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Comité pour l'anthologie de la Poesie yiddish, Paris, France
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn55384
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; ZA 1969; ZA 1969-2-17
- Date
- 1969
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1969
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- ZA 1969
- File No.
- ZA 1969-2-17
- Places
- Paris, France
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Location case
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn58346
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; CA; CA-79-780
- Date
- 1960
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1960
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- CA
- File No.
- CA-79-780
- Subjects
- Location case
- Places
- France
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
GREENSTEIN, Meyer
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy204
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- January 07, 1945
- Place of Burial
- Haut-Rhin, France
- Cemetery
- Munster Communal Cemetery
- Enlistment No.
- R-219812
- Rank
- Flight Sergeant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Sergeant Meyer Greenstein of Toronto, Ontario, was reported missing following air operations overseas on January 7, 1945, and was later presumed dead for official purposes. There is a Star of David on his tombstone. (Source: Veterans Affairs Canada web site)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
SUCHAROV, Mortimer (Max) Samuel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy516
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- December 02, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 29
- Enlistment No.
- J-37528
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Mortimer (Max) Sucharov of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was reported killed in action overseas on December 2, 1944. Enlisting with the R.C.A.F. in August 1942, Flying Officer Sucharov graduated as a navigator from No. 5 Air Observers School at Winnipeg in October 1943. He went overseas in April 1944.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
SHORE, Joseph
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy452
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- September 27, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 36
- Enlistment No.
- K-51093
- Rank
- Rifleman
- Unit
- Royal Winnipeg Rifles
- Notes
- Rifleman Joseph Shore of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was killed in action in Belgium on September 27, 1944, according to an official announcement. He enlisted at Vancouver on April 17, 1943.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
CROTIN, Arthur
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy100
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- August 23, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Cemetery
- Bayeux War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 22
- Enlistment No.
- B-132344
- Rank
- Signalman
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Corps. Of signals
- Notes
- Signalman Arthur Crotin of Ansonville, Ontario, was officially reported to have died of natural causes while overseas. His brother, Lance-Bombardier Walter Joseph Crotin, died in 1943 of illness while training in Canada.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
COHEN, Abraham
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy76
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- August 20, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 45
- Enlistment No.
- B-95785
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
- Notes
- Private Abraham Cohen of Toronto, Ontario, died of injuries on August 20, 1944, according to an official report.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
STEELE, Richard Kenilworth
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy500
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- August 17, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Cemetery
- Bayeux Memorial
- Enlistment No.
- B-134734
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
- Unit
- Governor General's Foot Guards (Canadian Armoured Corps.)
- Notes
- Lance Corporal Richard Steele of Toronto, Ontario, was reported killed in action overseas on August 17, 1944.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
MARANTZ, Harry L.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy310
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- August 14, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Rank
- Captain
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Notes
- Captain Harry Marantz of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was killed in action on August 14, 1944. He was posthumously mentioned in dispatches in a Department of National Defence release (P.N. 146-45) of February 2, 1945. He was killed in action in France on August 14, 1944. Enlisting in the army in July 1941, Captain Marantz was stationed at Military District No. 10 before proceeding overseas in May 1942 to serve as medical officer with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Two brothers, Sergeant Barney Marantz and Flight Sergeant David Marantz, served with the R.C.A.F.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
GIMPLE, Isadore
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy159
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- August 12, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Enlistment No.
- B-115239
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
- Notes
- Private Isadore Gimple of Toronto, Ontario, was officially reported killed in action in France on August 12, 1944.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
HOLIDENKE, George
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy224
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- August 10, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 29
- Enlistment No.
- D-129411
- Rank
- Guardsman
- Unit
- Canadian Grenadier Guards
- Notes
- Guardsman George Holidenke of Montreal, Quebec, who served under the name Holden, died of wounds on August 10, 1944, according to an official announcement. Guardsman Holden enlisted in 1941 and went overseas in 1942. He was attached to the 22nd Armoured Regiment, Canadian Grenadier Guards, when he was wounded in France.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
PAUL, Louis
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy364
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- August 09, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Cemetery
- Bayeux War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 29
- Enlistment No.
- H-101914
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
- Notes
- Private Louis Paul of Winnipeg, Manitoba, died in France on August 9, 1944, after being critically wounded in the battle of Normandy. He enlisted in the army on August 11, 1942, and was posted to the 3rd division, Canadian Tank Corps. He proceeded overseas in July 1943, and was sent to France soon after D-Day. Private Paul was born in Pogrebitch, Ukraine.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
BLATT (BLATTIN), Louis
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy50
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- August 08, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Enlistment No.
