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111 Dessins de Boris Taslitzky faits à Buchenwald 1944-1945
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47573
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, graphic arts : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 25,1 cm x W: 21,7 cm
- Date
- 1944-1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, graphic arts : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 25,1 cm x W: 21,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1944-1945
- Creator
- 0
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- French
- Notes
- 500+ pages (exact page number is unknown). Cardboard cover, not bound. Cover is beige with black and blue text; a b&w drawing of a person lying down, with their hands covering their face. Interior pages are beige, the first 12 consist only of text. The remaining pages have b&w drawings of different camp scenes, with captions under each. The last 5 drawings are in colour. The book ends with a table of contents of all the included drawings.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.110.01
- Name Access
- Dionne, Danielle
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Autograph Book
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47991
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Autograph Book : leather work, handwritten, photography, graphic arts : brown, beige, multi-coloured ; Ht: 20,2 cm x W: 17,4 cm
- Date
- 1938-July 9, 1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Autograph Book : leather work, handwritten, photography, graphic arts : brown, beige, multi-coloured ; Ht: 20,2 cm x W: 17,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1938-July 9, 1943
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Yiddish
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Notes
- 110 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with glue and fabric. Cover is brown leather with a crocodile-skin pattern and a silver key-clasp; the edges and corners are rounded and the page edges are gilded; the binding fabric is red. Inside covers have a printed abstract pattern with multi-coloured smears of paint along the verticle axis. Interior pages are beige; primarily used as an autograph book. Autographs are found throughout in blue, black, green and purple inks, or in pencil. Drawings have been done in ink or pencil. One b&w photograph is attached to its own page: shows a woman in a dress, crouching outside on the ground, on a matt, with one arm extended as if to crawl, there is surrounding greenery with a mountain in the background. 2 pages of pressed flowers are found in the book: the first has only a 4-leaf clover; the second is filled with wildflowers, with stalks of wheat in the center. Many pages of the book are still blank. Book belonged to German Jewish woman named Hanna Landé. Narrative: Autographs, well-wishes and drawings to Hanna Landé. Written before and during her internment in Gurs internment camp. Earliest autograph dates from 1938. Hanna was in Paris in 1939, and in Villerbon in Dec. 1939. From July 1940 to June 1943, she was interned at Gurs. Gurs was an internment camp in south-western France along the Spanish border; it was originally used by the French to intern prisoners from the Spanish Civil War. On May 21, 1940, the Vichy government incarcerated German and other Axis citizens, as well as sympathizers at the camp, adding them to the existing Spanish population. When the armistice was signed with Germany, the Vichy government liberated the prisoners and burned the records (August to October 1940). The Nazis took over the camp in October 1940, filling it with Jews from other camps, Spaniards, and other "undesirables". There were numerous escapes from the camp (755 recorded) and it was only moderately secure, without the gun towers and a barbed wire fence only a few feet high. As of August 6, 1942, the camp's Jews were deported, usually to Drancy and from there on to Auschwitz.
- Accession No.
- 2008.01.01
- Name Access
- Wendt, Wulfram
- Places
- France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Birth certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78444
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Birth certificate : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 29,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- November 30, 1950
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Birth certificate : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 29,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 30, 1950
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. One-sided photocopy of an official document. On the t. is the name Kaszemacher, Jacques. The document give the details of his birth. Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
- Accession No.
- 2014.24.15
- Name Access
- Kasma, Puck
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50345
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Blue, Red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 3,25 in.
- Date
- 1954-04-11-1968
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Blue, Red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 3,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1954-04-11-1968
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- German
- Notes
- 2 pages, front cover has an illustration of a brick chimney with a basin on the top, with a fire coming out of it, and a cloud above it. Back cover has blue and white stripes and a red triangle with the letter F in the centre (identification of French political prisoners). Membership card for the French Association of survivors of Buchenwald Dora and camps. Narrative: Donor Desire Klein was a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp.
- Accession No.
