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Clip
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47415
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Clip : cast (moulded), soldered, linked, cut, coiled, incised : silver, gold
- Date
- 1701-1800
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Clip : cast (moulded), soldered, linked, cut, coiled, incised : silver, gold
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1701-1800
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- On each side is a multi-layered flower buckle, connected with a linked chain. Each buckle has a gold coloured flower base with silver petal outlines placed over top. Inside each petal is a series of coiled curlicues; the left buckle has an additional smaller layer of petal outlines, topped with a silver knob; the right side has 3 additional petal-outline layers, topped with a silver knob. The 2 buckles are connected by a 14 link chain. Each link is the same: A circular centre with decorative rings and balls at the top and bottom. In the middle of the circle is a flower with 6 petals and a silver centre. Each chain-link is connected together with 3 circular links, incised with small lines, at the top, centre and bottom. The backside of the chain-links are smooth metal. The buckles have fastenings soldered on: the left side has 2 eyes; the right side has a round metal peg. Both buckles have metal strips that come from the front and fold onto the back, to attach the front detailings.
- Accession No.
- 1991.31.01
- Name Access
- Kaufer, Margaret & Leslie
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Megillat
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51358
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Scroll : Parchment : Painted, handwritten : Yellow, Black, Blue, White ; Ht: 14 in. x W: 54 1/4 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Scroll : Parchment : Painted, handwritten : Yellow, Black, Blue, White ; Ht: 14 in. x W: 54 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Illustrations of figures on horseback and people and structures from ancient Israel around the borders of the scripture.
- Accession No.
- 2005.24.01
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Places
- Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Photo-Frau Fanny Werner
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90315
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 7,7 cm x W: 6,6 cm
- Date
- 1789-1875
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 7,7 cm x W: 6,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1789-1875
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- b&w photo of a photo. The picture of Frau Fanny Werner is inside an oval frame. This photo shows her within that original photo and its frame.
- Accession No.
- 1990.104.06
- Name Access
- Gross, Theresa
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Mezuzah
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76264
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Mezuzah : Carved, Painted : Brown, White ; Ht: 6 7/8 in. x W: 7/8 in.
- Date
- [ca. 1800]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Mezuzah : Carved, Painted : Brown, White ; Ht: 6 7/8 in. x W: 7/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1800]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Carved with decorative motifs, with holes for nails at base and top. Transparent glass window in front allows parchment scroll to be displayed. Missing back panel, painted dark brown.
- Accession No.
- 2005.26.04
- Name Access
- Tauben, Irwin
- Places
- Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Torah shield
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47650
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Torah shield : silver plated, cast (moulded), embossed, screwed : silver
- Date
- 1801-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Torah shield : silver plated, cast (moulded), embossed, screwed : silver
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1801-1900
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Oval shape with ornate edges decorated with high-relief leaves, filigree and flowers; the main surface is stippled. At the top, centre, is a Torah crown, attached separately with screws. There are 3 hooks extending from the bottom of the crown, with a chain atached to the centre. Under the crown is a tablet with the Ten Commandments, in Hebrew; standing lions are found on either side of the tablet, supporting it with their front paws; the lions are looking outwards. Below the tablet is a rectangular negative space, set into the shield. At the bottom, centre, is another scroll, with more Hebrew text (see inscription). The chain extending from the bottom centre of the crown is attached to a long, ornate pointer: the tip is of a closed fist, with an extending index finger. Narrative: Torah shield (Torah breastplate) is a shield that in a synagogue is suspended by chains over the front of the Torah. It is usually ornately decorated with embossing to depict symbolic motifs, such as the two columns reminescent of the columns of the Temple of Jerusalem, the Tablet of the Ten Commandments or the Lion of Judah. Attached is a removable small plate upon which is indicated the part of the Torah for current reading. (source: http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarytorahshield.html)
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.62
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Places
- Eastern Europe, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Haggadah Shel Pesach according to the Sephardi Rite; Order of the Agada of Pesach in Hebrew and Spanish for Spanish and Portuguese Jews
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50149
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : Bound : brown, beige, black ; Ht: 9,5 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- 1813
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : Bound : brown, beige, black ; Ht: 9,5 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1813
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- Hebrew
- Spanish
- English
- Notes
- More then 50 pages, hard cover. Pages have printed text on them. Book contains different prayers for religious ceremonies. Narrative: Bought by donor's grandfather, Judah Nasim Levy, in Gibraltar before immigrating to Tunis.
