Candelabrum
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47984
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Candelabrum : cast (moulded), soldered, engraved, beveled, silver plated ?, openworked, screwed : silver, brass ; Ht: 16 cm x W: 9,8 cm x De: 17,8 cm
- Date
- 1875-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Candelabrum : cast (moulded), soldered, engraved, beveled, silver plated ?, openworked, screwed : silver, brass ; Ht: 16 cm x W: 9,8 cm x De: 17,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Lighting Device
- Date
- 1875-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Round base with beveled ledges along the circumference. The column tapes out and then in, like 2 bells attached together. At the top of the column is another metal sphere, with a bird (sparrow ?) at the very top of the structure, which is offset to the right. At each side of the metal sphere (below the bird) are ornate arms: filigree shaped with openworked details and leaves coming out of the bottom centre. At the end of each arm is a tulip shaped candle holder, attached to a column and round base. The top of the candle holder has a raised rim in the center with high relief petal-like details around the circumference. The holders screw onto the arms.
- Accession No.
- 2006.22.02
- Name Access
- Gordon, Eva
- Places
- Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Candelabrum
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48105
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Candelabrum : cast (moulded), soldered, engraved, beveled, silver plated ?, openworked, screwed : silver, brass ; Ht: 16 cm x W: 9,8 cm x De: 18,2 cm
- Date
- 1875-1900
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Candelabrum : cast (moulded), soldered, engraved, beveled, silver plated ?, openworked, screwed : silver, brass ; Ht: 16 cm x W: 9,8 cm x De: 18,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Lighting Device
- Date
- 1875-1900
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Round base with beveled ledges along the circumference. The column tapes out and then in, like 2 bells attached together. At the top of the column is another metal sphere, with a bird (sparrow ?) at the very top of the structure, which is offset to the right. At each side of the metal sphere (below the bird) are ornate arms: filigree shaped with openworked details and leaves coming out of the bottom centre. At the end of each arm is a tulip shaped candle holder, attached to a column and round base. The top of the candle holder has a raised rim in the center with high relief petal-like details around the circumference. The holders screw onto the arms.
- Accession No.
- 2006.22.03
- Name Access
- Gordon, Eva
- Places
- Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Corkscrew
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47491
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Corkscrew : cast (moulded), screwed, beveled, openworked : brown, silver
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Corkscrew : cast (moulded), screwed, beveled, openworked : brown, silver
- Other Title Information
- Food Processing T&E
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Notes
- Pointed helix set inside a bell-shaped socket. The 2 wide sides of the socket have been left open, revealing the helix and screw that it's attached to. The helix is screwed perpendicularly to a handle with tapered and beveled edges. An additional 'T' handle is coming perpendicularly out of the top right corner of the socket; it is linked to the helix with a round link, allowing it to rotate when the handle is turned. When the 'T' handle is turned, the helix swivels and goes up and down. Alternately, when the top handle is moved up and down, the 'T' handle turns. Narrative: Corkscrew was made in Hungary (probably in Budapest) 150-200 years ago. It belonged to donor's grandfather lipot Sefera, and was passed on to her mother and then to her.
- Accession No.
- 1998.31.01
- Name Access
- Vermes, Cathy
- Places
- Budapest, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Doily
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60379
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Doily : crocheted ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Doily : crocheted ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Household Accessory
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Crocheted lace doily with pattern of a cat's face Narrative: Donor Marianne Guttmann-Bolgar crocheted this doily while she was a child in hiding during the war, in November 1944. She was 14 years old and was hiding in the basement of a shop.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.80.02-03
- Name Access
- Bolgar, Marianne
- Places
- Budapest, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Eyeglasses
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48036
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Eyeglasses : cast (moulded), cut, coiled, screwed, set : gold, silver ; Ht: 5 cm x W: 11,5 cm x De: 11,5 cm
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Eyeglasses : cast (moulded), cut, coiled, screwed, set : gold, silver ; Ht: 5 cm x W: 11,5 cm x De: 11,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Personal Gear
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Wire rimmed, oval frames. The nose piece is arched slightly at the middle; a small metal support is attached to each side, just below the nose piece, with plastic coverings. The arms are stiff metal for the first part, with a ridged design on the top and bottom edge. The part that goes around the ears curves and is flexible. Thick, concave lenses are set into each frame hole. Narrative: During all selections Edit Mautner kept her eyeglasses in her closed fist. She didn't work in Auschwitz or Bergen Belsen, but in a quarry in Leipzig.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.263.03
- Name Access
- Reh, Edith
- Places
- Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Eyeglasses case
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47528
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Eyeglasses case : woven, sewn, machine, metal work, imprinted : purple, black, silver ; Ht: 0,9 cm x W: 8,9 cm x De: 17,5 cm
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Eyeglasses case : woven, sewn, machine, metal work, imprinted : purple, black, silver ; Ht: 0,9 cm x W: 8,9 cm x De: 17,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Personal Gear
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Rectangular case sewn closed on the side and bottom edges. The top edge has flexible pieces of metal inserted into the seam, which bend to open the case, and supports the case when closed. A black tag has been sewn on the inside. Narrative: During all selections Edit Mautner kept her eyeglasses in her closed fist. She didn't work in Auschwitz or Bergen Belsen, but in a quarry in Leipzig.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.263.01
- Name Access
- Reh, Edith
- Places
- Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jug
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47483
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, pegged, beveled : brown-green ; Ht: 15,2 cm x W: 13 cm x De: 16 cm
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, pegged, beveled : brown-green ; Ht: 15,2 cm x W: 13 cm x De: 16 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Tuliped shaped with a beveled tier near the bottom edge and a beveled opening at the top edge. A curved handle is attached to one side with decorative cut ends. Narrative: Medium jug used for ritual purposes in the synagoge at Onod until destruction in 1944. It was buried, uncovered and given to a local Lutheran Minister who kept it safe until (1990) when they were given to donor.
