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- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 17
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records 100
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties 97
- HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION 24
- Hebrew Sick Benefit Association Membership Form 24
- JACOBSON, Percy and Joe 2
- JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS) 15
- JIAS Montreal Client Cards 15
- MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM 2
- Montreal Holocaust Museum 72
- SJJHM Cemetery and Obituary Records 7
- Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Synagogue Records 7
Name
- 0 1
- - 3
- 1 brother - Nathan Hart 1
- 1 brother - Noah, 3 sisters - Leah, Rose, Fannie 1
- 1 brother - Solomon Hart 1
- 2 brothers - Hyman, Montague 1
- 2 sons - Benjamin Nathan, Maurice, 1 daughter - Bertha Master 1
- 3 sons - Joseph Edward, David, Michael 1
- 4 sons - Abraham Solomon, David, Henry, Jacob, 6 daughers - Mrs. I. Isaacs, Mrs. L. Green, Mrs. I. Isaacs, Mrs. R. Landau, Mrs. M.W. Wyzanki, Amelia 1
- 4 sons - Abraham Solomon, David, Henry, Jacob, 6 daughters - Mrs. I. Isaacs, Mrs. L. Green, Mrs. I. Isaacs, Mrs. R. Landau, Mrs. M.W. Wyzanksi, Amelia 1
- ABELSON 1
- ABELSON, Lawrence Balfour 1
Place
- 48 Hamilton Terrace, London, N.W.8, England, England 1
- 81, Wentworth Street, London, E. 1., England, England 1
- Aldborough Hatch (St. Peter) Churchyard 1
- Aldershot Jewish Cemetery 1
- Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery 1
- Bath, Somerset, England 1
- Birmingham (Brandwood End) Jewish Cemetery 1
- Birmingham, Warwickshire, England 2
- Birmingham (Wilton) Jewish Cemetery 1
- Blackpool Cemetery 2
- Blackpool, Lancashire, England 2
- Brookwood Cemetery (Woking, Surrey) 3
Subject
- Central Council for Jewish Refugees - Chaim RAPHAEL (England) 1
- Chaplains correspondence - S. CASS-G. LEVI, London, England 1
- Jacobson, Joe - letters from England June 1941-January 1942 1
- Jacobson, Joe - letters to family, in training (England) May 1941-July 1941 1
- Thank-you notes & parcel acknowledgment to Chaplain 1
- World War I 10
- World War II 87
Enoch and Fela Eckstein with their son
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45643
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,4 cm x W: 14,3 cm
- Date
- 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,4 cm x W: 14,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w photograph with a white border. A portrait of a man, a boy and a woman wearing dress clothes. The man is wearing a top hat with a dark coloured coat and a white shirt with a tie. The boy is wearing a beret with a dark coloured coat and a light coloured shirt with a tie. The woman is wearing a cloche hat with a dark coloured coat, adorned with fur trim, and dark leather gloves. She is wearing round glasses. From left to right, Enoch Eckstein, Fela Eckstein an their son are shown. Narrative: Enoch Eckstein was a Major in the Armed Forces and the founder of Mizrachi. Fela was his wife.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.16
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Major Maurice Eckstein and Wife Renée
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45667
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,5 cm x W: 7 cm
- Date
- July 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 9,5 cm x W: 7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 1942
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- b&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor portrait of a man in a military uniform and a woman in a light coloured suit jacket and skirt, standing in a garden. They are Major Maurice (Morris) Eckstein and his wife Renée. He was in the brigade of guards. Narrative: Major Maurice (Morris) Eckstein was the donor's uncle. He was in the brigade of guards. Renée was his wife.
- Accession No.
- 2000.84.41
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Stop them now: German mass murder of Jews in Poland
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47538
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Pamphlet : printed, bound, photography : black, white ; Ht: 21,5 cm x W: 13,7 cm
- Date
- [Prior to 1942-02]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Pamphlet : printed, bound, photography : black, white ; Ht: 21,5 cm x W: 13,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Prior to 1942-02]
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 14 pages, paperbound with staples. Black and white cover with the title in big white letters printed at the top. There is a sillouette of a man holding a whip; a white circle, with 1d printed in black, is in bottom left corner. The cover and interior pages are glossy. Interior pages consist of text and photos, divided into different articles. Narrative: Item includes a foreword by Lord Wedgewoodan and an article by Zygielboim on Nazi atrocities in Europe (see cataloguer's remarks).
