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Form

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78411
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Form : Paper : printed, typed, handwritten : Ink : off-white, black, blue ; Ht: 29,7 cm x W: 20,8 cm
Date
January 31, 1991
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Form : Paper : printed, typed, handwritten : Ink : off-white, black, blue ; Ht: 29,7 cm x W: 20,8 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
January 31, 1991
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
1 page. Two-sided. The document is a check-list. Two holes are punctured on the c.l. The paper has the official header of the Landesversicherungsanstalt Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg. Instructions are on the verso. The subject of the form is Renia Mondschein's retirement pension. Narrative: Renia Moszenberg, later Mondschein, was born in Kielce, Poland on 1924-08-08. In 1942-04, a ghetto was created in Kielce and Renia stayed in the Kielce ghetto until May 1943. She was then deported to Pionki's labour camp near Radom in Poland. From July 1944 to February 1945, she worked in a ammunition and weapon factory in a sub-camp of Auschwitz, known as Hindenburg (now Zabrze, Poland). Renia Moszenburg was committed to Concentration Camp Mittelbau-Dora, coming from Concentration Camp Auschwitz where she received the Prisoner Number: A 14 893, on 1945-01-28. She was brought to Nordhausen near Bergen-Belsen, Germany where, on 1945-04-14, she was liberated by the British armed forces. After the war, she lived in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany where she met her husband Max Mondschein. She came to Canada in January 1948 and settled in Montreal.
Accession No.
2014.23.29
Name Access
Janulaitis, Cynthia M.
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Letter

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78412
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Letter : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : White, black, blue ; Ht: 29,7 cm x W: 20,9 cm
Date
January 31, 1991
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Letter : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : White, black, blue ; Ht: 29,7 cm x W: 20,9 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
January 31, 1991
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
German
Notes
1 page. One-sided. The paper has the official header of the Landesversicherungsanstalt Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg.The letter was sent to Renia Mondschein concerning her retirement pension and the compensation she received. Narrative: Renia Moszenberg, later Mondschein, was born in Kielce, Poland on 1924-08-08. In 1942-04, a ghetto was created in Kielce and Renia stayed in the Kielce ghetto until May 1943. She was then deported to Pionki's labour camp near Radom in Poland. From July 1944 to February 1945, she worked in a ammunition and weapon factory in a sub-camp of Auschwitz, known as Hindenburg (now Zabrze, Poland). Renia Moszenburg was committed to Concentration Camp Mittelbau-Dora, coming from Concentration Camp Auschwitz where she received the Prisoner Number: A 14 893, on 1945-01-28. She was brought to Nordhausen near Bergen-Belsen, Germany where, on 1945-04-14, she was liberated by the British armed forces. After the war, she lived in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany where she met her husband Max Mondschein. She came to Canada in January 1948 and settled in Montreal.
Accession No.
2014.23.30
Name Access
Janulaitis, Cynthia M.
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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American Joint Distribution Committee Activities - Moving

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59619
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : Paper : Copy : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : Paper : Copy : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Copy of original drawing, men moving furniture into truck under Jewish banners. Crate in foreground reads 'Bergen-Belsen / Tel Aviv.' Sketched by Sylvia Benjamin-Markowitz. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.01
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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American Joint Distribution Committee Activities - Welfare Worker

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59620
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Copy of a drawing, depicts a woman in military dress at a desk as various forms of transportation speed towards their destinations. Eiffel tower and New York in the distance. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.02
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Drawing

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59621
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Print of a drawing by Sylvia Markowitz, depicts 3 men and a dog in a camp. There is a group of Jewish men in the background reading newspapers, and a bag of what appears to be oranges on the ground. One man is holding out his arms. There is a suitcase next to him. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.03
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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American Joint Distribution Committee activities: A welfare worker interviews a couple

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59622
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Print of a drawing by Sylvia Markowitz, depicts a woman in military dress at a desk interviewing two elderly Jewish people. Map of Palestine and Jerusalem on the wall. Silhouette of another man waiting in the background. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.04
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Crowd at Train Station

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59623
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Print of a drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts a crowd of Jewish citizens on a train platform. One soldier in uniform directs the crowd. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.05
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Passport

