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Work Permit
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59576
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Work Permit : Cardstock : Printed, typewritten : Ink : Navy, grey ; Ht: 15,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- August 28, 1952
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Work Permit : Cardstock : Printed, typewritten : Ink : Navy, grey ; Ht: 15,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 28, 1952
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Document printed in navy ink, details filled by typewriter. Belgium coat of arms on front cover, photo of card holder stapled inside. Three pieces of tape attached to top. This document permits Chaim Karasin to work in Belgium as a foreigner from 1 Sept 1952 - 31 Aug 1954. Specifically, it allows him to grommet, glaze, and emboss leather. It was found by B. Barzilai in her mother’s home. Narrative: Chaim Karasin is a Russian refugee. He was born 3 December 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, to Abraham Karasin and Beila (Baijla) Fridman (who had both died by 22 June 1942). Chaim was married to Ruchla Hasfield on 22 June 1942 (she was born 18 May 1910). She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had for children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). In 1944, Chaim was described as being 175 cm tall, small, with short hair. He was a Polish refugee, arriving in Geneva on 9 Oct 1943. Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Chaim's parents seem to have been discharged from Westerbork holding camp on 12 January 1943. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor May 21 1943.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.28
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59615
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : cardstock : Printed, handwritten ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- May 27, 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : cardstock : Printed, handwritten ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 27, 1951
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- Card with red horizontal line across exterior. Two vertical folds divide card in three. Photo of card holder and 4 fiscal stamps are stapled to the first interior page. Form is filled out by hand. Identification and registration card for foreign citizens issued to Chaim Karasin, allowing him to live in Brussels from 1951 to 1953. Narrative: Chaim Karasin is a Russian refugee. He was born 3 December 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, to Abraham Karasin and Beila (Baijla) Fridman (who had both died by 22 June 1942). Chaim was married to Ruchla Hasfield on 22 June 1942 (she was born 18 May 1910). She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had four children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). In 1944, Chaim was described as being 175 cm tall, small, with short hair. At this point he was a Polish refugee, arriving in Geneva on 9 Oct 1943. Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Chaim's parents seem to have been discharged from Westerbork holding camp on 12 January 1943. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor May 21 1943.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.19
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59616
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper, cardstock : Print, stamp, handwritten : Ink : Grey, yellow, black ; Ht: 14,5 cm x W: 10 cm
- Date
- February 28, 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : Paper, cardstock : Print, stamp, handwritten : Ink : Grey, yellow, black ; Ht: 14,5 cm x W: 10 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 28, 1951
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- Light gray booklet, spine closed with two silver grommets, with 'Certificat D'Identite des Refugies Russe' written on cover. Inside, a photo of the booklet's owner is stapled to a page containing a handwritten form. Proceeding pages contain stamps and signatures from various destination authorities. This is the personal refugee visa of Chaim Karasin, a Russian refugee. It documents his journey from Brussels, Belgium, to Halifax, Canada, in 11 April 1951. Narrative: Chaim Karasin is a Russian refugee. He was born 3 December 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, to Abraham Karasin and Beila (Baijla) Fridman (who had both died by 22 June 1942). Chaim was married to Ruchla Hasfield on 22 June 1942 (she was born 18 May 1910). She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had four children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). In 1944, Chaim was described as being 175 cm tall, small, with short hair. At this point he was a Polish refugee, arriving in Geneva on 9 Oct 1943. Chaim's parents seem to have been discharged from Westerbork holding camp on 12 January 1943. Chaim immigrated to Canada in April 1951.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.20
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Passport
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59617
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Cardstock, paper : Print, stamp, handwritten : Ink : Faded poppy red, yellow, blue ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 10 cm
- Date
- July 02, 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Cardstock, paper : Print, stamp, handwritten : Ink : Faded poppy red, yellow, blue ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 10 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 02, 1951
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- Small booklet, spine closed with two grommets, two additional holes punched in opposite side of cover. Cover reads 'Titre de Voyage pour Etrangers.' First pages contain personal information and a portrait photo of Ruchla Karasin. Following pages contain stamps from destination authorities in Brussels, London (Canada), Rotterdam, and Halifax. An immigration form is stapled to the last page. Narrative: Ruchla Hasfield was born 18 May 1910, and married Chaim Karasin on 22 June 1942. She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had four children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor 21 May 1943. Ruchla died 3 May 2005.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.21
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Invoice
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76767
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Invoice : Paper : typed, printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Invoice : Paper : typed, printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Document has been folded twice, horizontally and vertically. Details are typed and handwritten, describing the customs, insurance fees and shipping expenses to be paid by Mr. Rabinowicz for packages shipped from Brussels to Montréal. Narrative: Donor is the son of Icek Rabinowicz and Mindla Rabinowicz (born Elgarten). Icek Rabinowicz was born in Ciechanow, Poland in 1919 and immigrated to Belgium with his family at the age of 10 years old. Icek remained in Belgium during the war. He survived by concealing his Jewish Identity and carried false identification papers. He was a member of the Belgian Resistance movement along with his future wife Mindla, whom he had met through a Jewish youth group. They married in Brussels in 1946 and had two children, Daniel and Élise Rabinowicz. The family immigrated to Canada in 1951, settling in Montréal, where Icek found work in his profession as a pursemaker. Mindla later went to University and obtained a degree as a translator
- Accession No.