- 1998.46.01
- Name Access
- Klein, Desiré
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Casino in Neris-les-Bains
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49758
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Beige, White, Black ; Ht: 10,4 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Date
- [Later than 1940]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Beige, White, Black ; Ht: 10,4 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Later than 1940]
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Recto has b&w photograph of the casino building in Neris-les-bains. On verso are handwritten messages and address with three red postal stamps on top right with ink stamps. Postcard sent to Serge Philipson in Galway by his daughter Rachel and her cousins Ruth and Stephane. Narrative: In the 1930’s Rachel Levy’s parents, Serge and Sophie Philipson moved from Berlin to Paris due to antisemitism. After a few years, Serge started working in his brother-in-law’s, Henri, company “Les Modes Modernes”. An opportunity to expand the business in Ireland resulted in Serge moving to Irland while his wife Sophie and daughter Rachel stayed in France. In July 1938, the factory opened in Ireland, Rachel and Sophie went for the opening and came back to Paris. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and other family members (Stéphane, Esther, Choura and her mother) went to Cabourg, in Normandy, while Augusta, Ella and Ruth went to Neris-les-bains. Since Paris wasn’t safe for Jews anymore, they decided to stay in Cabourg and rented a small house; Rachel was nine years old and started school there. After winter 1939-1940 it was difficult to communicate with Ireland but the family could still send and receive letters from Serge. At the end of winter 1940 Rachel moved to Neris-les-Bains where the rest of the family was. In July 1940, they left for Cauterets where Robert, Serge’s brother, was staying. They rented an apartment owned by Madame Noebès on rue Richelieu (close to the Spanish border). In 1940, Henri and Stéphane returned to the Riviera. With Néné, they moved to Hotel Victoria on the rue Antibes in Cannes. In August 1942, Mr. Kleinman (a friend from Paris) arrived in Cauterets and told them that Jews who had come to France after 1933 would be deported. Ella, Ernest, Ruth, Robert and Esther were arrested by local police and would be deported and killed later on. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her daughter Rachel, Oma, Henri, Stéphane and Néné left Cauterets to move to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria. On July 15 1943, Rachel turned 15 years old. Mr. Borello offered to hide Henri, Sophie and Grandmother Augusta (Oma) while Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced, arrested and transferred to Marseille and then sent by train to Drancy from where they were later deported (they did not survive). Jean (who was in a relationship with Rachel’s aunt Suzanne) came to Maubourget, gave Rachel his daughter’s identity “Jacqueline” and she left for Juan-les-Pins. In 1944, she moved from one place to another and still continued to correspond with her father. At the end of the war, Rachel met her uncle Shaja at the Polish Consulate in Lyon. He offered to help her to get papers to go to Ireland. On June 14, 1945, she spent three days in London with some family members and then took a boat-train for Dublin where she was reunited with her father, Serge, whom she had not seen for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. She had four sons and has been living in Montreal since 1954.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.320
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48295
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : beige, black, pink, purple ; Ht: 13,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- August 01, 1957
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : beige, black, pink, purple ; Ht: 13,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 01, 1957
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Official document certifying of Mrs.Chana Zilberbogen (Anna, born Wartens) admission to the hospital of Mazamet. There are three circular ink stamps. One of the hospital on bottom center and two of the city hall of Mazamet on bottom left and top left. There is also a rectangular postage stamp of 15 francs and two signatures including one of the mayor. Narrative: Chana was hospitalized and spent the war hidden in a Sanatorium in Mazamet. Chana and her daughters went back to live in Belgium after Liberation until immigrating to Canada in 1951.
- Accession No.
- 2012.15.97
- Name Access
- Peltier, Cécile
- Places
- Mazamet, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48297
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : white, black, red ; Ht: 20,9 cm x W: 14 cm
- Date
- June 13, 1963
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : white, black, red ; Ht: 20,9 cm x W: 14 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 13, 1963
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Letter that certifies the treatment of Chana Zilberbogen (Anna, born Wartens) in phthisiology at the Mazamet hospital from December 7 1940 to May 22 1947. It also confirms that Chana came from Brens camp. On top left there is the header of the Hopital-Hospice of Mazamet. In the middle is a red ink circular stamps that reads “HOPITAL-HOSPITAL DE MAZAMET / (Tarn)”. There is also a red ink stamp that reads “Le Directeur / de l’Hôpital-Hospice de Mazamet”. Narrative: The Zilberbogen were a Jewish family originally from Warsaw (Poland). Mother Chana and daughters Elzbieta (born 1933) and Celinka (born 1937) moved to Belgium in 1939. The father, Szygmundt, an engineer, stayed in Poland. During the Second World War, the mother and daughters were first sent to Brens camp and then to Rivesaltes camp in the South of France before being released. Chana was then hospitalized and spent the war hidden in a Sanatorium in Mazamet from 1940 to 1947. Elzbieta and Celinka were hidden in various locations in the South of France, including a farm and different children's homes run by OSE including one in Palavas-les-Flots. Szygmundt was killed in Poland. Chana and her daughters went back to live in Belgium after Liberation until immigrating to Canada in 1951.
- Accession No.
