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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45460
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardboard : ink : beige, black, green, red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Date
May 30, 1941
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardboard : ink : beige, black, green, red ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
May 30, 1941
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Polish
Notes
Plain postcard with address handwritten in black ink on one side and text in green and black ink on the other. It has been stamped with six circular postmarks (five black and one red); one of the postmarks is from Warsaw and the red one has the Nazi Reichsadler. There is also a square purple postage stamp from the General Governement. The handwritten text on the back is mostly in green ink with an addendum in black ink at the bottom. Narrative: The postcard was sent from the Warsaw Ghetto to Riwka Abramowicz who had escaped from Warsaw and was living in Moscow. The writers were a family member and a friend.
Accession No.
1990.14.01
Name Access
Abramowicz, Tobias
Places
Warsaw, Poland, Europe
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Calendar

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45461
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Calendar : paper : printed, Mounted : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 13 in. x W: 7,25 in.
Date
1942
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Calendar : paper : printed, Mounted : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 13 in. x W: 7,25 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1942
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
Hebrew
German
Polish
Notes
Mounted on a backing board for the year, with a photograph of ghetto council leader Moredechai Chaim Rumkowski at the top. Calendar contains information about the Lodz (Litzmannstadt) ghetto history At the bottom of every page is a slogan or a quote of a Rumkowski speech (e.g. "Be sparing with electricity and gas", "Nobody has to be hungry in the ghetto", "For the good of the ghetto you have to follow my way", "The young people have to learn a trade"). The appendix includes an address and telephone register of all the work resorts and departments of the ghetto.
Accession No.
2011X.58.06
Name Access
MHMC
Places
Lodz (Litzmannstadt), Poland, Europe
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Booklet

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45463
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Booklet : folded, glued, embroidered : purple, red, beige, black ; Ht: 2 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
Date
December 12, 1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Booklet : folded, glued, embroidered : purple, red, beige, black ; Ht: 2 in. x W: 2 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
December 12, 1944
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Heart-shaped autograph book made of folded paper, with purple fabric cover embroidered with the letter F in red thread. Pages are glued together with glue made from bread starch. The booklet contains 8 folded paper pages with messages written by prisoners. There are 21 different messages inside the booklet including 2 which are not signed. 19 different names appear. 4 messages are dated 1944-12-12 and one is dated 1945-01-26. Narrative: Booklet was given to Fania Landau on her 20th birthday by 19 co-workers in the Union ammunition factory in Auschwitz. Made in secret with materials stolen or found in the camp, the heart brings together messages of hope and birthday wishes. It represents the solidarity between these women, but also their courage and strength to withstand their horrific situation. Again, at great peril, they also presented a “cake” to Fania, made of hidden bread and decorated with margarine, on December 12, 1944.
Accession No.
2011X.55.01
Name Access
Fainer (Landau), Fania
Places
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Union factory, Poland, Europe
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Envelope

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45471
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Envelope : paper : printed, handwritten : ink : blue-green, black, red ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 6,25 in.
Date
September 12, 1941
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Envelope : paper : printed, handwritten : ink : blue-green, black, red ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 6,25 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
September 12, 1941
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
Envelope issued by the Auschwitz concentration camp with printed instructions. On the left side there is a list of conditions to be observed in correspondence with prisoners; in the middle, the address to reply to; and on the right side, the address of the recipient. It bears a red 12 pfenning Paul von Hindenburg stamp, an "Auschwitz (Oberschlesien) a" postmark with the date "12 9-41 - 12", and a red approval stamp. Narrative: This envelope was sent by prisoner Ludwig Stankiewicz (b. 1903-08-25) from Auschwitz concentration camp to Mrs. Helene Stankiewicz in the Generalgouvernement.
Accession No.
2011X.58.180
Name Access
MHMC
Places
Auschwitz, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Kwiaty O?wi?cimia

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45474
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : beige, brown, black, white ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 21,7 cm
Date
1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : beige, brown, black, white ; Ht: 26,8 cm x W: 21,7 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1945
Creator
-
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
French
German
Russian
Polish
Notes
Approximately 83 pages; hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Beige cover with a woven fabric texture; thin brown border with a smaller brown square bordering the title. Printed above the title is a square image with a face; title and author also printed on the spine. Interior pages consist of text and b&w illustrations. The first few pages have only text; the remaining pages have pictures on one side with short captions printed on the reverse, at the bottom.
Accession No.
2011X.172.01
Name Access
Jewish Public Library
Places
Krakow, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45475
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardboard : Ink : beige, blue, black ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Date
June 3, 1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : cardboard : Ink : beige, blue, black ; Ht: 4,25 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
June 3, 1944
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
Plain postcard sent by Sandor Zafir to his brother upon his arrival in Auschwitz. There is no stamp. A rubber stamp restricts answers to postcards of 30 words or less, in German, and adds that it was delivered by the Association of Hungarian Jews in Budapest. Narrative: Sandor Zafir was deported from the ghetto of Satu Mare to Auschwitz; he arrived on 1944-06-03. The postcard was written by a clerk in German on the day Sandor Zafir arrived at the camp; Mr. Zafir was asked to address and sign it. Sandor's brother, the recipient ofthis postcard, was in a Hungarian labour camp at the time the postcard was sent. The text is designed to reassure the family that all is well. The differences in handwriting are clearly visible; furthermore, the Zafir family did not speak German at home and so Sandor would not have written to his brother in German.
Accession No.
2002.06.11
Name Access
Zafir, Alexander (Sandor)
Places
Auschwitz, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Entrance to the Ghetto