- 2014.03.17
- Name Access
- Rabinowicz, Daniel
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Form
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76769
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Form : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black, pink, green ; Ht: 33.9 cm x W: 21.3 cm
- Date
- 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Form : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black, pink, green ; Ht: 33.9 cm x W: 21.3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Form has been folded horizontally and vertically. The document is an insurance policy from N.E. Shoenberg, transport insurance for items shipped from Cherbourg to Montréal. A small pink notice labled "very important" is stapled to the document describing procedures for parties receiving the merchandise at its destination. Two small notices are stapled to the document explaining clauses in the insurance policy. Narrative: Donor is the son of Icek Rabinowicz and Mindla Rabinowicz (born Elgarten). Mindla was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1923 and immigrated to Brussels with her family in 1926. Icek was born in 1919 in Ciechanow, Poland and immigrated to Belgium with his family at the age of 10. The two met through a Jewish youth group. They survived the war in Belgium by concealing their Jewish Identity and carrying false identification papers. They were also both members of the Belgian Resistance movement where they distributed false identification papers to other Jews in Belgium. They married in Brussels in 1946 and had two children, Daniel and Élise Rabinowicz. They immigrated to Canada in 1951, settling in Montréal, where Icek found work in his profession as a pursemaker. Mindla later went to University and obtained a degree as a translator. Mindla had two younger siblings and only her brother survived by hiding at a clergy house. Her sister was arrested by Germans and sent to a concentration camp where she was presumably killed.
- Accession No.
- 2014.03.19
- Name Access
- Rabinowicz, Daniel
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59614
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Cardstock : Print : ink : Yellow, Red, Black ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- September 13, 1949
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Cardstock : Print : ink : Yellow, Red, Black ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 13, 1949
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- Card with red horizontal line across exterior. Two vertical folds divide card in three. Photo of card holder and 6 fiscal stamps are stapled to the first interior page. Form is filled out by hand. This is an identification and registration card for foreigners, and was issued by the Belgian government permitting Ruchla Hasfeld to live in Belgium for two years, September 13, 1949 to September 10, 1951. At this time she was unemployed and had multiple children. Narrative: Ruchla Hasfield was born 18 May 1910, and married Chaim Karasin on 22 June 1942. She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had four children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor 21 May 1943. Ruchla died 3 May 2005.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.18
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75163
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4 1/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Date
- January 3, 1949
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 4 1/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 3, 1949
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Invitation to a convocation ceremony, addressed to Heinz Rübler, held by the Resistance Office of the Ministry of National Defense. The ceremony was scheduled for Januray 19, 1949 in Brussels. Narrative: Heinz Rübler was the brother-in-law of the donor, Walter Absil.
- Accession No.