- Accession No.
- 1991.20.05
- Name Access
- Levy, Claude
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Berthold Werner, Cilli Ellinger Werner and Samuel Werner
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90312
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 7,5 cm
- Date
- 1815-1916
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 7,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1815-1916
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- German
- Notes
- b&w reproduction outlined in green, portrait middle aged women and a man with white mustache, wearing dark clothes.
- Accession No.
- 1990.104.03
- Name Access
- Gross, Theresa
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Tefillin bag
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47989
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tefillin bag : woven, sewn, machine, hand, metal working : blue, black
- Date
- 1835
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tefillin bag : woven, sewn, machine, hand, metal working : blue, black
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1835
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Velvet blue outside, with blue cotton lining. Back panel has flapped over the front and fastens with a snap button. Edges have been hand stitched together, and the lining is handstitched to the outside. Narrative: The bag belonged to Sheftel Albin, the donor’s grandfather.
- Accession No.
- 2007.04.01
- Name Access
- Albin, Don
- Places
- Galicia, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Tefillin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48110
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tefillin : moulded, knotted, sewn, painted, glued : brown, black ; Ht: 5,5 cm x W: 7,3 cm x De: 7,9 cm
- Date
- 1835
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tefillin : moulded, knotted, sewn, painted, glued : brown, black ; Ht: 5,5 cm x W: 7,3 cm x De: 7,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1835
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Notes
- Shel Yad: Black painted box on a flat, square, base. The base is made of multiple layers that have been stitched together. A leather strap passes through a leather loop on the reverse of the base, which allows the strap to be looped into itself and adjusted for size. A cardboard container fits over the box. Narrative: Tefillin belonged to Sheftel Albin, the donor's grandfather.
- Accession No.
- 2007.04.02
- Name Access
- Albin, Don
- Places
- Galicia, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Spoon
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47800
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spoon : cast (moulded) : silver ; Ht: 3,1 cm x W: 4,5 cm x De: 22 cm
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spoon : cast (moulded) : silver ; Ht: 3,1 cm x W: 4,5 cm x De: 22 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Serving size spoon with deep bowl. Extending from a thin, slightly curved handle that tapers out at the bottom; curved edges extending slightly longer in the middle.
- Accession No.
- 2004.03.10
- Name Access
- Klein, Louis
- Places
- Solingen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Fork
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48163
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Fork : cast (moulded) : silver ; Ht: 2,8 cm x W: 2,6 cm x De: 21,2 cm
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Fork : cast (moulded) : silver ; Ht: 2,8 cm x W: 2,6 cm x De: 21,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- 4 tines that taper inwards at the top. 3 shallow trenches are found where the tines meet the tang (in between the times). Extending from a thin, slightly curved handle that tapers out at the bottom; curved edges extending slightly longer in the middle.
- Accession No.
- 2004.03.11
- Name Access
- Klein, Louis
- Places
- Solingen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Knife
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48164
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Knife : cast (moulded) : silver
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Knife : cast (moulded) : silver
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1850-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Knife with an unsharpened blade with teeth along the top quarter; the opposite side has a thin tapered edge. Extending from a thick handle with a beveled ledge near the blade and a beveled bottom edge, shaped into a beveled point at the bottom. Narrative: blade of knife was replaced in Caracas, Venezuela in 1950s
- Accession No.
- 2004.03.12
- Name Access
- Klein, Louis
- Places
- Solingen, Germany, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Spice box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51359
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spice box : Silver ; Ht: 9 1/8 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
- Date
- 1850
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spice box : Silver ; Ht: 9 1/8 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1850
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- 4 sided engraved base connects by 4 filigree stems to a 6 sided filigree spice holder with a cylindrical tower shaped topped with a flag, 6 bells hang from spice holder with 6 mini flags on top Narrative: Used for Havdalah ceremony at the end of Shabbat
- Accession No.
- 2005.26.2
- Name Access
- Tauben, Irwin
- Places
- Russia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Matzah cover
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51198
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Matzah cover : Sewn : Maroon, Green, Purple, Red, Yellow ; Ht: 16,5 in. x W: 12,5 in.
