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Form
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59538
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Form : Paper : Printed, typed ; Ht: 35 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- June 06, 1914
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Form : Paper : Printed, typed ; Ht: 35 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 06, 1914
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Immigration form reads "Application respecting entries of immigrations to Canada" across the top. It belonged to Yankel Presiement. He arrived on June 6th, 1914 in Halifax, Canada. This form approves his wife, Rachel, and their three children - Chaia Shorah, Israel and Leibeish - to immigrate to Canada.
- Accession No.
- 1990.62.35
- Name Access
- Briansky Prezament, Rita
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Scroll
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51282
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Scroll : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Red, Blue, Yellow
- Date
- September 30, 1917
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Scroll : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Red, Blue, Yellow
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 30, 1917
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- One-sided, with a double vine border. There are illustrations of tank, artillery, jeep, airplane, and naval ship around the border. At the top in the centre is an image of crossed British and UN flags over cannon. Across the bottom in the centre is an open book with vines wrapping around it on either side. Narrative: Scroll presented from Association of Former Concentration Camp Inmates presented to General Price at their first rally commemorating Canadian liberating troops.
- Accession No.
- 2002.44.02
- Name Access
- Zablow, Lou
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Staff of Ideal Upholstering
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50154
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper, cardboard : Black, White ; Ht: 8 in. x W: 10 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper, cardboard : Black, White ; Ht: 8 in. x W: 10 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 12 people, eleven men, one women. Taken indoors, in a woprkshop. Adolph Singer (donor's father) is seen on the far left. Narrative: Adolph Singer ran the store with his three brothers: David, Hyman & Isaac
- Accession No.
- 1996.32.226
- Name Access
- Shenkman, Shirley
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Staff of Ideal Upholstering
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50158
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper, cardboard : Black, White, Grey ; Ht: 8 in. x W: 10 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper, cardboard : Black, White, Grey ; Ht: 8 in. x W: 10 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Framed, b&w group photograph, outdoors. Employees of Ideal Upholstering are standing outside with Adolph Singer (donor’s father) at far right. Group is made mainly of men and of five women in front. Narrative: Adolph Singer ran the business with his three brothers: David, Hyman & Isaac
- Accession No.
- 1996.32.227
- Name Access
- Shenkman, Shirley
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Booklet, Dedication
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet, Dedication : paper : Printed ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 15,1 cm
- Date
- September 17, 1922
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet, Dedication : paper : Printed ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 15,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 17, 1922
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Service booklet, thirty pages long, only printed pages are numbered, contains texts, prayers, and photographs. Program of the dedication services for the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2010.19.03
- Name Access
- Bernstein, Marc
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Bertram Ellison 1st Grade class, Queens School Montreal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59993
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Black, White, Green ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 15 cm
- Date
- 1923
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Black, White, Green ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1923
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Indoors. Group of boys and girls, in the foreground the children are sitting at desks, and in the background they are standing in front of a chalk board which has math, and grammar on it. Narrative: Bertram Ellison (donor's uncle) was born on March 19, 1909 in Montreal. He was born into a Jewish family, and was an insurance broker before the war. He joined the Canadian Army on June 5th 1941 as a 2nd Lieutenant. Between 1941 and 1945 he rose to the rank of major, and received 6 medals, including the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire which he received on December 18t 1945. He was part of the 21st Army Group, which was formed on July 9th 1943 by the 2nd British and 1st Canadian Army for a North Western European Invasion. While apart of the 21st Army Group, he saw Bergen-Belsen. Bertram Ellison sailed home on the RMS Queen Elisabeth on December 3rd – 9th 1945.
- Accession No.
- 2013.01.02
- Name Access
- Berman, Marilyn
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51318
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : paper : Prrinted : ink : Beige, brown, purple ; Ht: 8 cm x W: 10,5 cm
- Date
- March 24, 1928
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : paper : Prrinted : ink : Beige, brown, purple ; Ht: 8 cm x W: 10,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 24, 1928
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Russian
- German
- French
- Swedish
- Polish
- Italian
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Double sided identification card for new immigrant to Canada. Instructions written in 12 languages on the back and specific traveller details on the front -including name, ship, and destination. Rectangular purple ink stanp from Halifax Canadian immigration services on front with date. Narrative: Pinchus Branski arrived in Halifax on the S.S. Estonia.
- Accession No.
