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Yellow star badge
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45478
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Yellow star badge : yellow, black ; Ht: 3,75 in. x W: 3,5 in.
- Date
- May 9, 1942-May 5, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Yellow star badge : yellow, black ; Ht: 3,75 in. x W: 3,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- May 9, 1942-May 5, 1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Dutch
- Notes
- Piece of cloth in the shape of a six pointed star, printed with the outline of a Star of David. Fabric is stretched onto a cardboard support. Narrative: Flora Pfeiffer stretched the Star on cardboard and attached a sling to be able to change it on her uniform as a nurse. It was worn in concentration camps Westerbork (The Netherlands) and Bergen-Belsen (Germany).
- Accession No.
- 1990.88.01
- Name Access
- Pfeiffer, Flora
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Het Achterhuis
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45492
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed : red, blue-beige, black ; Ht: 19,0 cm x W: 10,9 cm
- Date
- February, 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed : red, blue-beige, black ; Ht: 19,0 cm x W: 10,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February, 1948
- Creator
- Frank, Anne
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- Dutch
- Notes
- 253 pages, hardcover. First edition, third printing of the Dirary of Anne Frank.Red cover with blue-beige border and lettering, with visible fibres. Plain blue-beige back cover with visible fibres. Spine has red lettering. Inside cover pages are beige with darker warp and weft pattern. Diary format with a b&w photograph of the author is located opposite the title page. 2 return address stamps on the publishing information page, with handwritten inscription.
- Accession No.
- 2005.34.01
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Samuel Schryver and fiancée Jetty de Leeuw
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45510
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : black, white ; Ht: 25,4 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- 1942-1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : black, white ; Ht: 25,4 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942-1943
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Outdoors. Young man in a suit and tie and a well-dressed young woman standing on the sidewalk by a building in the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam. He has a Star of David sewn on his jacket.
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.08
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47411
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Box : carved, hinged : brown, brass ; Ht: 6,5 cm x W: 8,1 cm x De: 14,2 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Box : carved, hinged : brown, brass ; Ht: 6,5 cm x W: 8,1 cm x De: 14,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Container
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Wooden box with high-relief floral designs on each side and a filligree leaf design on the lid. Lid is attached to the base with 2 hinges. Narrative: The box was made by donor, David Kropveld, in woodworking class pre-war Amsterdam. David Kropveld was born in 1918 in Amsterdam. The university he was to attend was shut down by the Germans in 1940. In July 1940, David and his father joined the White Brigade resistence group in the south of France. As members of the White Brigade, David and his father gave up their Jewish identities. In October 1942, David was arrested while smuggling war-related information between occupied and Vichy France. He was tortured for ten days before being released. He was reunited with his father in Brussels, but the two were arrested by Gestapo officers one week later. They were incarcerated for three months and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland). Father and son wore the badges of political prisoners and were selected for the slave labour camp of Monowitz, where they stayed for about five days prior to being transferred to camp of Treblinka (Poland). In Treblinka, David witnessed his father’s murder at the hands of a guard. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he had admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and Monowitz in December 1944 to compete boxing matches against other prisoners. In December 1944, David managed to escape the death march with a few iother prisoners. He was rescued shortly after and brought to a hospital until his health improved. No members of his family survived the war. In the summer of 1945, David met his wife. In 1947, the couple emigrated to Cuba, and in 1950, to Montreal where David began a successful career as a butcher. He immediately became involved in the underground in Holland, Belgium, and France. He was involved in transporting children to safe places. He participated in armed attacks of German convoys. He suffered two shootings and was arrested in France-subsequently sent to the camp of Breendock in Belgium and then to Treblinka, Sosnovitch, and Auschwitz. He was liberated by the Russian Amy.
- Accession No.