- Date
- 1851-1860
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Matzah cover : Sewn : Maroon, Green, Purple, Red, Yellow ; Ht: 16,5 in. x W: 12,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1851-1860
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Circular shape, embroidered with fabric flowers, cross-stitched with floss. Border is fringed. Narrative: Handcrafted from Czernowitz (today Chernivtsi), Bukovina. Name of the donor' great-great grandmother, Cohen, is embroidered on the bottom flap. The matzah cover has been handed down through generations. The mother of the donor, Suzie Rosenblatt (nee Mier) kept it hidden in the Bershad concentration camp in Transnistria (Ukraine). The donor's brother, Jacob Wardi, was also in Bershad. Donor Regina Stiglitz (Rosenblatt) was in a different work camp called Muraffa. The family was reunited after the war and emigrated to Canada in 1962.
- Accession No.
- 1990.21.11
- Name Access
- Stiglitz Rosenblatt, Regina
- Places
- Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47630
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : beige, green, yellow, black ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 8,6 cm
- Date
- 1856
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : beige, green, yellow, black ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 8,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1856
- Creator
- 0
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- 124 pages, green hard-cover bound with the title printed in a yellow box. Interior pages are beige, consisting of text and illustrations. The illustrations, a collection of 14 lithographs, were done by artist Frigi Löw.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.86.05
- Name Access
- Braun, Miriam
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Siddur
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47740
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, gilded, leather work : beige, black, green, red, brown, gold ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,2 cm
- Date
- 1856
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, gilded, leather work : beige, black, green, red, brown, gold ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 6,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1856
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Notes
- 200+ pages (exact page number unknown as numbering restarts from 1 toward the end of the book); hardcover bound; green fabric covering cardboard, with red fabric sewen on title. Interior pages are beige; consisting of text. Book came in a leather case; case is rectangular, with the top edge cut into a "U", revealing the top of the book. The front of the case has a thin border, which was once gold; there are 3 sheilds (each with a different design) that go diagonally across the front, which are also guilded. Narrative: Received from father in 1987 in Israel. It originally belonged to great-grandfather of donor and was hid during war and recovered later.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.105.01
- Name Access
- Davidovitz, Iona
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Birth certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51254
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Birth certificate : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Green, Blue, Red ; Ht: 13,25 in. x W: 8,25 in.
- Date
- January 25, 1858
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Birth certificate : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Green, Blue, Red ; Ht: 13,25 in. x W: 8,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 25, 1858
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- Hungarian
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Decorative border in each corner on the front, there are also 9 fiscal stamps, 1 green on the front, and 8 blue and 1 red on the back. There is a circular ink stamp in the centre on the front, which has the Hungarian Coat of arms in the middle. Narrative: Birth certificate for Leopold Kohn, son of Sigmond Kohn and his wife née Blum.
- Accession No.
- 2002.14.02
- Name Access
- Toth, Lilli
- Places
- Papa, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Etrog box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51360
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Etrog box : Hand chased, engraved ; Ht: 3 3/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Date
- 1861
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Etrog box : Hand chased, engraved ; Ht: 3 3/8 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1861
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Rectangular with a floral designs, has a vertical concave indentation on each side, oval bulge in center of lid, box has lock which is broken, key is missing. Lid is hinged, and opens upwards. Narrative: To protect the etrog during the Sukkot holiday
- Accession No.
- 2005.26.3
- Name Access
- Tauben, Irwin
- Places
- Vienna, Austria, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Samuel Werner with son, Dorothea Werner with daughter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90310
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 13,7 cm
- Date
- 1861
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 13,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1861
- Creator
- Sonntag, Wilhelm
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- German
- Notes
- This b&w photograph displays two images side by side: Left: Dorothea Werner with 2 year old daughter, Lina (Karoline). Right: Samuel Werner with 3 year old son. Edmund Werner.
- Accession No.
- 1990.104.01
- Name Access
- Gross, Theresa
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Gebete für den Versöhnungstag, mit deutscher Übersetzung
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47608
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, embossed, imprinted : blue, gold, beige, black ; Ht: 19,7 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Date
- 1864
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, embossed, imprinted : blue, gold, beige, black ; Ht: 19,7 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- 1864
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Hebrew
- Notes
- 71 pages. Dark blue hardcover, embossed with vertical stripes (alternating lines and roses). Imprinted gold lettering on front and spine. Spine is dark brown, leather ?. Interior pages are beige with black text. The first 120 pages have German text on the left and Hebrew on the right. Some pages are just Hebrew text, and others are just German text.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.269.01
- Name Access
- Rosenberger, Regina
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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