Napkin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47492
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Napkin : woven, sewn, machine, embroidered : white
- Date
- 1925
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Napkin : woven, sewn, machine, embroidered : white
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1925
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Rectangular shaped. Plain border, with an inside border patterned with woven trees, and additional pattern on the centre.
- Accession No.
- 2000.41.04
- Name Access
- Voticky, Anka
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Harry Knopfelmacher and Milan Voticky
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47454
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 3 1/4 in.
- Date
- 1934-1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : photography : black, white ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 3 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934-1935
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w, white border with deckled edges. Outdoors, two young boys standing and holding hands (Harry Knopfelmacher on left and Milan Voticky on right). There are trees in the background. Narrative: Milan Voticky and Harry Knopfelmacher were cousins born on the same day. Harry died at age 12 in a concentration camp.
- Accession No.
- 2000.41.16
- Name Access
- Voticky, Anka
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
License
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49660
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- License : burgundy, grey, beige, black, red, blue ; Ht: 23,0 cm x W: 19,3 cm
- Date
- March 31, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- License : burgundy, grey, beige, black, red, blue ; Ht: 23,0 cm x W: 19,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 31, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- Fold-out driver's license for Arnost Kanturek. Plain burgundy cardboard cover with grey lining; center paper is folded in four to create one large document. Issued by Prague police station. Contains a b&w portrait in b.r. of a young man in a suit with a striped tie; two red and blue "KOLEK / 8 / KORUN / 19 19" stamps, one at t.l. and one at b.l.; two circular blue "SKUSEBNI KOMISAR V PRAZE" seals, one at c.l. and one at c.r.; and one circular blue "POLICEJNI REDITELSTU PRAZE" seal at b.l.
- Accession No.
- 2000.41.28
- Name Access
- Voticky, Anka
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48350
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : cardboard : beige, blue, red, green ; Ht: 10,4 cm x W: 14,8 cm
- Date
- July 24, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : cardboard : beige, blue, red, green ; Ht: 10,4 cm x W: 14,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 24, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Czech
- Notes
- Double-sided postcard. Front shows receivers and senders information surrounded by a red border. On top right are two rectangular postage stamp. First one is green, from Czechoslovakia and shows the city of Plzen. Second one is red, from Czechoslovakia and shows a portrait of president Masaryk. On the back is a typewritten letter in blue 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 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. 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.
- 2012.15.183
- Name Access
- Peltier, Cécile
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
License
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49659
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- License : printed, stamped, handwritten : beige, black, red, blue ; Ht: 5 75 in. x W: 4 25 in.
- Date
- March 14, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- License : printed, stamped, handwritten : beige, black, red, blue ; Ht: 5 75 in. x W: 4 25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 14, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Czech
- Polish
- English
- French
- Italian
- Russian
- Arabic
- Notes
- Class A international driving license issued to Arnost Kanturek. 34 page booklet with beige cardstock covers; back cover folds out. Front cover has stamped dates and information, along with a red "KOLEK / 8 / REPUBLIKA CESKOSLOVENSKA" postage stamp in b.l.; back cover is blank except for a small "4" in a circle written in pencil at top. Third page has a b&w portrait of a young man in a suit and hat; his name and information is written below in blue ink, and a circular blue police stamp, as well as a triangular embossed "RCS" stamp are located on the photograph. The rest of the pages are empty except for the fold-out portion of back cover, which has another blue police stamp and repeats Mr. Kanturek's information. Narrative: Issued one day before the German occupation.
- Accession No.
- 2000.41.29
- Name Access
- Voticky, Anka
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Receipt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49722
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : paper : printed, handwritten, stamped : white, black ; Ht: 8 3/8 in. x W: 6 1/8 in.
- Date
- March 21, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : paper : printed, handwritten, stamped : white, black ; Ht: 8 3/8 in. x W: 6 1/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 21, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- Copy of typed emigration authorization form for Anka ? Voticky, stating that the fees have been paid allowing for emigration. It bears an "8" stamp at c.l. and a circular approval seal at b.l., beside the signature of the officer.
- Accession No.
