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- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 17
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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
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
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
Business Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59495
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Business Card : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 7 cm
- Date
- December 07, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Business Card : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 07, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Card with embossed border, handwritten note around edge, Removed Darnley Road 1 E-9 Hackney Mare Street. Business card from N. Lessof. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.1153
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Calendar
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59463
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Calendar : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 13 cm
- Date
- 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Calendar : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 13 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Page torn from book, pg. 159-160, contains charts and lists of dates. This Astronomical Calendar includes the Chronical Cycles 1941, the Chronical eras, the Church Fasts, the Jewish Holidays, Festivals and Fasts, the Sun, and the Ready-Reference Calendar. Isaac Isselbacher had this while in the Internment Camp. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.91
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate of identity
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76297
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate of identity : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 32,5 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- January 13, 1947-March 07, 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate of identity : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 32,5 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 13, 1947-March 07, 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Folder, double-sided. 1 large page folded vertically in centre. First page is numbered page 3, indicates that document is part of a certificate of identity. This part contains visas and endorsements. Inner pages are blank. On back page, numbered page 2, are a series of stamps and handwritten endorsements relating to an immigration in February-March 1947 from the United Kingdom to Canada. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. This document was part of the certificate of identity used by Gustave's mother, Anna Rosemann Bauer, when she immigrated from the United Kingdom to Canada in 1947 to join her son. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.24
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- 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
England and Scotland
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59525
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- cartographic material
- Physical Description
- Map : Paper : Printed, handwritten : Ink : Beige, blue, pink, green, yellow, black, grey. ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 14 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- cartographic material
- Physical Description
- Map : Paper : Printed, handwritten : Ink : Beige, blue, pink, green, yellow, black, grey. ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 14 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Page torn from book on right edge, holes punched on right, Literary Map of England. Notes written on back in pencil about how to breakdown a novel and other homework assignments. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05, to Yitzkhak and Lina. Their mother was Mathilde Loewenstein Isselbacher, born 1893/7/28 to Feist and Rosa. Isaac and Herbert had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and he started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Isaac travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, it was discovered that their parents had been killed in Auschwitz, so the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbors at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.167.09
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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
Enoch Eckstein
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76591
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 14,2 cm x W: 9,2 cm
- Date
- 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 14,2 cm x W: 9,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- B&w photograph with a white border. A portrait of a man sitting on a bench in front of an outdoor backdrop. The man is wearing a light coloured tweed suit with a white collared shirt and a black bowtie. He has a hat on his head and a walking stick resting against his body. He is holding a newspaper in his lap. The man in the photograph is Enoch Eckstein. Narrative: Enoch Eckstein was the donor's grandfather's brother. He was a Major in the Armed Forces and the founder of Mizrachi. His wife's name was Fela.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.301.14
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Places
- England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Envelope
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51354
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Envelope : Paper : beige, black ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Date
- [Prior to 1950]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Envelope : Paper : beige, black ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Prior to 1950]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Circular black ink stamp on top right in front Narrative: Donor Emil Kroo is a Holocaust survivor originally from Munkacz (Czech Republic). Emil was in terned in a slave labour cmap in Hungary until 1944. He later met his wife Rosa Magien in Romania. After the war they were in a displaced persons camp in Fürth, Germany. Emil Kroo was the Vice-President of the Central Committee of liberated Jews in the American Zone of Germany. They immigrated to New York in 1950 before settling in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2001.17.12
- Name Access
- Kroo, Emil
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
General Nugent at military ceremony
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90353
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 3 3/4 in. x W: 4 3/4 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 3 3/4 in. x W: 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Creator
- Levey, Harris
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- White border, outside. Two military men standing on podium covered with the Union Jack flag.On the podium are 3 drums, an American flag on a pole and a microphone. People in the back listening and taking notes. A church man is standing behind the podium with a book in hands. A man in the foreground is holding a US army rank flag. The man on the right on the podium is General Richard Emmel Nugent. Narrative: Photographer Harris Levey was part of the US Air force, 15th tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo Unit.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.158.14