- 2000.02.07
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75165
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, White, Green, Purple ; Ht: 4 1/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Date
- January 29, 1949
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, White, Green, Purple ; Ht: 4 1/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 29, 1949
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Invitation to a convocation ceremony, addressed to Heinz Rübler, held by the Resistance Office of the Ministry of National Defense. The ceremony was scheduled for February 24, 1949. Narrative: Heinz Rübler was the brother-in-law of the donor, Walter Absil.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.11.06
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Maurice Shenkier with cousin Marcel Braitstein and grandmother Nicha Eckstein
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45680
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 8,9 cm x W: 11,8 cm
- Date
- 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 8,9 cm x W: 11,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor portrait of two young boys and an elderly woman, standing outside a house. From left to right, Marcel Braitstein, Nicha Eckstein and cousin Edgar are shown.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.54
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59577
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification Card : paper : Print ; Ht: 16 cm x W: 10,2 cm
- Date
- 1948-1954
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification Card : paper : Print ; Ht: 16 cm x W: 10,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1948-1954
- Physical Condition
- Fragile
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- Identification form with printed border, hand written information added. This was page one of thirty-two original pages. It belonged to Chaim Karasin, a Russian immigrant in Belgium. Narrative: Chaim Karasin is a Russian refugee. He was born 3 December 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, to Abraham Karasin and Beila (Baijla) Fridman (who had both died by 22 June 1942). Chaim was married to Ruchla Hasfield on 22 June 1942 (she was born 18 May 1910). She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had for children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). In 1944, Chaim was described as being 175 cm tall, small, with short hair. He was a Polish refugee, arriving in Geneva on 9 Oct 1943. Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Chaim's parents seem to have been discharged from Westerbork holding camp on 12 January 1943. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor May 21 1943.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.29
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59578
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : Typewritten : ink : Beiige, black ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 14 cm
- Date
- October 05, 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : Typewritten : ink : Beiige, black ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 14 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 05, 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- Letter has two binder holes in right edge, a Brussels coat of arms stamped top center, and official stamp bottom left. Dated 5 October 1948. This is a Restitution of War Damages. It belongs to Chaim and Ruchla Karasin. This document was found by B. Barzilai in her mother’s home. Narrative: Chaim Karasin is a Russian refugee. He was born 3 December 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, to Abraham Karasin and Beila (Baijla) Fridman (who had both died by 22 June 1942). Chaim was married to Ruchla Hasfield on 22 June 1942 (she was born 18 May 1910). She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had for children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). In 1944, Chaim was described as being 175 cm tall, small, with short hair. He was a Polish refugee, arriving in Geneva on 9 October 1943. Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Chaim's parents seem to have been discharged from Westerbork holding camp on 12 January 1943. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor May 21 1943.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.32
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76237
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 7 1/8 in. x W: 4 3/8 in.
- Date
- January 9, 1948-January 15, 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 7 1/8 in. x W: 4 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 9, 1948-January 15, 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. Printed on letterhead of Aide aux Israélites Victimes de la Guerre (Assistance for Jewish War Victims, trad.), Medical Services Department. Document certifies that Chana Berkowicz née Trompeter was succesfully vaccinated against smallpox. Narrative: Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz was the mother of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the donor's father. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.18
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76244
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Blue, Black ; Ht: 11 1/4 in. x W: 8 7/8 in.
- Date
- April 13, 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Blue, Black ; Ht: 11 1/4 in. x W: 8 7/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 13, 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Yiddish
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document issued by the Secretary of the Association of Vilnians in Belgium, describing the work done by Tuwja Bercovicz on various committees. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.26
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76254
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 12 3/4 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- April 2, 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 12 3/4 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 2, 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-spaced. Folded once vertically and three times horizontally. Document is a letter authorizing the emigration of the Berkowicz famiy, sent from the Emigration Service of the American Joint Distribution Committee from their Brussels office to the New York and Montreal offices. Letter states that Tuwia, Chana, Dorothée and Jacques will depart from Antwerp, Belgium, pass through New York, stay with Mrs. J. Allen in Halifax upon arrival in Canada, and then proceed to Montreal. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.37
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Ticket
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76261
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Ticket : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : B&W, Purple, Red ; Ht: 12 3/4 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Date
- March 23, 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Ticket : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : B&W, Purple, Red ; Ht: 12 3/4 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Exchange Medium
- Date
- March 23, 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Folded 3 times horizontally. Document is a passenger ticket for the Bercowicz family: Tuwja (Tobias), Chana, Dorothy and Albert. The trip, from Antwerp to New York on the S.S. "Marine Tiger", was scheduled for about April 7, 1948. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.44
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48277
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : paper : beige ; Ht: 13,6 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- October 13, 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : paper : beige ; Ht: 13,6 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 13, 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Polish
- Notes
- Letter adress to Chana Zilberbogen (Anna, born Wartens) about relevant certificates and birth certificates of her daughters Celinka (Cécile) and Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Zilberbogen. Narrative: The Zilberbogen were a Jewish family originally from Warsaw (Poland). Mother Chana and daughters Elzbieta (born 1933) and Celinka (born 1937) moved to Belgium in 1939. The father, Szygmundt, an engineer, stayed in Poland. During the Second World War, the mother and daughters were first sent to a transit camp in the South of France before being released. Chana was then hospitalized and spent the war hidden in a Sanatorium in Mazamet. Elzbieta and Celinka were hidden in various locations in the South of France, including a farm and different children's homes run by OSE. Szygmundt was killed in Poland. Chana and her daughters went back to live in Belgium after Liberation until immigrating to Canada in 1951.