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75217
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Passport : Paper : green, beige
Date
July 29, 1938
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Passport : Paper : green, beige
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
July 29, 1938
Language
German
Notes
Green cover booklet, beige green pages with orange motif in watermark. Passport belonging to Gerhart Adolf Maass, a German Jew. First page stamped with red "J" and date 1/1/1939, circular ink stamp from the Police President of Hamburg and another green circular ink stamp. Second page has b&w identity photograph and 4 circular ink stamps from the Police President of Hamburg.Passport was issued on July 29, 1938 for a validity of one year. Pages contain stamps from travels to Sweden, Belgium and immigration to Canada (1938-10-13). On page 11 is a note stating that from 1939-01-06, the name "Israel" is added to the passport holder's name; this note as well as the red J were added by the German consul while Gerhart Maass was already living in Montreal. Narrative: The middle name Israel is added to Gerhart Maass' name as per the Second Ordinance on the Implementation of the Law on the Amendment of Surnames and Family Names of 17 August 1938. This law aimed to identify German Jews by their first names. Unless they already had a name “viewed by the German people as a typical Jewish name", they had to take the name Israel or Sara starting in January 1939. The Law on the Amendment of Surnames and Family Names and its amendments were prepared by the Ministry of the Interior and written by Hans Globke. The implementation of this regulation is seen as "the first attempt at a general, external marking of the Jews" (See reference: Uwe Dietrich Adam: Judenpolitik im Dritten Reich. Unv. Nachdr. Düsseldorf 2003, ISBN 3-7700-4063-5, S. 120.) Gerhart Adolf Maass (Hambourg 1918-Montreal 2009), also known as “Gerry”, was the youngest son of Adolf Maass and Käthe Elsbach. In 1935, summoned by his parents to leave Germany, Gerhart had no other idea in mind than coming to Canada. He was well supported by a distant cousin of his father, Rudolf van der Walde, who owned an import business in Hamburg with several subsidiaries around the world. The idea was that once hired, Gerhart could be transferred to the Canadian office of the company. After having worked in Sweden for the Swedish subsidiary, and only after obtaining permission to come to Canada, Gerhart had to return to Germany in 1938 in order to renew his passport and seek a visa at the Canadian Consulate in Hamburg. Gerhart came to Canada in November 1938 and tried to help his parents out of Germany, but in vain. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1942 and in 1944 received his certificate of naturalization, which allowed him to be accepted into the Secret intelligence services. Gerhart served in France, Holland and Germany where he was stationed in the town of Oldenburg, in the British Zone and became the personal assistant of Major Morris DF. He returned to Herford at the end of the war, and recovered the family business (Elsbach co.) which had been confiscated by NSDAP authorities in 1938. After Liberation, he accessed the archives of the Gestapo in Hamburg and found hundreds of documents relating to his family. He learned that after being sent to Theresienstadt ghetto, his parents were deported and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Gerhart was the last Canadian soldier stationed in Oldenburg and was given the Canadian flag hanging over the entrance of the camp; he later donated it to the Canadian War Museum. Gerhart returned to Canada in September 1946 and settled in Montreal.
Accession No.
2010.07.10
Name Access
Maass, Joan
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Adolf Hitler: Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51200
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
book
Physical Description
Book : Bound : Ink : Orange, Black, White, Gold, Brown, Red ; Ht: 12 1/4 in. x W: 9 1/2 in.
Date
1936
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
book
Physical Description
Book : Bound : Ink : Orange, Black, White, Gold, Brown, Red ; Ht: 12 1/4 in. x W: 9 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1936
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
German
Notes
135 pages, gold letters title on front cover. It includes a preface by Joseph Goebbels and a quote by Hermann Göring. Includes photographs of Hitler at NSDAP rallies in Nuremberg, and Munich. There are also photographs of his private life, his paintings and drawings.
Accession No.
1990.82.8
Name Access
Silberstein, Helen
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Photograph album

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113536
Collection
MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph album : sewn, glued, silver print ; Ht: 23,1 cm x W: 32,9 cm
Collection
MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph album : sewn, glued, silver print ; Ht: 23,1 cm x W: 32,9 cm
Language
German
Notes
Maass family photo album. Rectangular album, the cover pages are covered with linen and the pages are bound by a red thread. The photos are pasted on black sheets and there is a very thin interlayer paper between each one. The fonds was given to the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Montreal in 2010 by Joan Solomon Maass, wife of Gerhard Adolf Maass, following his death in 2009.
Accession No.
2021.11.10
Name Access
Maass, Joan
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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