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45482
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Print : paper : woodcut : ink : black, white ; Ht: 13 in. x W: 9 1/4 in.
Date
[ca. 1954-1956]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Print : paper : woodcut : ink : black, white ; Ht: 13 in. x W: 9 1/4 in.
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
[ca. 1954-1956]
Creator
-
Physical Condition
Excellent
Notes
Print depicts an outdoor scene at the entrance of the Warsaw ghetto. In the foreground is an open gate with barbed wire on either side. A Jewish man wearing a Star of David is showing a German soldier a paper. A line of people stretches out behind him. In the background one can see the buildings of the ghetto. Narrative: All 16 of the prints in this series deal with life in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. This print refers to work permits issued to Jews working outside of the ghetto and to the checkpoints.
Accession No.
2000.69.02
Name Access
Hornstein, Michael
Places
Warsaw, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Blanket

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45483
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Blanket : Sewn : Blue, Grey, Green ; Ht: 36 1/2 in. x W: 51 1/2 in.
Date
1939-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Blanket : Sewn : Blue, Grey, Green ; Ht: 36 1/2 in. x W: 51 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Bedding
Date
1939-1945
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Blanket consists of small square patches stitched together to form a large square blanket. Concentration camp blanket. Narrative: This blanket was issued to prisoner in a concentration camp, it was used by Sonia Aronowicz during a death march. Sonia Aronowicz was born in 1915 in Vilnius, Poland (today Lithuania). Her family had lived in Vilnius for many generations. She was married to a lawyer named Misha Aronowicz and studied to become an accountant. In 1941, after the Nazis invaded the region, Sonia and her family were sent to the Vilnius ghetto. The ghetto was liquidated in September 1943 and men and women were separated. This was the last time Sonia saw her husband Misha and her younger brother Ariye. Her parents went into hiding. Sonia was deported along with her friend, Miriam and Miriam’s sister-in-law, Minya. The three of them made a pact to always stay together. This gave them strength. Together they worked successively in the concentration camps of Riga-Kaiserwald and Riga-Strasdenhof in Latvia, and Stutthof and Bromberg-Ost (in Bydgoszcz), Poland. Their work was very demanding, they built rails for trains and hauled wood to build barracks. Sonia was then sent on a death march and was eventually liberated by Soviet soldiers in Pomorze, Poland.
Accession No.
2011X.330.01
Name Access
Tencer, Naomi
Places
Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Jewish man arrested by two Germans inside the ghetto

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45496
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 7 in.
Date
1943
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 7 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1943
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w, white border. Outdoors. Two German Schutzstaffel (SS) soldiers are removing a Jewish man's outer jacket; their gazes are down. The Jewish man wears glasses, a flat cap, a scarf, and a dark coloured jacket with a Star of David badge on the right side. They stand in front of a brick wall with a window. The SS on the right side wears the insignia of a chief squad leader or Hauptscharführer.
Accession No.
2000.80.11
Name Access
Jewish Public Library
Places
Warsaw, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Postcard

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45497
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Postcard : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Black, grey, white ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 14 cm
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Postcard : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Black, grey, white ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 14 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Physical Condition
Good
Language
English
Polish
Notes
Postcard format card with printed image, space for stamp and address on back commemorative postcard with four panels. No message or adressee. Postcard contains photos of Polish clergyman Father Maksymilian Kolbe, his death certificate, filled out and stamped with the Reichsadler; an oil portait of Father Kolbe in a prisoner's uniform, wearing wooden shoes and cap in hand; and a close-up of his identification triangle and number.
Accession No.
2001.55.69
Name Access
Jewish Public Library
Places
Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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German officer in front of burning buildings

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45506
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 10,2 cm
Date
1933-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 10,2 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1933-1945
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w, white border. Outdoors. Nazi officer stands next to a shedhouse while smoke and flames emanate from buildings in the background. He is wearing a Schirmmütze (peaked cap) and a greatcoat that extends to his knees and is tightly belted at the waist. He is holding a shovel and a dark sack. Small trees and a water pump can be seen in the background.
Accession No.
2001.01.22
Name Access
Schnurbach, Shirley
Places
Poland?, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Deportation of Jews

