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Le calvaire d’un médecin polonais: Témoignage d'un ancien étudiant à l'université de Genève
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47866
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound : green, black, beige ; Ht: 15,8 cm x W: 10,5 cm
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound : green, black, beige ; Ht: 15,8 cm x W: 10,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 32 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Cover is green with black text; back cover has 1 small line of text printed at the bottom centre. Interior pages are beige with text. Narrative: The book is account of Doctor Adolphe Gleichgewicht
- Accession No.
- 2005.19.01
- Name Access
- Hazan, Eddie
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49983
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige, black, red, purple ; Ht: 20,9 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Date
- January 12, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige, black, red, purple ; Ht: 20,9 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 12, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Double-sided. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.364
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60376
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : beige, black, red, blue, purple ; Ht: 8,75 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Date
- December 11, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : beige, black, red, blue, purple ; Ht: 8,75 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 11, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Polish
- French
- Notes
- Red Cross letter printed form. International Red Cross symbol is printed in red on top centre of the page Narrative: International Red Cross sent an inquiry in June 1940 from Tel-Aviv, Palestine on behalf of Herc Izternlicht to Jacob Zelazo in Warsaw, Poland inquiring as to his well being. The response from Warsaw dated March 23, 1941 was received on May 5, 1941: We are in good health. Father's death anniversary - 28 Adar; and mother's eve of Rosh Hashanah. Your bothers are in good health. Jankiel Zelazo
- Accession No.
- 1991.27.01
- Name Access
- Kotler, Frieda
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
L'O.S.E.: Sous l'occupation allemande en France 1940-1944
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47575
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : beige, red, black ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 16 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : beige, red, black ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 16 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 82 pages. Softcover, paper bound with string. Cover is beige, with red and black text; a series of thin horizontal red lines run at the bottom of the cover. Interior pages are beige, with text and illustrated maps. A few white glossy pages are found throughout the book, with photos of people and photocopies of documents.
- Accession No.
- 2000.100.01
- Name Access
- Garel, Élise
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard ?
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49826
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard ? : Paper : Beige, black, red, ; Ht: 10,6 cm x W: 15 cm
- Date
- November 13, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard ? : Paper : Beige, black, red, ; Ht: 10,6 cm x W: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 13, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Double-sided. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.168
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Receipt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76170
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 11 1/2 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- March 19, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 11 1/2 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 19, 1945
- Physical Condition
- fragile
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document dated March 19, 1945, issued by the Vice-Consul of France in Geneva, Switzerland. It states that Chaim and Ruchla Karasin have made a request to return to Graulhet, France, to the St. Pierre neighborhood where they used to live. Narrative: Chaim and Ruchla Karasin were the parents of the donor, Beatrice Barzilai (Karasin). Both were born in Warsaw, Poland. Chaim emigrated to Belgium in 1927, and Ruchla moved to the Netherlands with her family sometime in the 1930s. The details of how they met is unknown, but they married in 1942 in France, where Beatrice had been born a year prior. From 1943, the family survived the war in Switzerland, where Chaim was granted official refugee status.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.25
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Travel Invoice
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59370
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Travel Invoice : Paper : Printed, typed : Ink : Yellow, dark blue, purple ; Ht: 26 cm x W: 22 cm
- Date
- December 23, 1956
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Travel Invoice : Paper : Printed, typed : Ink : Yellow, dark blue, purple ; Ht: 26 cm x W: 22 cm
- Other Title Information
- Exchange Medium
- Date
- December 23, 1956
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Italian
- Notes
- Thin paper invoice with decorative border of two parallel lines, Sicula Oceanica S.A. letterhead, back of page contains legal conditions of ticket purchase, front has company information, quantity of purchase, and date of voyage. Purchase of two tickets from Geneva to Canada for Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Lorincz on 24 December 1956 on the ship Venezuela. Narrative: Rev. Isodore Lorincz was born 6 January 1908 in Hungary. His parents were Lowi Netti and Loliner (?) Jakob. He attended high school and Yeshiva, and graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary of Budapest with ordination and smicha. During World War 2 his family was killed in Auschwitz. He came to Canada in 1957 after fleeing the revolution in Hungary. He served in two congregations before serving the Shaare Zedek Congregation as ritual director, then as Chazzan Sheni with a congregation in Hamilton, Ontario, for three years. Afterwards he served as rabbi in Port Colborne, Ontario. He settled in Montreal, Quebec, in 1962 where he became Chazzan Sheni for the next 26 years. He and his wife, Zita, continued to live in Montreal until there death around 2005. Zita was born 2 Jan 1917 in Nograd, Hungary.
- Accession No.
- 2000.72.5
- Name Access
- Goldman, Harry
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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