- 1991.18.53
- Name Access
- Voticky, Anka
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Membership card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90222
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Membership card : Paper : Printed, handwritten : Ink : Blue, black ; Ht: 11,9 cm x W: 15,7 cm
- Date
- May 27, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Membership card : Paper : Printed, handwritten : Ink : Blue, black ; Ht: 11,9 cm x W: 15,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 27, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- German
- Notes
- 1 page, 1-sided. Printed with spaces filled out by hand along dotted lines. On b.l. is a rectangle with space for a photograph. Two pairs of staple marks remain but photo has been removed. This is Dezider Scheer's membership card to a Zionist organization in Prague. Narrative: Dezider Scheer was born April 26, 1918 in Mosovce, Slovakia to Nathan Scheer and Paulina Scheerova. In 1939, when Slovakia began to pass anti-Jewish laws, the Scheer family decided to immigrate illegally to Palestine, using a visa for Shanghai. Because of the cost and danger of the trip, it was decided that Dezider, then 20, would go first and then help bring his family over. He departed for Italy where a Greek boat was supposed to take him to Palestine, but the boat never came. Scheer and other Slovak refugees lived illegally in Italy for several months until they were arrested and placed in an Italian concentration camp, which Scheer described as very humane. The Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA) came to the camp looking for young Jewish men to work on farms in the Dominican Republic. Scheer was selected and left for the Dominican Republic, via Spain, Portugal and the United States, in October 1940. About 700 Jewish refugees settled in Sosua, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic during this time, where they were given land and cows. Dezider Scheer remained in Sosua until 1950 before selling his farm and moving to Canada to join his brother Jan Siroky (Scheer). Dezider Scheer’s mother and four of his siblings survived the Holocaust; two sisters and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins were deported and killed.
- Accession No.
- 1990.87.87
- Name Access
- Scheer, Dezider
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
George Ehrman and his brother Charles wearing Stars of David on Prikopy Street
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60369
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 5,5 in. x W: 3,5 in.
- Date
- 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 5,5 in. x W: 3,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- b&w, white border. Outdoors. Two men walking along a sidewalk. They are both wearing yellow star badges on their coats. People and advertising posters can be seen in the background. Narrative: George (Jiri) Ehrman was born in Strakonice (Czech Republic) on March 8, 1920. He was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt ghetto-camp (Czech Republic) in June 1942. In December 1943 he was sent from the Theresienstadt ghetto-camp to Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland) where his prisoner number was #170128. In July 1944, George Ehrman was sent to concentration camp Schwarzheide, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen, where he received this identification prisoner number.George recalls that he was made to build bunkers and repair damages after Allied air raids. From April 4, 1945 to May 5, 1945 George was part of a death march from Schwarzheide camp toward Theresienstadt ghetto-camp. He was with his brother Charles (Karel) during the march. Mr Ehrman believes that from their hometown, only him and his brother Charles (Karel) survived the Holocaust. George Ehrman immigrated to Canada and settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.57.01
- Name Access
- Ehrman, George
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78280
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, blue, black, red, purple ; Ht: 29,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- August 26, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, blue, black, red, purple ; Ht: 29,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 26, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Czech
- German
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided. On the background is a watermark of a Star of David surrounded with a laurel branch and a vine branch. On the t.l. is a red fiscal stamp valued at 5 Reichsmark. The document was issued to Georges Novak when he graduated a book-binding course. Narrative: Georges Novak was born Jiricek Pick on 1923-08-06 in Cesky Brod (Czech Republic, then Czechoslovakia). Georges' father, Vladimir, owned a large textile mill and factory that employed 400 people. His mother was an accomplished opera singer. George and his sister Hana were brought up in a Catholic home as Georges’ father had converted to Catholicism. Georges' father's Jewish identity was not revealed until the Germans identified him as a Jew. On 1939-03-15, the German Army invaded their hometown. In 1940, Georges was classified as a Jew according to the Nuremberg Laws and was forbidden to attend school. In 1941, he moved to Prague where he studied book binding. Georges' father was imprisoned by the Gestapo. In Prague, Georges was falsely arrested for sabotage and sentenced to life in prison. He spent two years at Lipa camp. He described it as a farm with livestock and a vegetable garden where Georges was guarded by a German couple. On 1943-09-13, Georges was transferred to Theresienstadt ghetto-camp. There, he was sent to a military prison called Kleine Festung. During the day, Georges was assigned to work in the garden and was able to smuggle vegetables into the ghetto-camp. In 1945-05, the Soviet Army liberated Theresienstadt. Georges escaped from the Russians and went to Prague where he attended medical school at Charles University. He learned that his parents and his sister had been deported in 1942 and were murdered in Auschwitz. Georges immigrated to Montreal alone in 1949.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.01
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Receipt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50285
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Black, White ; Ht: 11,75 in. x W: 8,25 in.