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.12-13
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
The Inquisition
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47540
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : orange, black, beige ; Ht: 16,5 cm x W: 10,7 cm
- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : orange, black, beige ; Ht: 16,5 cm x W: 10,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1929
- Creator
- 0
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 75 pages. Softcover book, bound with paper. Cover is orange with a printed decorative black border surrounding the title. The title and author is also printed on the book's spine. The back cover has a list of books printed by the publisher. Interior pages are beige, consisting of text, broken into chapters.
- Accession No.
- 1997.39.14
- Name Access
- Flanders (Rome), Tibey
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
The Jews
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47619
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : royal blue, grey-blue, beige, black ; Ht: 19,5 cm x W: 14 cm
- Date
- 1937
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : royal blue, grey-blue, beige, black ; Ht: 19,5 cm x W: 14 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1937
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Notes
- 308 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound. The dustjacket for the book is colour-blocked in 3 sections: the top is royal blue, the middle is grey-blue and the bottom is beige. There is text in all 3 sections: the top is beige, the middle has a beige block with blue text and the bottom is blue. The colour blocking continues along the spine and on the back of the dustjacket. The flyleafs of the dustjacket give reviews for 2 other books.The book cover is textured, woven blue and white pattern; a horizontal block is printed on the spine with the title and author inside. Interior pages are beige, consisting of text, broken into chapters. There are some pencil markings in the margins of several pages. Tucked in the first page is an invoice from when the book was purchased in 1970. Narrative: First published in 1922
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.40
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
A cry inside a shunting train
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47666
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Print : drawn, printed, embossed : white, black
- Date
- February 1981
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Print : drawn, printed, embossed : white, black
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Work on Paper
- Date
- February 1981
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Notes
- 13 pages, unbound. Collection of poems and woodcuts; one per page. The top half of each page have been embossed, with the poem or woodcut printed over top. The poems are written twice on each page, on the left in Hebrew (handwritten) and on the right in English (typewritten). The woodcuts represent different abstract scenes of before, during and after the Holocaust. The first page has a forward written by a Rabbi, the author of the poems and the artist of the woodcuts. Each poem and print have been title and signed in pencil, with the number 37/100 written on each page. Housed in a white folder with an embossed front.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.117
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Places
- Cambridge, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
The Jewish Peril: Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47682
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : grey, black, beige ; Ht: 21,3 cm x W: 14,2 cm
- Date
- 1920
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : grey, black, beige ; Ht: 21,3 cm x W: 14,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1920
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 96 pages. Softcover, paper bound with string. Cover is dark grey with black text; the front and back have the same text, but the front side is bolded. Interior pages are beige with text divided into chapters.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.144
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
The Nazi Primer: Official Handbook for Schooling the Hitler Youth
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47692
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : brown, blue, red, beige, black ; Ht: 19,7 cm x W: 14 cm
- Date
- 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : brown, blue, red, beige, black ; Ht: 19,7 cm x W: 14 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 280 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Cover is brown fabric with a dark blue border made of a series of thin, horizontal lines and the title printed in red, in the centre. The border also appears horizontally on the spine, with the title and author printed in red in between; the back cover is blank. The title pages from the original publication are printed in red on the inside cover and flyleaf. Interior pages are beige with text divided into chapters. Small b&w drawings are found throughout the book. Narrative: Original German publication in 1937. Published to expose the dangers of National Socialism. In the preface, the author explains how Nazi Germany is targeting the young with propaganda; he explains that, rather than write his own analysis, he wanted to provide a translation of this book.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.149
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
The Authorised Daily Prayer Book of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47756
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, gilded, dyed : grey, gold, pink, beige ; Ht: 16,5 cm x W: 10,8 cm
- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, gilded, dyed : grey, gold, pink, beige ; Ht: 16,5 cm x W: 10,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Notes
- 329+ pages (exact number unknown). Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Cover is dark grey with a gilded title on the spine. Page edges are pink. Interior pages are beige with text, when the book is laying flat, the left side is in English and the right side is in Hebrew, the page numbers are the same on the corresponding English and Hebrew sides.