- 1990.83.29
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Pin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47488
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Pin : soldered, enamelled, inlaid, moulded, screwed, glued : gold, red, white, blue
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Pin : soldered, enamelled, inlaid, moulded, screwed, glued : gold, red, white, blue
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Boxing pin. Square base with saw-tooth cut corners and a thin gold border at each edge. The centre has been divided horizontally 3 times (red, white, blue). Inlaid in the red is gold text (see inscription); inlaid in between the white and blue stripes is a pair of gold boxing gloves. The reverse is textured with a long, stick pin extending downwards from the centre; the middle of the pin has screw-teeth. Narrative: Medal was won by donor, David Kropveld. David Kropveld was born on January 3, 1918, in Amsterdam, Holland. David took up boxing as a young man and participated in competitions. In July 1940, David and his father joined the White Brigade resistence group in the south of France. As members of the White Brigade, David and his father gave up their Jewish identities. In October 1942, David was arrested while smuggling war-related information between occupied and Vichy France. He was tortured for ten days before being released. He was reunited with his father in Brussels, but the two were arrested by Gestapo officers one week later. They were incarcerated for three months and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland). Father and son wore the badges of political prisoners and were selected for the slave labour camp of Monowitz, where they stayed for about five days prior to being transferred to camp of Treblinka (Poland). In Treblinka, David witnessed his father’s murder at the hands of a guard. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he had admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and Monowitz in December 1944 to compete boxing matches against other prisoners. In December 1944, David managed to escape the death march with a few iother prisoners. He was rescued shortly after and brought to a hospital until his health improved. No members of his family survived the war. In the summer of 1945, David met his wife. In 1947, the couple emigrated to Cuba, and in 1950, to Montreal where David began a successful career as a butcher.
- Accession No.
- 1990.99.02
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48386
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : pin, black ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 3 in.
- Date
- August 29, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : pin, black ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 3 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 29, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Dutch
- German
- Notes
- Three-fold paper card for Samuel Schryver with identity photograph and stamped with "J". Card holder exempts the card holder from labour.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.20.01
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Sam Schryver at entrance to Jewish district of Amsterdam
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48387
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Black, White ; Ht: 3 3/4 in. x W: 5 3/8 in.
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Black, White ; Ht: 3 3/4 in. x W: 5 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Outdoors. Same Schryver stands at entrance to Jewish Quarter, large sign above him reads: ‘Juder Gracht Joodschegracht’.
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.01
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Sisters Rachel and Jetty de Leeuw
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48388
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9 1/4 x W: 6 3/4
- Date
- 1941-1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9 1/4 x W: 6 3/4
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1941-1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w photograph, outdoor, two women standing next to each other in the street next to a building's entrance. Location is the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam. Both women are wearing a yellow star badge. Women are Herman de Leeuw’s sisters, on the left: Rachel (Shelley) and on the right Jetty (Henrietta).
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.02
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jetty de Leeuw
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48390
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 25,3 cm x W: 18 cm
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 25,3 cm x W: 18 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Portrait. Young woman wearing dark top with white stripe at the shoulder, fiancee of Sam Schryver. The portrait was taken shortly before she was deported and killed.
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.5
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Wedding picture of Salomon and Flora Schrijver (nee Mendels)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48391
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 19,4 cm x W: 25,4 cm
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 19,4 cm x W: 25,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Outdoors, landscape format.Portrait of a bride (Flora Mendels, born October 15th, 1919) and groom (Salomon Schrijver) on their wedding day. Negative for this picture is Acc#1995.18.6-2 (Un,Rec#8445). The bride and groom are in the centre front of the picture. He is wearing a top hat, a white shirt with wing collar, a striped tie, a black coat with a white (?) flower on his lapel. On the left side of his coat is sewn a yellow star marked with the word Jood (Jew). Behind him on the left corner of the picture one can see the faces of one boy and one young man probably attending the wedding. His bride is standing on his left. She is wearing a white wedding dress whith a see-through neckline with applique white flowers and a white veil decorated with white fabric flowers. She is holding a bouquet of white (?) flowers. Behind her left shoulder one can see a woman who is probably part of the wedding party. Narrative: The wedding is taking place during the Nazi occupaton of the Netherlands. Jews in The Netherlands were forced to wear the star of David since May 1942. The wedding ceremony took place at the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam (known as the Great Shul). The ceremonial dedication of the synagogue took place on 25 March 1671. Theirs was one of the last weddings performed at the Great synagogue before the German occupying forces ordered the synagogue to close (September 1943). Salomon and Flora were first deported to the transit camp of Westerbork (The Netherlands) and from there to the death camp of Sobibor (Poland) where they were killed. Their approximate date of death is July 09th, 1943.
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.61
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jetty de Leeuw
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48392
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 24,6 cm x W: 18,3 cm
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 24,6 cm x W: 18,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Portrait. Young woman wearing light colored blouse and necklace with medallion. Fiancée of Sam Schryver. The portrait was taken shortly before she was deported and killed.