- 1990.62.26
- Name Access
- Briansky Prezament, Rita
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59346
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : cardstock : Printed : ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 12 cm
- Date
- January 26, 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : cardstock : Printed : ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 12 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 26, 1930
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Third class immigration identification card, stamp from port of arrival and instructions for card use in 12 languages on back, to be shown to examining officer at port of arrival. Property of Ester Orensztajn. Arrival in Halifax, Canada, from Danzig, Germany. Narrative: Icek Cytrynbaum was born on 12 May 1906 in the Polish city of Bookechoir (?). Esther Orenstein (Estera Laja Orenstejn) was born in 1905, and moved to Canada from Danzig in 1930 after a failed voyage in 1929 due to lacking the required vaccinations. Icek and Esther were married in 1924, approximately in February with the Gregorian calendar.
- Accession No.
- 2002.18.3
- Name Access
- Cytrynbaum, Stanley
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76551
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Cardstock : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Green, Black ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- June 4, 1930-July 26, 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Cardstock : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Green, Black ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 4, 1930-July 26, 1951
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Folded once horizontally, five times vertically.Background is printed with Canadian coat of arms at top centre, recto. Document is a certificate of naturalization, isued to Meilach Magid by the Canadian government. On verso, personal details are typed into a printed form within a black border. Narrative: The donors parents were Meilach Magid and Yocheved Bejlach, both teachers. They came to Canada in 1921, returned to Poland, and then settled in Canada in 1924. Meilach was born in Knyszyn, Poland in 1894. He graduated from McGill in 1929. He was the principal of United Talmud Torah School and later founded Herzliah High School in 1946.
- Accession No.
- 2014.19.50
- Name Access
- Clamen, Miriam
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76791
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : cardstock : Printed : ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 12 cm
- Date
- January 26, 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : cardstock : Printed : ink : Beige, black, purple ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 12 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 26, 1930
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Third class immigration identification card, stamp from port of arrival and instructions for card use in 12 languages on back, to be shown to examining officer at port of arrival. Property of Ester Orensztajn. Arrival in Halifax, Canada, from Danzig, Germany. Narrative: Icek Cytrynbaum was the father of the donor. He was born on May 12, 1906 in Bodzechów, Poland. Esther Orenstein (Estera Laja Orensztajn), the donor's mother, was born in 1905 in Denków, Poland, and moved to Canada in 1930 after a failed voyage in 1929 due to lacking the required vaccinations. Icek and Esther were married in 1924. They both immigrated to Canada declaring that they were unmarried, and they remarried in Toronto in 1930.
- Accession No.
- 2002.18.03
- Name Access
- Cytrynbaum, Stanley
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Why We Should Oppose the Jew
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50172
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Paper : Bound : Black, White ; Ht: 9 in. x W: 6 in.
- Date
- 1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Paper : Bound : Black, White ; Ht: 9 in. x W: 6 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1935
- Creator
- 0
- Physical Condition
- fragile
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 17 pages, in paragraph form, stapled along the edge Narrative: Antisemitic propaganda essay written by Dr. Lalanne, member of the Native Sons of Canada, based on a lecture delivered on September 15th, 1935 under the auspices of the Native Sons of Canada.
- Accession No.
- 1997.39.11
- Name Access
- Flanders (Rome), Tibey
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
La clé du mystère
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75117
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Paper : Printed : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 17 in. x W: 11,5 in.
- Date
- [ca. 1938]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Paper : Printed : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 17 in. x W: 11,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1938]
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- French
- Notes
- 32 pages, paper cover. Folded once horizontally. Title on cover in large letters, with an image of a key instead of the word. Price of 5 cents listed at top right corner. Narrative: The Clé du Mystère (Key of the Mystery) was an anonymous pamphlet, distributed in Canada by the Montreal Anti-Communist Committee (Comité Anticommuniste de Montréal). A virulently antisemitic publication based on Medieval superstitions about Jews as bloodthirsty world conspirators, it was distributed first in Switzerland and other parts of Europe, before being printed and distributed in Montreal. The pamphlet presents a collection of quotes and so-called evidence of the presence of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy, with subtitles such as "Communism means Jewish conquest" and “Why the Jews cannot be Canadian”.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.41.06
- Name Access
- Orenstein, Benjamin
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jewish History in 1000 Questions & Answers
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47819
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : beige, green, black ; Ht: 22,5 cm x W: 15,2 cm
- Date
- September 1937
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : beige, green, black ; Ht: 22,5 cm x W: 15,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 1937
- Creator
- 0
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 107 pages, softcover, paper, bound with staples and black fabric tape. The front cover is green, outlined with a decorative border. Inside pages are beige, consisting of text, whicih has been broken down into chapter and article numbers. Question & Answer format the book explains basic history of the Jewish civilization.
- Accession No.