- Accession No.
- 1999.11.01
- Name Access
- Prager, Esther
- Places
- Onod, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jug
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47485
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled : brown-dark grey ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 8 cm x De: 13,7 cm
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled : brown-dark grey ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 8 cm x De: 13,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Oblong shape with a beveled edge. The lip is curved and pointed at the end like a bird's beak, and pinches the bowl upwards slightly. The handle resembles a 1/2 of a heart, and is attached to the opposite side from the lip. There is a small trench around the top and bottom edges. Narrative: Item was used in the synagoge at Onod until destruction in 1944. It was buried, uncovered and given to a local Lutheran Minister who kept it safe until (1990) when they were given to Mrs. Prager. (Please see kinship for more information).
- Accession No.
- 1999.11.03
- Name Access
- Prager, Esther
- Places
- Onod, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Large Jug
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47484
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled, pegged : brown-green ; Ht: 19 cm x W: 12,7 cm x De: 20,7 cm
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled, pegged : brown-green ; Ht: 19 cm x W: 12,7 cm x De: 20,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Tulip shaped with a raised lip which extends over the main bowl; beveled edge. The bottom of the jug bubbles out significantly. An 'S' shaped handle is attached to the other side, extending slightly at tthe bottom. The bowl is slightly raised on a small pedestle, with a beveled edge. Narrative: Medium jug used for ritual purposes in the synagoge at Onod until destruction in 1944. It was buried, uncovered and given to a local Lutheran Minister who kept it safe until (1990) when they were given to donor.
- Accession No.
- 1999.11.02
- Name Access
- Prager, Esther
- Places
- Onod, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Meat grinder
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47470
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Meat grinder : cast (moulded), beveled, cut, perforated, screwed, forged : silver, brown
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Meat grinder : cast (moulded), beveled, cut, perforated, screwed, forged : silver, brown
- Other Title Information
- Food Processing T&E
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Consists of a hopper, equipped with a crank-operated screw conveyor, a rotating knife and a perforated end plate. These are set in a mounting frame, which is fitted withi a table clamp at the bottom. Silver base, with a wood handle on the crank. The hopper has a deep bottom-less bowl on the top (where the meat is initially put), with cylinder and a tunnel opening. The auger turns inside the hopper to grind the meat. Narrative: Found after the family returned from the war. Kept in "Star" house in Budapest after being forced out of the family home.
- Accession No.
- 1990.01.01
- Name Access
- Kampf, Edith
- Places
- Budapest, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Money box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51194
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Money box : Cast : Black, Grey ; Ht: 7 in. x W: 4,5 in.
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Money box : Cast : Black, Grey ; Ht: 7 in. x W: 4,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Charity box shaped like a mug with handle and attached lid. Lid has two openings, one circular and one rectangular cut into it to receive money donations. Hebrew etching around the lid and dots on certain letters indicates it was made in 5651 (1890-1891). Narrative: Made by Eliezer Hauer in the town of Onod, Hungaryfor the local synagogue. It belonged to the synagoge at Onod until its destruction in 1944. It was buried, uncovered and given to a local Lutheran Minister who kept it safe until circa 1990 when it was given to Mrs. Esther Prager.
- Accession No.
- 1999.11.04
- Name Access
- Prager, Esther
- Places
- Onod, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Mortar and pestle
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47476
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Mortar and pestle : cast (moulded), soldered : gold (brass) ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 14,7 cm x De: 15 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Mortar and pestle : cast (moulded), soldered : gold (brass) ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 14,7 cm x De: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Processing T&E
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Mortar: Tulip shaped with a wide lip. A series of horizontal lines run around the circumference, inside and outside. A rectangular handle, with curved ends, has been added to each side. Small verticle striations are found in the middle section, where the handles are. Pestle: A solid pole that widens on each end into a round disk. In the centre, along the circumference, are 3 wider beveled tiers, with 2 incised lines on each side. The ends curve slightly outwards. Narrative: The mortar and pestle were acquired circa 1890. Mrs. Franciska Kampf (nee Haber) used it after her marriage to crush dry bread, cubed sugar, walnuts and other hard food materials. Mrs. Kampf's husband was in the Hungarian forced labour batallion and she was in hiding during the 1944-1945 nazi occupation. The item was retrieved in their apartment after the war.
- Accession No.