- 2012.15.96
- Name Access
- Peltier, Cécile
- Places
- Mazamet, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48373
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : typewritten, stamped, handwritten : beige, white, black, purple ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- [Later than 1945]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : typewritten, stamped, handwritten : beige, white, black, purple ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Later than 1945]
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Two pages. Stapled on top left corner. First page is a certificate of the internment of Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Zilberbogen at both Brens and Rivesaltes camps and then sent to a Children’s home in Palavas-les-Flots.On top is a header of the Prefecture of the Pyrenees-Orientales. On bottom is a purple ink circular stamp that reads “PRÉFECTURE DES PYRÉNÉES-ORIENTALES / 1re Division- 3e Bureau”. On bottom right is also a purple stamp that reads “Pour le Préfet: / Le Chef de division délégué”. Second page is a German translation of first page. Narrative: The Zilberbogen were a Jewish family originally from Warsaw (Poland). Mother Chana and daughters Elzbieta (born 1933) and Celinka (born 1937) moved to Belgium in 1939. The father, Szygmundt, an engineer, stayed in Poland. During the Second World War, the mother and daughters were first sent to Brens camp and then to Rivesaltes camp in the South of France before being released. Chana was then hospitalized and spent the war hidden in a Sanatorium in Mazamet. Elzbieta and Celinka were hidden in various locations in the South of France, including a farm and different children's homes run by OSE including one in Palavas-les-Flots. Szygmundt was killed in Poland. Chana and her daughters went back to live in Belgium after Liberation until immigrating to Canada in 1951.
- Accession No.
- 2012.15.92
- Name Access
- Peltier, Cécile
- Places
- France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50029
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : beige , black ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- September 25, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : beige , black ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 25, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Official filled form with genreral informations of Robert Monheit and attestation of his discharge from Starsbourg center. On back b.l. two finger prints. Narrative: Rabbi Robert Monheit comes from Strasbourg and is born on September 24, 1920. During the war he was a chaplain and an officer in the French army. He helped Jews to hide in the region of Saint-Amand. He was part of the French resistance and did his military service from 1940 to 1944. In 1944 he was employed in a sugar factory to do mandatory work. After two months he was released from that. After the war he helped in Germany and he was part of the mobile-synagogue ambulance. He had two children in 1948 and 1949 in Strasbourg. He helped in the United States to send money to DP camps. He immigrated to Canada in 1951.
- Accession No.
- 2012.33.06
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- Strasbourg, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50031
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : beige, black ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- October 01, 1949
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : beige, black ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 01, 1949
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Official filled form certifying Robert' Monheit's membership to the French Forces of the Interior from June 6, 1944 to September 9, 1944 in the orders of Commander Dupleix in the Indre department. Narrative: Rabbi Robert Monheit comes from Strasbourg and is born on September 24, 1920. During the war he was a chaplain and an officer in the French army. He helped Jews to hide in the region of Saint-Amand. He was part of the French resistance and did his military service from 1940 to 1944. In 1944 he was employed in a sugar factory to do mandatory work. After two months he was released from that. After the war he helped in Germany and he was part of the mobile-synagogue ambulance. He had two children in 1948 and 1949 in Strasbourg. He helped in the United States to send money to DP camps. He immigrated to Canada in 1951.
- Accession No.
- 2012.33.08
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- Limoges, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50032
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : beige, black, purple, pink ; Ht: 21,1 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Date
- September 25, 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : beige, black, purple, pink ; Ht: 21,1 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 25, 1951
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Official document certifying Robert Monheit's residency in Strasbourg since June 9, 1945 delivered by Strasbourg Police Commisionner (?) on September 25, 1951. The document has two identical 4 francs pink postage stamp on b.l. Narrative: Rabbi Robert Monheit comes from Strasbourg and is born on September 24 1920. During the war he was a chaplain and an officer in the French army. He helped Jews to hide in the region of Saint-Amand. He was part of the French resistance and did his military service from 1940 to 1944. In 1944 he was employed in a sugar factory to do mandatory work. After two months he was released from that. After the war he helped in Germany and he was part of the mobile-synagogue ambulance. He had two children in 1948 and 1949 in Strasbourg. He helped in the United States to send money to DP camps. He immigrated to Canada in 1951.
- Accession No.
- 2012.33.09
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- Strasbourg, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76233
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Handwritten, Stamped : Ink : Beige, Purple, Grey, Black ; Ht: 8 1/4 in. x W: 5 3/8 in.
- Date
- May 2, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Handwritten, Stamped : Ink : Beige, Purple, Grey, Black ; Ht: 8 1/4 in. x W: 5 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 2, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-spaced, on graph paper. Folded once vertically and once horizontally. Document is a certificate of recommendation for Tuwyas Berkowicz, written by the mayor of Os-Marsillon. It states that during his time in Os-Marsillon, Mr. Berkowicz has conducted himself irreproachably and proved his feelings of respect for France. He worked on multiple farms, and his employers were completely satisfied. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.14
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Os-Marsillon, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76234
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple ; Ht: 9 7/8 in. x W: 7 in.
