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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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
Places
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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