- Accession No.
- 2012.15.64
- Name Access
- Peltier, Cécile
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59795
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Date
- July 15, 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 15, 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Dutch
- Notes
- Page with letter head of "Nationaal Werk En Politieke Gevangenen Van den Oorlog 1914-1918", double-sided, same form printed in German and French, two rows of x's across letterhead. Certificate of Assistance to Political Prisoners for David Kropveld. Narrative: David Kropveld was born on 1918/1/3 in Amsterdam, Holland. He was the third child of Samuel Kropveld (1884/3/?) and Goedge Van Cleef (1894). His father had studied to be a doctor before he was enlisted in 1916. His mother was a nursery school teacher until her marriage. As a boy he participated in Boy Scouts, acrobatic and boxing training. He studied at a commercial college, and opened a silver, gold, and diamond business during the Great Depression. In 1936 he was chosen to represent Holland as a boxer in the Olympics, but he chose not to go. He trained as a naval officer, and was prepared to attend university when the Germans occupied Holland in May 1940. In July, David and his father joined the White Brigade resistance group in the south of France. As members, David and his father gave up their Jewish identities and were responsible for taking children to safe houses and participating in armed attacks on German convoys. During this time David used the alibis Charles Seegers and Dan Daladien. In October 1942, David was arrested while smuggling war-related information between occupied and Vichy France. He was tortured for ten days before escaping with the aid of two men from the resistance. 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 where they were considered political prisoners and were selected for the slave labor camp at Monowitz Camp. They remained there for 5 days prior to being transferred to Treblinka Camp. In Treblinka, David witnessed his father’s murder at the hands of a guard. During this time Goedge had been sent to Sobibor where she was gassed and cremated on 1943/5/7. In the fall of 1944, a guard recognized David as a boxer he admired and had him transferred back to Auschwitz and on to Monowitz in December 1944 to compete in boxing matches against other prisoners. The rest of David’s family was killed during the war. Of his siblings Gretha (1914) died of hunger in Malapane, Poland with her husband in September 1942, Hartog (1916) was injured as a sergeant in the army and executed after his capture on 1943/6/30, Rosette (June 1922) was gassed in Sobibor on 1943/7/23 while pregnant, and Israel (March 1924) was beaten to death during a protest on a transport bound for Buchenwald. 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, although he never fully recovered and spent most of his life physically handicapped. In the summer of 1945, David met his wife, Annie Cohen. They had two sons, Mike and Phillip Kropveld. In 1947, the couple immigrated to Cuba, and then, in 1950, to Montreal, Canada, where David began a successful career as a butcher. He died in Montreal on 2008/11/26 at the age of 91.
- Accession No.
- 1990.83.17
- Name Access
- Kropveld, David
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75164
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink; : Beige, Black, Green, Red, Blue ; Ht: 3 1/2 in. x W: 5 5/8 in.
- Date
- February 03, 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink; : Beige, Black, Green, Red, Blue ; Ht: 3 1/2 in. x W: 5 5/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 03, 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Membership card for Heinz Rübler from the Fédération Belge de la Résistance, section West Brussels. Membership is numbered 13669 and is valid for the year 1947. Narrative: Heinz Rübler was the brother-in-law of the donor, Walter Absil.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.11.05
- Name Access
- Absil, Walter
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Passport
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76240
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Printed, Bound, Handwritten : Beige, Black, Red, Blue, ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 3 7/8 in.
- Date
- October 31, 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : Printed, Bound, Handwritten : Beige, Black, Red, Blue, ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 3 7/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 31, 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Polish
- French
- Notes
- 40 pages, bound with two staples. Polish passport issued to Tuwja Berkowicz by the Polish Consulate in Brussels, Belgium. Occupation and physical description on page 2. Small b&w photograph of subject affixed on page 3 with 4 staples. Issued October 31, 1947. Valid for 1 year, only in Canada. Other information and visa stamps throughout passport relate to subject's emigration to Canada. in April 1948. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.21
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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