their schoolbooks, building on the French she had learned in Paris. Sydney learned of a job as a nurse's aid at the Mount Sinai Sanitorium in Ste Agathe, a village north of Montreal, which Adele took to immediately. She was well suited to comfort the patients and enjoyed the peace of the countryside. Adele was often included in Brown family events, including Passover and Rosh Hashana, and she even undertook a trip to Brooklyn, New York, to visit Sydney's sister, Pearl. She was required to provide an explanation for her lack of a passport, but was fortunate enough to have been able to bring her birth certificate from Romania. The Brown family often visisted Ste Agathe to visit, until Adele retired at 74, after 18 years at the Sanitorium. Upon retirement, Adele returned to Montreal, where Sydney helped her find a small apartment on Cote St Luc road next to a synagogue. Sydney's sons, meanwhile, had grown up and become both doctors. They both got married in the same week, and Ida offered her engagement ring to the elder son, while the younger son was offered the unmounted diamond. (Biographical note taken from file 00001.)

Language: English; Romanian

Arrangement: Physical order imposed by archivist.

Accession No.: 19-005

Subjects: Romania -- Jews.; Immigrants; Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal; Identification cards; Star of David

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

George L. Gilbert Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93147

Collection: George L. Gilbert Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; artefact

Fonds No.: 1372

Date: 1927-1940

Scope and Content: Consists of school material and year books as well as flight school log books.

Collection: George L. Gilbert Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; artefact

Scope and Content: Consists of school material and year books as well as flight school log books.

Date: 1927-1940

Fonds No.: 1372

Storage Location: 6-1E

History / Biographical: George L. Gilbert was born in Montreal on September 3, 1914 to Beckie (nee Wisnitzer) and Luis Gilbert, both immigrants to Canada; his father from Poland and his mother from Austria originally. His service records list his occupation as "department manager". In July 1942, Gilbert enlisted in the Canadian air force and was made pilot at the No. 1 Air Observers School at Malton in December 1943. He served overseas with the City of Vancouver No. 405 (R.C.A.F. Pathfinder). He was reported missing after air operations over Wilhemshaven and was presumed dead on October 15, 1944.

Language: English

Custodial History: Donated by Mr. Bud Kirmayer, Mr. Gilbert's cousin.

Name Access: Gilbert, George L., 1914-1944.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.; Veterans, Jewish - Canada

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Identification cards, World War II.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89984

Collection: Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; artefact

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records. 1 yellow Star of David.

Fonds No.: 1416; 00002

Date: 1941

Collection: Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; artefact

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records. 1 yellow Star of David.

Date: 1941

Fonds No.: 1416

File No.: 00002

Storage Location: JPL; Ctn. 001

Physical Condition: Fair

Language: English

Notes: Cards issued in 1941 for Adela Kinsbrunner and Isak Kinsbrunner.

Accession No.: 19-005

Subjects: Romania -- Jews.; Immigrants; Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal; Star of David; Identification cards

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Isaac Hertzman Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93095

Collection: Isaac Hertzman Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; artefact

Physical Description: 0.6 linear meters of textual records

Fonds No.: 1364

Date: 1907-1991

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of the Isaaac Hertzman's various organization related documents (minutes, correspondence, notices, membership information) specific to the individual's activities.

Collection: Isaac Hertzman Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; artefact

Physical Description: 0.6 linear meters of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of the Isaaac Hertzman's various organization related documents (minutes, correspondence, notices, membership information) specific to the individual's activities.

Date: 1907-1991

Fonds No.: 1364

Storage Location: Bay 6

History / Biographical: Isaac Hertzman emigrated from Poland to Montreal in 1933. He became president of the Montreal branch of the Workman's Circle, and was active in the Jewish Labour Committee and the Lubliner Landsmanshaft.