- H-36824
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.
- Notes
- Private Louis Blatt of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was officially reported killed in action in France on August 8, 1944.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
PASCAL, Fred
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy362
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- August 08, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Rank
- Captain
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Artillery
- Notes
- Captain Fred Pascal, R.C.A., of Montreal, died of wounds received in action in France on August 8, 1944. He was buried in the Canadian Military Cemetery at Beny-sur-Mer, France. Captain Pascal qualified for his commission with the McGill Canadian Officers Training Corps and went overseas in November 1940. He received his captaincy in April of the following year. A brother, S.A.M.S. Arthur Pascal, served overseas with the 17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars. Captain Fred Pascal was the son J. Pascal (J. Pascal Hardware Company).
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents
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LEWIS, Arthur Osher
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy293
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- August 02, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 25
- Enlistment No.
- B-70514
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.
- Notes
- Private Arthur Lewis of Hamilton, Ontario, was reported killed in action on August 2, 1944.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
ROSEMAN (ROSENMAN), Sam Harry
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy398
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- July 30, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Enlistment No.
- A-76079
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
- Unit
- Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
- Notes
- Lance Corporal Sam Roseman of Kitchener, Ontario, was killed in action on July 30, 1944, according to an official announcement.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
FAIBISH, Jack
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy122
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- July 28, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Enlistment No.
- L-6115
- Rank
- Lance Sergeant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Artillery
- Notes
- Lance Sergeant Jack Faibish of Markinch, Saskatchewan, was officially reported killed in action in the invasion of Normandy, France, on July 28, 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Certificate of Good Service by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery of Errigal. Sergeant Faibish enlisted in the army on September 11, 1939, and went overseas shortly afterwards. His brother, Max, served with the R.C.A.F. in Bombay, India. “Montreal, August 8, 1951 - Earlier, we reported on the policy of the Department of Natural Resources of the province of Saskatchewan to name lakes, rivers and islands in newly surveyed areas in honour of former residents of Saskatchewan who had been killed in action while serving the Canadian Armed Forces. We furnished the Saskatchewan government with a list of Jewish servicemen compiled from our publication ‘Canadian Jews in WWII,’ the first part of which was devoted to those killed during the war. The announcement made by the Saskatchewan government on July 10 included the following locations named after Jewish men: Faibish Bay, after Jack Faibish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Faibish, Markinch, Sask.; Levine Lake, after David Levine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Levine, Swift Current, Sask.; Glansberg Lake after Rifleman Maurice Glansberg.” (CJC publication IOI #1175)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
LITWACK, Myer Mike (Michael)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy298
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- July 25, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 22
- Enlistment No.
- C-12010
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
- Notes
- Corporal Mike Litwack of Ottawa, Ontario, died of injuries on July 25, 1944, according to an official report.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
SPEVAK, Jack
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy496
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- July 25, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Bassu, France
- Cemetery
- Bassu Communal Cemetery
- Enlistment No.
- J-92572
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Jack Spevak, of Ottawa, Ontario, enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in the summer of 1942 and was awarded his wings at No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School, Dafoe, Saskatchewan, in August 1943. In September 1943 he arrived in Britain. In the early morning of July 25, 1944, his aircraft failed to return after bombing operations over Stuttgart, Germany, and he was presumed dead. His aircraft went down near the French-German border.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
GLANZBERG (GLANSBERG), Moses (or Maurice)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy161
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- July 09, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Cemetery
- Bayeux Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 33
- Enlistment No.
- L-102474
- Rank
- Rifleman
- Unit
- Regina Rifle Regiment
- Notes
- Rifleman Maurice Glansberg of Ottawa, Ontario, was killed in action in Normandy. “Montreal, August 8, 1951 - Earlier, we reported on the policy of the Department of Natural Resources of the province of Saskatchewan to name lakes, rivers and islands in newly surveyed areas in honour of former residents of Saskatchewan who had been killed in action while serving the Canadian Armed Forces. We furnished the Saskatchewan government with a list of Jewish servicemen compiled from our publication ‘Canadian Jews in WWII,’ the first part of which was devoted to those killed during the war. The announcement made by the Saskatchewan government on July 10 included the following locations named after Jewish men: Faibish Bay, after Jack Faibish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Faibish, Markinch, Sask.; Levine Lake, after David Levine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Levine, Swift Current, Sask.; Glansberg Lake after Rifleman Maurice Glansberg.” (CJC publication IOI #1175)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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