- Accession No.
- 2002.69.01
- Name Access
- Klein, Margit
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Paintings from Terezin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47872
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : white, black ; Ht: 23 cm x W: 17,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : white, black ; Ht: 23 cm x W: 17,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 18 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Cover is glossy white with black text printed at the top and bottom. The middle has a b&w drawing of people standing in a line facing a wall, while a group of people walk behind a carriage, which is holding what appears to be planks of wood. Interior pages are glossy white with text, including several poems, biographies for the artists and b&w drawings. 2 pieces of white paper, with printed text, have been inserted in the booklet; both papers are the same. Narrative: The exhibit was sponsored by The British Lidicce Committee and founded by Sir. Barnett Stross.
- Accession No.
- 2000.25.33
- Name Access
- Barber, Anna
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Passport
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47887
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : printed, bound, photography : green, black, grey, white, blue ; Ht: 6 in. x W: 4 in.
- Date
- December 19, 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Passport : printed, bound, photography : green, black, grey, white, blue ; Ht: 6 in. x W: 4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 19, 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- French
- Notes
- 32 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Cover is green textured fabric with 2 black stripes going diagonally at the top left corner; the title is printed in black in the centre; back cover is blank. Interior pages are patterned grey with small white text and feint Rs printed in white throughout. Page 3 has a b&w photo of a young man from the shoulders up. Page 4, 7 and 8 have stamped entry visas for Canada and England. The last page has an additional piece of beige paper glued in with printed and handwritten text, as well as 3 purple stamps (see inscriptions). Narrative: This is a Travel document (provisional passport) of Solomon Luger. The document is a result of the Agreement of 15th October, 1946. Allows Solomon Luger to travel in between Canada and the U.K.
- Accession No.
- 2000.31.01
- Name Access
- Luger, Solomon
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Newspaper clipping
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47923
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping : printed works, photography : beige, black ; Ht: 37 cm x W: 22,1 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping : printed works, photography : beige, black ; Ht: 37 cm x W: 22,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Beige newspaper clipping mounted on cardboard. Black printed text with B&W photos. Backside has another newspaper clipping pasted to the same cardboard featuring 6 photos of Protestant ministers (4 of which have been cut off). The bottom of the manifesto features a typewritten list of those how have signed it. Narrative: The manifest was written by the conscience of the Protestant Christendom, as recorded at the Ecumenical Conference held in Oxford during July of 1937. All signers of the manifesto are listed.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.335.02
- Name Access
- Tiger, Dolly
- Places
- Oxford, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Buchenwald Camp: The Report of a Parliamentary Delegation
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49652
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Bound : White ; Ht: 24,3 cm x W: 15 cm
- Date
- April 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Bound : White ; Ht: 24,3 cm x W: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 7 pages booklet, with black text on the interior and exterior of the booklet, and is bound with two metal staples along the left edge. On the cover of the booklet is the British coat of arms with the inscription "dieu et mon droit". In the upper right corner of the cover are the letters EPP in grey pencil. The booklet is a report given by a Parlimentary Delegation, on what they witnessed at Buchenwald Camp after its liberation in 1945. It also retells prisoner accounts of events that occured within the camp.
- Accession No.
- 2012.52.01
- Name Access
- Webber, Harold D.
