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Armband
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51219
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Armband : printed, embroidered : White, Black ; Ht: 3,75 in. x W: 12,5 in.
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Armband : printed, embroidered : White, Black ; Ht: 3,75 in. x W: 12,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Rectangular armband with three snaps. It served as identification for a forced labourer. This armband was given in Drancy internment camp to a hungarian Jew named Pal Link. Narrative: This armband belonged to Pal Link, the donor's father. In 1940, Pal was away from his home and family in Budapest for business and found himself stuck in France when the Germans invaded the country. He fled to Normandy hoping to escape to England but was unsuccessful. With false papers given to him by a local policeman, he managed to reach Nice in the South of France. Once the free zone was invaded, Pal went into hiding in the Alps but was denounced and deported to the Drancy internment camp. On the way to the camp, a soldier advised him to lie about his employment. Pal had a business exporting agricultural products but declared he was a stoker, and was put to work as such. This is how he survived from the end of 1943 to the summer of 1944 when the last inmates were let go in exchange for German soldiers. Pal survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Montreal where his son, Andre was living.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.221.01
- Name Access
- Link, André
- Places
- Drancy, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Star of David Juif
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47727
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Yellow star badge : woven, printed : yellow, black
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Yellow star badge : woven, printed : yellow, black
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Rectangular cloth printed with a black six pointed star of David outline. Stuck to a Mylar backing. Narrative: Badge was worn by donor's father. In France, the yellow star was imposed to all Jews over six years old starting June 7, 1942 (in occupied zone) Three stars per person were distributed by French police stations in exchange for one textile ration coupon.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.221.02
- Name Access
- Link, André
- Places
- Drancy, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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