- 2001.53.01
- Name Access
- Grant, Raymonde
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Military Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59952
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Military Medal : cast (moulded) : Silver ; Ht: 1 x W: 3,5 x De: 4
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Military Medal : cast (moulded) : Silver ; Ht: 1 x W: 3,5 x De: 4
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- In the middle there is a spear and a sabre with an 8 pointed star at the top crossing. On top of this there is a raised backwards S shaped banner with a long banner under it; both have raised letters on them. On the back there are two pins with threading on them. Narrative: Gerhart Adolf Maass (Hambourg 1918-Montreal 2009), also known as “Gerry”, was the youngest son of Adolf Maass and Käthe Elsbach. In 1935, summoned by his parents to leave Germany, Gerhart had no other idea in mind than coming to Canada. He was well supported by a distant cousin of his father, Rudolf van der Walde, who owned an import business in Hamburg with several subsidiaries around the world. The idea was that once hired, Gerhart could be transferred to the Canadian office of the company. After having worked in Sweden for the Swedish subsidiary, and only after obtaining permission to come to Canada, Gerhart had to return to Germany in 1938 in order to renew his passport and seek a visa at the Canadian Consulate in Hamburg. Gerhart came to Canada in November 1938 and tried to help his parents out of Germany, but in vain. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1942 and in 1944 received his certificate of naturalization, which allowed him to be accepted into the Secret intelligence services. Gerhart served in France, Holland and Germany where he was stationed in the town of Oldenburg, in the British Zone and became the personal assistant of Major Morris DF. He returned to Herford at the end of the war, and recovered the family business (Elsbach co.) which had been confiscated by NSDAP authorities in 1938. After Liberation, he accessed the archives of the Gestapo in Hamburg and found hundreds of documents relating to his family. He learned that after being sent to Theresienstadt ghetto, his parents were deported and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Gerhart was the last Canadian soldier stationed in Oldenburg and was given the Canadian flag hanging over the entrance of the camp; he later donated it to the Canadian War Museum. Gerhart returned to Canada in September 1946 and settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2010.07.14
- Name Access
- Maass, Joan
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Military Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59953
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Military Medal : cast (moulded) : Gold, Brown ; Ht: 1 x W: 4 x De: 3,5
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Military Medal : cast (moulded) : Gold, Brown ; Ht: 1 x W: 4 x De: 3,5
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Across the bottom is a banner with raised edges, and raised words. On top of that there are two branches that curve outwards, and in between them in a poppy which has the royal crown on top of it. On the back are two loops, with a butterfly pin threw the center of both. Narrative: Gerhart Adolf Maass (Hambourg 1918-Montreal 2009), also known as “Gerry”, was the youngest son of Adolf Maass and Käthe Elsbach. In 1935, summoned by his parents to leave Germany, Gerhart had no other idea in mind than coming to Canada. He was well supported by a distant cousin of his father, Rudolf van der Walde, who owned an import business in Hamburg with several subsidiaries around the world. The idea was that once hired, Gerhart could be transferred to the Canadian office of the company. After having worked in Sweden for the Swedish subsidiary, and only after obtaining permission to come to Canada, Gerhart had to return to Germany in 1938 in order to renew his passport and seek a visa at the Canadian Consulate in Hamburg. Gerhart came to Canada in November 1938 and tried to help his parents out of Germany, but in vain. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1942 and in 1944 received his certificate of naturalization, which allowed him to be accepted into the Secret intelligence services. Gerhart served in France, Holland and Germany where he was stationed in the town of Oldenburg, in the British Zone and became the personal assistant of Major Morris DF. He returned to Herford at the end of the war, and recovered the family business (Elsbach co.) which had been confiscated by NSDAP authorities in 1938. After Liberation, he accessed the archives of the Gestapo in Hamburg and found hundreds of documents relating to his family. He learned that after being sent to Theresienstadt ghetto, his parents were deported and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Gerhart was the last Canadian soldier stationed in Oldenburg and was given the Canadian flag hanging over the entrance of the camp; he later donated it to the Canadian War Museum. Gerhart returned to Canada in September 1946 and settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2010.07.15
- Name Access
- Maass, Joan
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59998
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast, Sewn : Silver, Orange, Green, Black
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast, Sewn : Silver, Orange, Green, Black
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Circular shaped. The obverse has a relief image of the effigy of King George VI's head, facing left, and on the reverse, the Royal Crown rests on the stump of a tree, flanked by a lion and a lioness. There is a ribbon attached at the top with a straight non swivel suspender. Narrative: Bertram Ellison (donor's uncle) was born on March 19 1909 in Montreal. He was born into a Jewish family, and was an insurance broker before the war. He joined the Canadian Army on June 5th 1941 as a 2nd Lieutenant. Between 1941 and 1945 he rose to the rank of major, and received 6 medals, including the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire which he received on December 18t 1945. He was part of the 21st Army Group, which was formed on July 9th 1943 by the 2nd British and 1st Canadian Army for a North Western European Invasion. While apart of the 21st Army Group, he saw Bergen-Belsen. Bertram Ellison sailed home on the RMS Queen Elisabeth on December 3rd – 9th 1945.