- Places
- London , England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Black Record: Germans Past and Present
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49662
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Paper : printed, bound : Beige ; Ht: 18,5 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Date
- February 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : Paper : printed, bound : Beige ; Ht: 18,5 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 1941
- Creator
- Vansittart, Robert, Sir
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 56 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Front cover is orange with a thick black border. Inside the border, the title is printed in black at the top, and the author is printed in white at the bottom. A Swastika is printed in a white circle, with the Reichsadler of the German Empire in the centre. The back cover is white with orange text. Interior pages are white with black text, divided into chapters. Narrative: The Reichsadler (English: Empire's Eagle, Imperial Eagle, or Eagle of the Empire) was a historic eagle national insignia deriving from the heraldic Roman Aquila during various times of Germany's history, including the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. After the defeat of the German Reich in 1945, the national insignia of West Germany and modern Germany is called Bundesadler.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.215.06
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49920
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige, black ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 13,7 cm
- Date
- September 12, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige, black ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 13,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 12, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Two pages. Double-sided Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.287
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Sheffield ?, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Telegram
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50394
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Telegram : Paper : Ink : Black, Beige ; Ht: 22,7 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Date
- February 02, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Telegram : Paper : Ink : Black, Beige ; Ht: 22,7 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 02, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, right side aligned, with a letter head at the top. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.20.33
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Liverpool, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50395
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Ink : Black, Beige ; Ht: 25,4 cm x W: 20 cm
- Date
- February 14, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Ink : Black, Beige ; Ht: 25,4 cm x W: 20 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 14, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, typed in the center of the page. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.20.34
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Liverpool, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Telegram
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50398
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Telegram : Paper : Ink : Black, Beige ; Ht: 12,7 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Telegram : Paper : Ink : Black, Beige ; Ht: 12,7 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, typed in the bottom left corner of the page. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.20.37
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50408
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 25,3 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- September 09, ????
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 25,3 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 09, ????
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, one-sided, date in the upper right corner. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.20.47
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50460
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 27,3 cm x W: 21,2 cm
- Date
- September 10, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 27,3 cm x W: 21,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 10, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single sided with the date in the upper right corner, and an address in the upper left corner. Narrative: In the 1920’s Rachel Levy’s parents, Serge and Sophie Philipson decided to move from Berlin to Paris due to anti-Semitism. After a few years, Serge started to be part of his brother-in-law’s, Henri, company Modern Fashions / Les Modes Modernes. An opportunity to expand the business in Ireland made Serge move there while Sophie and Rachel stayed in France. It was at the beginning of the war that that the family was divided. In July 1938, the factory opened in Ireland, Rachel and Sophie went for the opening and came back to Paris. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and other family members (Stéphane, Esther, Choura and her mother) went to Cabourg, in Normandy, while Augusta, Ella and Ruth went to Neris-les-bains. Rachel was nine years old and started school. They decided to stay in Cabourg and rent a small house since Paris wasn’t safe anymore. After winter 1939-1940 it was difficult to communicate with Ireland but still could send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940 Rachel moved to Neris-les-Bains where the rest of the family was. (Ella, Ruth, grandmother, Esther, Robert, Choura, etc.). In July 1940, they left for Cauterets where Robert, Serge’s brother, was. They rented an apartment owned by Madame Noebès on rue Richelieu (close to the Spanish frontier). In 1940, Henri and Stéphane returned to the Riviera. Stéphane, Néné and Henri moved to Hotel Victoria on the rue Antibes in Cannes. In August 1942, Mr. Kleinman (a friend from Paris) arrived in Cauterets to tell that Jews that arrived after 1933 in France would be deported. Ella, Ernest, Ruth, Robert, Esther were arrested by local police and would die later on. At the beginning of 1943, they left Cauterets to move to Maubourguet In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria (Sophie, Oma, Rachel, Henri, Stéphane, Néné). On July 15 1943, Rachel was 15 years old. Mr. Borello offered to hide Henri, Sophie and Grandmother Augusta while Stéphane and Rachel were taken care by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were betrayed, arrested transferred to Marseille and then sent by train to Drancy (they did not survive). Jean (in a relationship with Rachel’s aunt Suzanne) came to Maubourget, gave Rachel his daughter identity, Jacqueline and Rachel left for Juan-les-Pins. In 1944, she moved from one place to another and still continued to correspond with her father. At the end of the war, Rachel met uncle Shaja at the Polish Consulate in Lyon. He offered to help Rachel to get papers to go to Ireland. On June 14 1945, she went to London for two-three days with some family members and then took a boat-train for Dublin and then met Serge, her father, which she had not seen for 6 years old. In 1951, Rachel got married. She had four sons and has been living in Montreal since 1954.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.43
- Places
- London, England (Europe)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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