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.7
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Male attendants at the wedding of Herman de Leeuw and Annie Pais
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48393
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 21,6 cm x W: 25,4 cm
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 21,6 cm x W: 25,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Indoors. Young men sitting in the pews of the Sephardic synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam. They are wearing top hats, flowers at their lapels and stars of David are sewn on the their jackets. A crowd of men wearing hats is standing behind them. Samuel Schryver is in front row 3rd from left.
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.9
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Herman de Leeuw at his wedding to Annie Pais
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48394
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 21,6 cm x W: 25,3 cm
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 21,6 cm x W: 25,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Indoors. Young groom wearing a top hat taking a sip of wine during a wedding ceremony at the Sephardic synagogue in Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam. One of the attendants on the right is wearing a Star of David which reads ‘‘Jood’’.
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.10
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Herman de Leeuw and Annie Pais with family members at their wedding
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48395
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 21,6 cm x W: 24,6 cm
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 21,6 cm x W: 24,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Group portrait. A young couple pose with the members of their wedding party at the Sephardic synagogue in Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam. They are wearing the Star of David (a woman even has it sewn to her fur stole. Left to right are Fifi Sjouwerman, Sieg Pekel, Mrs. Pais (the bride's mother), Jaap de Leeuw (Fifi's fiancé), Rachel de Leeuw (the groom's sister), Samuel Schrijver, S. Barzilay (Rachel's fiancé), Ida de Leeuw, Anne de Leeuw-Pais, Ina de Leeuw, Herman de Leeuw, Heintje de Leeuw (the groom's mother), Jacques Pais (the bride's father), Abraham Pais (the bride's brother), and Sam de Leeuw (the groom's father).
- Accession No.
- 1995.18.11
- Name Access
- Schryver, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50267
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : Black, White, Red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 3 in.
- Date
- August 27, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : Black, White, Red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 3 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 27, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Dutch
- Notes
- Two sided, with two vertical folds. The front has a photograph of David Kropveld, as well as three stamps, one is a circular stamp with the Coat of arms of the republic of the United Netherlands in the middle. The back has two finger prints, as well as one circular stamp with the Coat of Arms of the Republic of the United Netherlands in the middle. Narrative: Identification Card used by David Kropveld while in Holland. David Kropveld was born on January 3, 1918, in Amsterdam, Holland. In July 1940, David and his father joined the White Brigade resistence group in the south of France. As members of the White Brigade, David and his father gave up their Jewish identities. In October 1942, David was arrested while smuggling war-related information between occupied and Vichy France. He was tortured for ten days before being released. He was reunited with his father in Brussels, but the two were arrested by Gestapo officers one week later. They were incarcerated for three months and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland). Father and son wore the badges of political prisoners and were selected for the slave labour camp of Monowitz, where they stayed for about five days prior to being transferred to camp of Treblinka (Poland). In Treblinka, David witnessed his father’s murder at the hands of a guard. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he had admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and Monowitz in December 1944 to compete boxing matches against other prisoners. In December 1944, David managed to escape the death march with a few other prisoners. He was rescued shortly after and brought to a hospital until his health improved. No members of his family survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 1990.83.9
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50349
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Yellow, Brown ; Ht: 3 in. x W: 1,25 in.
- Date
- February 27, 1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Yellow, Brown ; Ht: 3 in. x W: 1,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- February 27, 1935
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Circular with an illustration of two men boxing in the middle, and raised leaves along the bottom. There is a loop on the top with a piece of fabric stretched through it. Medal from the Olympia boxing club Narrative: Medal was won by donor, David Kropveld. David Kropveld was born on January 3, 1918, in Amsterdam, Holland. David took up boxing as a young man and participated in competitions. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he had admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and Monowitz in December 1944 to compete boxing matches against other prisoners. In December 1944, David managed to escape the death march with a few iother prisoners. He was rescued shortly after and brought to a hospital until his health improved. No members of his family survived the war. In the summer of 1945, David met his wife. In 1947, the couple emigrated to Cuba, and in 1950, to Montreal where David began a successful career as a butcher.
- Accession No.
- 1990.83.21
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50350
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Red, Brown, Bronze ; Ht: 2,5 in. x W: 1 in.
- Date
- January 13, 1937
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Red, Brown, Bronze ; Ht: 2,5 in. x W: 1 in.