- Accession No.
- 2013.01.07
- Name Access
- Berman, Marilyn
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59999
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast (moulded), Sewn : Silver, Red, Blue, White
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast (moulded), Sewn : Silver, Red, Blue, White
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Circular shaped. The obverse has a relief image of the crowned coinage effigy of King George VI, facing left and on the reverse shows a lion standing on the body of a double-headed dragon. There is a ribbon attached at the top with a straight non swivel suspender. Narrative: Bertram Ellison (donor's uncle) was born on March 19 1909 in Montreal. He was born into a Jewish family, and was an insurance broker before the war. He joined the Canadian Army on June 5th 1941 as a 2nd Lieutenant. Between 1941 and 1945 he rose to the rank of major, and received 6 medals, including the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire which he received on December 18t 1945. He was part of the 21st Army Group, which was formed on July 9th 1943 by the 2nd British and 1st Canadian Army for a North Western European Invasion. While apart of the 21st Army Group, he saw Bergen-Belsen. Bertram Ellison sailed home on the RMS Queen Elisabeth on December 3rd – 9th 1945.
- Accession No.
- 2013.01.08
- Name Access
- Berman, Marilyn
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60000
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast (Moulded), Sewn : Bronze, Blue, Red
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Cast (Moulded), Sewn : Bronze, Blue, Red
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 6 pointed star. The obverse has a raised central design of the Royal Cypher, surmounted by a crown. Ring suspender on the top of the medal. Narrative: Bertram Ellison (donor's uncle) was born on March 19 1909 in Montreal. He was born into a Jewish family, and was an insurance broker before the war. He joined the Canadian Army on June 5th 1941 as a 2nd Lieutenant. Between 1941 and 1945 he rose to the rank of major, and received 6 medals, including the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire which he received on December 18t 1945. He was part of the 21st Army Group, which was formed on July 9th 1943 by the 2nd British and 1st Canadian Army for a North Western European Invasion. While apart of the 21st Army Group, he saw Bergen-Belsen. Bertram Ellison sailed home on the RMS Queen Elisabeth on December 3rd – 9th 1945.
- Accession No.
- 2013.01.09
- Name Access
- Berman, Marilyn
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75116
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 11 in. x W: 8,5 in.
- Date
- November 18, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 11 in. x W: 8,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 18, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Letter signed by the head of the secretariat of the Montreal branch of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. The letter informs members that the National Action League had sent a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King opposing the opening of Canadian borders to Jews from Central Europe. Letter further summarizes the letter to King, remarking that while it deplores the sad situation for Jews in Europe, if Neville Chamberlain decided to pay for European peace with Czechoslovakia, Canada should not have to pay a part of the price for solving the Jewish problem, for which the Jews are undoubtedly responsible. Narrative: The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society (Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste) was founded on June 24, 1834 to promote French-Canadian interests, preserve French language and culture, and protect Catholicism. It is still in existence today, though it has shifted to an espousal of the Quebec separatist movement. The National Action League (Ligue D`Action Nationale) was founded as a Catholic, nationalist organization on March 11, 1903. It later shifted to a secular, separatist stance and is still in existence today. In the 1930s, both organizations vehemently opposed Jewish immigration to Quebec.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.67.01
- Name Access
- Archives nationales du Quebec
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75219
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : beige ; Ht: 9,75 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- December 16, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : beige ; Ht: 9,75 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 16, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Copy of one page beige paper letter typed in black ink, Department of Mines and Resources, Immigration branch letterhead with coat of arms in the centre top. Letter addressed to Carl Cahn, granting him, his children, his wife and his mother-in-law authority to immigrate to Canada. Narrative: William M. Birks, oldest son of Henry Birks used to buy jewelry and silver from the factory owned by Frank Cahn’s grandparents. The two families had known each other from before World War I. Frank’s grandmother asked Mr Birks for his help. The original plan was to send only Frank to Canada but after Karl (Frank’s father) was sent to Buchenwald, they sent an urgent cable to Mr. Birks, asking for his help for the entire family. Eventually, visas were issued in Hamburg by the Canadian Consul on January 23, 1939 for Karl, his wife Marie, their 3 sons Frank, Robert and Paul and Marie’s mother, Elise Leitschen. The permission to go to Canada made it possible Karl’s immediate release. The whole family arrived in Halifax on March 5, 1939.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.34.02
- Name Access
- Cahn, Frank
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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