- Date
- July 24, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Black, White ; Ht: 11,75 in. x W: 8,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 24, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Czech
- German
- Notes
- 1 page, two colums of text. Narrative: Notice announcing that Friedrich Katz, residing at Stefansgasse 36 is required to handover his pet. Issued by the Jewish Community of Prague. According to regulation from July 1941, pets, such as dogs, cats, birds, in the possession of Jews and their Aryan dependants, are to be handed in.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.300.04
- Name Access
- Shears, Esther
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51258
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 3 1/2 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Date
- October 16, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 3 1/2 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 16, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- Two sides. On front the information is surrounded by a leaf patterned border. On the top right is a postage stamp with an effigy of Adolf Hitler worth 60 pfennigs and a circular ink stamp. On the back there is a handwritten letter. Narrative: This postcard was written in a deportation train by Stana and Hedvika Stuchlik and sent to donor Charlie Ponizil
- Accession No.
- 1991.17.01
- Name Access
- Ponizil, Charlie
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Education certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76598
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Education certificate : Paper ; Ht: 26 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- August 26, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Education certificate : Paper ; Ht: 26 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 26, 1944
- Notes
- beige paper printed in black ink, grey blue watermark. This is a certificate for bookbinding issued by the Jewish community of Prague to Georg Pick. 2 ink stamps for the Jewish community at the bottom of the page.
- Accession No.
- 2010.15.01
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Note
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78418
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Note : Paper : printed, handwritten, stamped : Ink : beige, black, blue, red ; Ht: 14,6 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Date
- 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Note : Paper : printed, handwritten, stamped : Ink : beige, black, blue, red ; Ht: 14,6 cm x W: 20,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hungarian
- Slovak
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided. The form was printed and filled with a blue pen. Two ink stamps. One rectangular one from D.E.G.O.B. on the t.r. and a second circular one from Red Cross on the b.r. This document could be a safe conduct to return to Czechoslovakia and Russia. Narrative: Deszo Losoncy, also known as Löwy or Losonczy, was born in Szentes, Hungary on 1904-04-12. He was deported to Birkenau, Poland for 14 to 16 months as a political prisoner. In this concentration camp, he was forced to work and clean Dr. Josef Mengele's laboratory. Later, Deszo Losoncy was also detained in Sachsenhausen, Germany, where he was liberated on 1945-04-25 by the Red Army. After the war, he lived in Budapest, Hungary and became a textile professional. He left Hungary soon after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and settled in Montreal, Canada in 1957-01 with his wife Sylvia Holcz.
- Accession No.
- 2014.21.02
- Name Access
- Loronci, Susan
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Report
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78430
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Report : Paper : printed, stamped, handwritten : Ink : beige, black, purple, red ; Ht: 14,6 cm x W: 20,7 cm
- Date
- June 27, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Report : Paper : printed, stamped, handwritten : Ink : beige, black, purple, red ; Ht: 14,6 cm x W: 20,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 27, 1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided horizontal paper. The document is a medical report certifying that Deszo Losoncy did not carry any infectious disease. Narrative: Deszo Losoncy, also known as Löwy or Losonczy, was born in Szentes, Hungary on 1904-04-12. He was deported to Birkenau, Poland for 14 to 16 months as a political prisoner. In this concentration camp, he was forced to work and clean Dr. Josef Mengele's laboratory. Later, Deszo Losoncy was also detained in Sachsenhausen, Germany, where he was liberated on 1945-04-25 by the Red Army. After the war, he lived in Budapest, Hungary and became a textile professional. He left Hungary soon after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and settled in Montreal, Canada in 1957-01 with his wife Sylvia Holcz.
- Accession No.
- 2014.21.15
- Name Access
- Loronci, Susan
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Repatriation certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn80164
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Repatriation certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Pink, black, blue ; Ht: 13,2 cm x W: 11,7 cm
- Date
- June 23, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Repatriation certificate : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Pink, black, blue ; Ht: 13,2 cm x W: 11,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 23, 1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Russian
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, 2-sided. Folded in half to make a booklet. The front has two rectangles with text inside them. Text is printed and is followed by a line with space for a handwritten response. All text is in Czech, Russian and English. Back also has two panels with rectangles, contains title on one side and short text on the other. This was a Czechoslovak Repatriation Card belonging to Jiri (George) Ehrmann. He was requesting repatriation to Prague from Auschwitz. Narrative: George (Jiri) Ehrman was born in Strakonice (Czech Republic) on March 8, 1920. He was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt ghetto-camp (Czech Republic) in June 1942. In December 1943 he was sent from the Theresienstadt ghetto-camp to Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland) where his prisoner number was #170128. In July 1944, George Ehrman was sent to concentration camp Schwarzheide, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen, where he received this identification prisoner number.George recalls that he was made to build bunkers and repair damages after Allied air raids. From April 4, 1945 to May 5, 1945 George was part of a death march from Schwarzheide camp toward Theresienstadt ghetto-camp. He was with his brother Charles (Karel) during the march. Mr Ehrman believes that from their hometown, only him and his brother Charles (Karel) survived the Holocaust. George Ehrman immigrated to Canada and settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.57.05