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- January 13, 1937
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Circular with raised edges and an illustration of two men boxing in the middle. There is a loop on the top with a piece of fabric stretched through it. Medal from the Olympia boxing club Narrative: Medal was won by donor, David Kropveld. David Kropveld was born on January 3, 1918, in Amsterdam, Holland. David took up boxing as a young man and participated in competitions. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he had admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and Monowitz in December 1944 to compete boxing matches against other prisoners. In December 1944, David managed to escape the death march with a few other prisoners. He was rescued shortly after and brought to a hospital until his health improved. No members of his family survived the war. In the summer of 1945, David met his wife. In 1947, the couple emigrated to Cuba, and in 1950, to Montreal where David began a successful career as a butcher.
- Accession No.
- 1990.83.22
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50351
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Yellow, Red, White, Blue ; Ht: 1,25 in. x W: 1,25 in.
- Date
- May 16, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Yellow, Red, White, Blue ; Ht: 1,25 in. x W: 1,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- May 16, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Circular with raised edges as well as an illustration of two men boxing in the middle. On there are 2 flags crossed on the back, France and Holland, and a crest along the bottom. The medal from the Olympia boxing club. Narrative: Medal was won by donor, David Kropveld. David Kropveld was born on January 3, 1918, in Amsterdam, Holland. David took up boxing as a young man and participated in competitions. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he had admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and Monowitz in December 1944 to compete boxing matches against other prisoners. In December 1944, David managed to escape the death march with a few iother prisoners. He was rescued shortly after and brought to a hospital until his health improved. No members of his family survived the war. In the summer of 1945, David met his wife. In 1947, the couple emigrated to Cuba, and in 1950, to Montreal where David began a successful career as a butcher.
- Accession No.
- 1990.83.23
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50352
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Red, Black, Gold ; Ht: 2,75 in. x W: 1 in.
- Date
- February 29, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Red, Black, Gold ; Ht: 2,75 in. x W: 1 in.
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- February 29, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Circular with raised edges, and an illustration of four people swimming in the middle. On the back there is a crest along the bottom which has vines on either side. A swimming medal from the Olympia boxing club Narrative: Medal was won by donor, David Kropveld. David Kropveld was born on January 3, 1918, in Amsterdam, Holland. David took up boxing as a young man and participated in competitions. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he had admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and Monowitz in December 1944 to compete boxing matches against other prisoners. In December 1944, David managed to escape the death march with a few iother prisoners. He was rescued shortly after and brought to a hospital until his health improved. No members of his family survived the war. In the summer of 1945, David met his wife. In 1947, the couple emigrated to Cuba, and in 1950, to Montreal where David began a successful career as a butcher.
- Accession No.
- 1990.83.28
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51192
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Red, White, Grey, Gold ; Ht: 3 in. x W: 1 in.
- Date
- June 27, 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast : Red, White, Grey, Gold ; Ht: 3 in. x W: 1 in.
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- June 27, 1934
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Rectangular, with a circular raised illustration of a man boxing in the middle. On the top is a loop with a piece of fabric stretched through it. Boxing medal from the Olympia boxing club Narrative: Medal was won by donor, David Kropveld. David Kropveld was born on January 3, 1918, in Amsterdam, Holland. David took up boxing as a young man and participated in competitions. In July 1940, David and his father joined the White Brigade resistence group in the south of France. As members of the White Brigade, David and his father gave up their Jewish identities. In October 1942, David was arrested while smuggling war-related information between occupied and Vichy France. He was tortured for ten days before being released. He was reunited with his father in Brussels, but the two were arrested by Gestapo officers one week later. They were incarcerated for three months and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland). Father and son wore the badges of political prisoners and were selected for the slave labour camp of Monowitz, where they stayed for about five days prior to being transferred to camp of Treblinka (Poland). In Treblinka, David witnessed his father’s murder at the hands of a guard. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he had admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and Monowitz in December 1944 to compete boxing matches against other prisoners. In December 1944, David managed to escape the death march with a few iother prisoners. He was rescued shortly after and brought to a hospital until his health improved. No members of his family survived the war. In the summer of 1945, David met his wife. In 1947, the couple emigrated to Cuba, and in 1950, to Montreal where David began a successful career as a butcher.
- Accession No.
- 1990.83.26
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
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