- 1990.01.02
- Name Access
- Kampf, Edith
- Places
- Budapest, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Prayer shawl bag
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47500
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Prayer shawl bag : woven, sewn, machine, embroidered, metal working : burgandy, green, brown, white, beige, red, pink
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Prayer shawl bag : woven, sewn, machine, embroidered, metal working : burgandy, green, brown, white, beige, red, pink
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Notes
- A bag embroidered with flowers and initials on the front; an embroidered Star of David on the back. The initials and the star have been embroidered with metal wiring. Narrative: The donor brought it from her grandparent's shul in Mateszalka, Hungary in July 1995.
- Accession No.
- 1995.09.01
- Name Access
- Stermer, Martha
- Places
- Mateszalka, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Ration Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59673
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Ration Card : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, green, red ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 20 cm
- Date
- December 21, 1956
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Ration Card : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black, green, red ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 20 cm
- Other Title Information
- Exchange Medium
- Date
- December 21, 1956
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hungarian
- German
- Notes
- Paper divided into boxes by black lines, creased vertically in center, columns for blankets, dishes, clothes, and cigarettes. All dated 21 or 22 December. Distribution card for refugee camp for Zita Lorincz. 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 and his wife, Zita, lived with their cousin Eugene Lorincz when they first arrived. Isadore 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 Zita continued to live in Montreal until there death around 2005. Zita was born 2 Jan 1917 in Nograd, Hungary.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.147.07
- Name Access
- Goldman, Harry
- Places
- Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Ration Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59674
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Ration Card : Paper : Printed ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 30 cm
- Date
- December 21, 1956
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Ration Card : Paper : Printed ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 30 cm
- Other Title Information
- Exchange Medium
- Date
- December 21, 1956
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hungarian
- German
- Notes
- Paper divided into boxes by black lines, creased vertically in center, columns for blankets, dishes, clothes, and cigarettes. All dated 21 or 22 December. Distribution card for refugee camp for Izidor Lorincz. 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 and his wife, Zita, lived with their cousin Eugene Lorincz when they first arrived. Isadore 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 Zita continued to live in Montreal until there death around 2005. Zita was born 2 Jan 1917 in Nograd, Hungary.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.147.08
- Name Access
- Goldman, Harry
- Places
- Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Seder Plate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44091
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Pottery : pink and blue : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 99
- Date
- 1927
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Pottery : pink and blue : Hebrew
- Date
- 1927
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 99
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- A special plate containing symbolic foods used by Jews during the Passover seder. Each of the six items arranged on the plate have special significance to the retelling of the story of the Exodus from Egypt, which is the focus of this ritual meal. This plate was donated by Abraham and Vita Weintraub.
- Places
- Hungary
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Seder Plate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44187
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 459
- Date
- [ca. 1927]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Silver : Hebrew
- Date
- [ca. 1927]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 459
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Hebrew inscription in center; hallmarked "Budapest, Hungary." Donated by Mrs. Abraham Weintraub and daughters in memory of husband Mr. Abraham Weintraub, December 1976.
- Places
- Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Shawl
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47733
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Shawl : woven, sewn, machine, knotted, printed ? : beige, blue
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Shawl : woven, sewn, machine, knotted, printed ? : beige, blue
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Notes
- Woven pattern found throughout the shawl's surface. Each end has 5 blue vertical stripes, of various widths, with additional woven designs inside. A strip of fabric (the neck band, known as an atarah) is sewn to one of the long edges. The corners have been reinforced with additional strips of fabric. Fringe is attached to both wide ends, indented slightly on each end. Narrative: Donor brought it from her grandparent's shul in Mateszalka, Hungary in July 1995.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.06.01
- Name Access
- Stermer, Martha
- Places
- Mateszalka, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Shoe brush
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45462
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Shoe brush : stained : beige, red-brown, black ; Ht: 1,75 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Shoe brush : stained : beige, red-brown, black ; Ht: 1,75 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Clothing Accessory
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Shoe brush made of red-brown stained wood with rounded edges and concave back. Black bristles are bordered by beige bristles. A hidden compartment is revealed by sliding the back away from the part that holds the bristles. Narrative: Chava Favor was born on March 22, 1920 to Albert Fleischer and Juliana Beck. She was sent to Szeged ghetto (Hungary) in early 1944, where she received this brush from a Hungarian carpenter. In the summer of 1944, she used the brush to smuggle a small diamond brooch and money (the equivalent of $500) onto a train to a sub-camp of Mauthausen. She was eventually liberated from Strasshoff concentration camp (Austria) by the Soviet Army. After living in Prague (Czechoslovakia), Chava used the brush to smuggle $3,000 into Israel in 1949. She immigrated to Canada in 1952.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.124.01
- Name Access
- Favor, Chava
- Places
- Szeged, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Spool
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47810
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spool : spun, cut : green, grey
- Date
- 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Spool : spun, cut : green, grey
- Other Title Information
- Textileworking T&E
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Thick and coarse olive green thread wrapped around a cardboard tube. Narrative: Used in labour camps and concentration camps
- Accession No.
- 2011X.183.04
- Name Access
- Klein, Erno
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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