- Date
- February 27, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple ; Ht: 9 7/8 in. x W: 7 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 27, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Paper is printed with fiscal stamp at top left corner, a circle containing a robed figure holding scales, standing behind a tablet of law. Embossed below stamp. Watermark at top centre of page. Document issued by Police Commissioner of Brotteaux, Lyon, attesting that Tuvya Berkowicz demonstrated his public spirit during his stay in France. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.15
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Lyon, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76235
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue, Pink, Red ; Ht: 9 3/8 in. x W: 6 7/8 in.
- Date
- January 14, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue, Pink, Red ; Ht: 9 3/8 in. x W: 6 7/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 14, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once vertically and once horizontally. Printed form from French Justice Ministry, Crimes and Pardons Division (trad.). Document attests that Tuvya Berkowicz has no criminal record. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.16
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76236
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Purple, Black ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 8 1/4 in.
- Date
- September 25, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Purple, Black ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 8 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 25, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once vertically. Document issued by the Toulouse Regional Anti-Cancer Centre (trad.), attesting that Mrs. Chana Berkowicz, living in Bernac-Dessus, is suffering from a malignant tumour in her breast and needs constant care and close medical supervision. Narrative: Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz was the mother of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the donor's father. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.17
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Toulouse, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76239
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 8 1/8 in.
- Date
- August 7, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 8 1/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 7, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document issued by the Toulouse Regional Anti-Cancer Centre (trad.), attesting that Mrs. Chana Berkowicz was hospitalized at the Centre from July 10 to August 7, 1942. Narrative: Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz was the mother of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the donor's father. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.20
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Toulouse, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76258
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink; Graphite Pencil : Beige, Grey, Purple, Blue ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 4 1/8 in.
- Date
- May 28, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink; Graphite Pencil : Beige, Grey, Purple, Blue ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 4 1/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 28, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page,double-sided. Document issued by the Polish Consulate in Toulouse, attesting that Chane (Chana) Trompeter is stateless. Illegible handwriting on verso. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2005.01.41
- Name Access
- Berkowicz, Jack
- Places
- Toulouse, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76275
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple ; Ht: 11,3 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- December 20, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple ; Ht: 11,3 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 20, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Document is a certificate of good conduct, issued by the Commission against unemployment for demobilized soldiers, attesting that Jacob Borenstaj was a hard worker and had demonstrated his national spirit. Narrative: Jacob Borenstaj (Borensztajn) was the father of the donor, Patrick Borensztajn.
- Accession No.
- 2009.14.01
- Name Access
- Borensztajn, Patrick
- Places
- Uzès, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78323
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Typed : Ink : beige, black, red ; Ht: 20,32 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- September 15, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Typed : Ink : beige, black, red ; Ht: 20,32 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 15, 1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Circular stamp at lower right with Cross of Lorraine in centre. Document is a certificate from a lieutenant in the National Liberation Movement, attesting that Maurice Wolfowiez served under him from May 1942 until the Paris uprising of August 1944. He participated in acts of sabotage under German occupation. Narrative: Maurice Wolfowiez (Wolfowicz, Deloup) was born in J?drzejów, Poland in 1906. He was working as a designer for a tailor in France when war broke out, and joined the French Resistance. He survived with his wife and two children, but his parents and six of his seven siblings were all deported to Treblinka killing centre (Poland) and murdered. He immigrated to Canada in April 1976.
- Accession No.
- 1998.13.02
- Name Access
- Deloup, Maurice
- Places
- Paris, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate, achievement
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48281
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate, achievement : paper : beige ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 13,2 cm
- Date
- July 09, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate, achievement : paper : beige ; Ht: 20,8 cm x W: 13,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 09, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Elementary study certificate of Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Zilberbogen from Academy inspector of Versailles and signed by him. The certificate is filled in handwritting in black ink Narrative: The Zilberbogen were a Jewish family originally from Warsaw (Poland). Mother Chana and daughters Elzbieta (born 1933) and Celinka (born 1937) moved to Belgium in 1939. The father, Szygmundt, an engineer, stayed in Poland. During the Second World War, the mother and daughters were first sent to a transit camp in the South of France before being released. Chana was then hospitalized and spent the war hidden in a Sanatorium in Mazamet. Elzbieta and Celinka were hidden in various locations in the South of France, including a farm and different children's homes run by OSE. Szygmundt was killed in Poland. Chana and her daughters went back to live in Belgium after Liberation until immigrating to Canada in 1951.
- Accession No.
- 2012.15.72
- Name Access
- Peltier, Cécile
- Places
- Versailles, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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