- Name Access
- Ehrman, George
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Telegram
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59891
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Telegram : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, red, black ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 20,6 cm
- Date
- 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Telegram : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, red, black ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 20,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Czech
- Notes
- Stock printed form with bold red line across top, double-sided, folded in half vertically, message handwritten. Telegram sent by Eugene Hecht upon arrival in Canada with Ruth. Ruth was adopted by the Hecht family after her parents were deported and killed. Narrative: Dr. Alexander Friedlieb was born in 1895/1/10 in Bratislava, Slovenia. He received his medical certificate for dentistry in July 1921. Later, he became a Sergeant (višji vodnik) in the Slovenian army from around 1925-1935. He was married to Hilda Friedlieb, who was born 1907/9/2 in Sankt Pölten, Austria, to Grielor (?) and Gigela (?) Kreidl. They moved to Skalici, Slovakia, starting 1942/9/2. They were both captured and sent to separate concentration camps. Hilda died in the Auschwitz gas chamber in 1944, age 37. Alexander was sent to an unknown concentration camp where he worked physical labor and part-time in the hospital. He died on a train en route to Bergen-Belsen from illness shortly before 1945/2/20. Their daughter, Ruth E. (Friedlieb) Dressler, was born 1932/5/22 in Czechoslovakia. She was recognized as the first war orphan of World War 2 to be admitted to Canada. She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hecht. As a child she wrote to a German pen pal in Australia. She graduated McGill University with a teaching degree and became a high school teacher in Montreal. She was married to Cary Dressler, in 1957, with a son, Kenneth, born in 1961. She died at age 30 in Newark, N.J., USA, from Hodgkin’s disease. Death occurred in the Presbyterian hospital on 1963/4/20.
- Accession No.
- 2010.13.30
- Name Access
- Hecht, Thomas O.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78432
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : off-white, black, blue ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 19,9 cm
- Date
- March 17, 1959
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : off-white, black, blue ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 19,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 17, 1959
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided horzontal paper. Letter issued by Department of Home Affairs Council of the District National Committee in Prague to Sylvia Holcz. The letter also mentions Eugen Holcz born in 1921. Narrative: Sylvia Holcz, also known as Szilvia Holcz, was born in Uherské Hradišt?, Czech Republic on 1922-02-16. After the war, she married Deszo Losoncy. She left Hungary with her husband and daughter Susanna (born on 1947-07-01) soon after the Revolution of 1956 and settled in Montreal, Canada in 1957-01.
- Accession No.
- 2014.21.17
- Name Access
- Loronci, Susan
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Koncentra?ní tabor Wulkow 1944-1945
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47762
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : blue, black, white ; Ht: 20,6 cm x W: 14,3 cm
- Date
- 1995
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : blue, black, white ; Ht: 20,6 cm x W: 14,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- 30 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Cover is light blue with black text. Interior pages are white with text. On pages 8 and 9 there are a series of b&w illustrated maps.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.30
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Siddur
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47449
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, embellished, handwritten : dark blue, brass, beige, black ; Ht: 17,7 cm x W: 12 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, embellished, handwritten : dark blue, brass, beige, black ; Ht: 17,7 cm x W: 12 cm
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- German
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Over 300 pages (exact page number is unknown). Hardcover, cardboard bound. Cover is dark blue velour, with metal (brass ?) edges. Attached to the front cover are metal (brass ?) embellishments (see condition). The centre embellishment is a Tablet of Testimony with the roman numerals 1 to 10 printed in the centre, representing the 10 commandments. The back cover have metal embellishments, in the shape of sea shells, at each corner. There is a hexagon-shaped clasp attached to the back cover edge, which hooks onto the front cover edge to keep the book closed. Interior pages are beige with text in two languages. The first few pages are handwritten, and the remaining pages are printed text. Narrative: Includes handwritten pages with dates of birth and death of family members 1893 until 1943.
- Accession No.
- 1999.13.01
- Name Access
- Jewish Public Library
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Men in Front of Statue of St. Calvary at Charles Bridge
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60163
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 9 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Outside. Three men can be seen in the lower left-hand corner of the image, standing in front of a large crucifix with Hebrew writing. Several buildings are shown in the background. This statue is loacated on the Charles bridge which crosses the Vltava river in Prague. Narrative: Donor is the wife of Viktor Matus (born Victor Neumann), who survived the war in hiding and came to Montreal in 1949. From Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia, today Slovakia. Two older brothers André and Otto were killed in January 1945 uprising. Parents were deported and killed in Auschwitz. Brother Marcel Neumann survived.
- Accession No.
- 2013.14.03
- Name Access
- Matus, Greta
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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