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45507
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 10 cm
Date
1939-1945
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 10 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1939-1945
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w, white border. Outdoors. Two people ready to be deported. The man facing the camera is wearing a dark coat and flat cap; he has a white fabric bag slung across his chest and a large mug tied to his jacket. The other person is a young woman with her back turned; she is wearing a pale jacket with a Star of David that reads "Jude" between her shoulderblades and a wool cap. There are belongings scattered in the background in front of houses.
Accession No.
2001.01.23
Name Access
Schnurbach, Shirley
Places
Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Child Carrying a Burlap Sack

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45509
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 10,1 cm x W: 7,1 cm
Date
1939-1943
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 10,1 cm x W: 7,1 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1939-1943
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w with white border. Outdoors, portrait of a child carrying a burlap sack. The child’s eyes are hidden under his wooly hat so that only the face below the child’s eyes is visible. The child is dressed in clothes several sizes too big and has a dirty face and hands. He wears a leather glove on his left hand.
Accession No.
1990.18.40
Name Access
Sporn, Salek
Places
Poland?, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Jewish women and children arriving at Birkenau

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45513
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 8,9 cm x W: 13,6 cm
Date
May 19, 1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 8,9 cm x W: 13,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
May 19, 1944
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w, white border. Outdoors. A group of deported Jewish women and children arriving at Birkenau camp. Most women are wearing headscarves, some are wearing Stars of David on their coats. Railway wagons can be seen in the background. Considering the date, the prisoners are probably Hungarian Jews.
Accession No.
1998.48.09
Name Access
Zelikovic, Helen & Sam
Places
Birkenau, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Announcement

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45515
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Announcement : paper : typed : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 5 3/4 in. x W: 8 1/8 in.
Date
March 2, 1941
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Announcement : paper : typed : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 5 3/4 in. x W: 8 1/8 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
March 2, 1941
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
One page notice, text on verso only. Message advising all wagoners in the ghetto against theft; warning them that they will have their horse and wagon confiscated, be arrested and assigned to hard labour.
Accession No.
2011X.61.02
Name Access
Weiner, Bono
Places
Lodz (Litzmannstadt), Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Postage Stamp Sheet

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45516
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Postage Stamp Sheet : paper : printed : ink : blue, white ; Ht: 4 5/8 in. x W: 7 3/8 in.
Date
1942-1944
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Postage Stamp Sheet : paper : printed : ink : blue, white ; Ht: 4 5/8 in. x W: 7 3/8 in.
Other Title Information
Exchange Medium
Date
1942-1944
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
German
Notes
Uncut sheet of twenty stamps worth 5 "Rumkies". Each has a portrait of Chaim Rumkowski, a gear, factories, a compass, a spool of thread, scissors and a Star of David. Narrative: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski (February 27, 1877 - August 28, 1944) was nominated head of the Ältestenrat ("Council of Elders") of the Lodz ghetto by the Nazis in 1940. He established a monetary system, which soon came to be called "Rumkies", and announced a competition for the design of stamps on 1942-01-30.
Accession No.
2011X.363.05
Name Access
Zeliger, Joseph
Places
Lodz (Litzmannstadt), Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Tefillin

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45520
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Tefillin : painted, glued, sewn : black, brown, gold ; Ht: 6 cm x W: 8 cm x De: 6 cm
Date
[Prior to 1938]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Tefillin : painted, glued, sewn : black, brown, gold ; Ht: 6 cm x W: 8 cm x De: 6 cm
Other Title Information
Ceremonial Artifact
Date
[Prior to 1938]
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Pair of tefillin. Moulded wood boxes painted black with gold underside. They are attached to leather bases and by brown leather straps. On both sides of the head-tefillin, the Hebrew letter shin (?) is carved in relief.
Accession No.
2011.28.01-02
Places
Poland (Europe)
Archival / Genealogical
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Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Fela Eckstein

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45600
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 8,8 cm
Date
February 7, 1927
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 8,8 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
February 7, 1927
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Polish
Notes
B&w photograph. A portrait of a young woman wearing a black top with a flower print blouse and a long strand of pearls. The woman is Alice Eckstein's cousin, Fela.
Accession No.
1991.40.02
Name Access
Shenkier, Maurice
Places
Warsaw, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Portrait of Fela Eckstein

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45601
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 8,6 cm
Date
1929
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 8,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1929
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Polish
Notes
b&w. A woman is shown wearing a head wrap, a black coat with the letter F sewn into it and a pair of black boots. The woman is Fela Eckstein. Narrative: Fela was Alice Eckstein's cousin. She was a Polish movie actress, who had roles in many Yiddish films. She was killed at Auschwitz concentration camp.
Accession No.
1991.40.03
Name Access
Shenkier, Maurice
Places
Warsaw, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Sledding at Winter Resort

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45603
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 14,1 cm
Date
January 1930
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 14,1 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
January 1930
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Polish
Notes
An outdoor scene, in which two women and one man are sitting on a sled on a snowy hill. Those depicted in the photograph are Alice Eckstein's friends and her cousin, Fela.
Accession No.
1991.40.06
Name Access
Shenkier, Maurice
Places
Zakopane, Poland, Europe
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