- Name Access
- Levey, Jonathan
- Places
- England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Handbill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59436
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Blue, Navy ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 15 cm
- Date
- April 18, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Blue, Navy ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Advertising Medium
- Date
- April 18, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Folded card with two holes punched on top edge, entitled Dance Band Championship, decorative line borders with stars and each end. Flyer advertising competition at The Royal. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.50
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Handbill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59437
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Paper : Printed : Ink : Yellow, burgundy, green ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 18 cm
- Date
- March 21, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Paper : Printed : Ink : Yellow, burgundy, green ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 18 cm
- Other Title Information
- Advertising Medium
- Date
- March 21, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Single-sided handbill, gridded with list of upcoming events. Flyer for the Paramount Dance Hall Easter week. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.51
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Handbill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59438
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Peach, black, green, beige ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 20 cm
- Date
- March 31, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Peach, black, green, beige ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 20 cm
- Other Title Information
- Advertising Medium
- Date
- March 31, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Single sided flyer with two holes punched on left edge, eight-section grid containing 8 nights of double features. Flyer for “Vogue” Cinema. Films included: One Sunday Afternoon, Theodora Goes Wild, Every Night at 8, If You Could Only Cook, Bordertown, One Way Ticket, Love Affair, The Man Who Lived Twice, 100 Men and a Girl, For Valour, Bazaar, The Three Maxims, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Woman Chases Man, Prisoner of Shark Island, Konigsmark. Each film ran for four days starting each Sunday from March 31 to April 25, 1940. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remaining prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.521
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Handbill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59439
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Paper : Printed : Ink : yellow, navy, pink ; Ht: 9,5 cm x W: 20 cm
- Date
- March 03, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Paper : Printed : Ink : yellow, navy, pink ; Ht: 9,5 cm x W: 20 cm
- Other Title Information
- Advertising Medium
- Date
- March 03, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Single-paged printed card with 8 section graph of upcoming double features. Flyer for Vogue Cinema. Films: Rumba, Mennquin, White Woman, Strictly Confidential, Black Fury, Down the Stretch, Okay for Sound, Swiss Miss, The Wandering Jew, Mrs. Bradford, You Only Live Once, Penitentiary, It’s Love I’m After, Craig’s Wife, Animal Crackers, Listen Darling. Each film opened on a Sunday and Thursday from March 3 to 28 for a four day run. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.522
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Handbill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59440
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Green, navy ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 15 cm
- Date
- March 16, 1940-March 17, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Green, navy ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Advertising Medium
- Date
- March 16, 1940-March 17, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Small card with two holes punched in top, divided into two sides by navy border separating two nights of dance. St. Patrick’s Eve Gala Dance, St. Patrick’s night at Paramount Dancing Hall. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.53
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Handbill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59441
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Beige, red ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 9 cm
- Date
- March 16, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Beige, red ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Advertising Medium
- Date
- March 16, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Card with two holes punched in top and rounded corners, entitled A GRAND DANCE. Flyer for a Ball at the Mozart House Ballroom, featuring Jack Alexander & His Band. Open Jitterbug competition. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.54
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Handbill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75192
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Yellow, burgundy, grey ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 20 cm
- Date
- April 19, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Handbill : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Yellow, burgundy, grey ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 20 cm
- Other Title Information
- Advertising Medium
- Date
- April 19, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Single page flyer, double-sided, creased in center to form card, entitled SEARCH FOR VARIETY STARS. Flier advertises an event at the Paramount Dance Hall, London. Back page contains an entrance form. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.48
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59529
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : Printed, stamped : Ink : Purple, beige, black ; Ht: 8 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Date
- October 19, 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : Printed, stamped : Ink : Purple, beige, black ; Ht: 8 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 19, 1929
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- This is an Immigration Identification Card (third class), landing card. This Card had to be shown to the examining officer at port of arrival. The name of the ship was Letitia. It ran out of Liverpool on 19 October 1929 and arrived in Quebec City 28 October 1929.
- Accession No.
- 1990.62.36
- Name Access
- Briansky Prezament, Rita
- Places
- Liverpool, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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