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Caskets of victims of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50022
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 12,5 cm x W: 17,4 cm
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 12,5 cm x W: 17,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- White border with deckled edges. Outdoor scene of two men surrounded by casket laying on the ground in a field with a forest in the background. The man on the left seems like military. Some flowers have been laid on the caskets. The caskets belong to victims of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.44
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Charles Krameisen at memorial service of the victims of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50016
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 17,3 cm x W: 12,7 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 17,3 cm x W: 12,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- White border with deckled edges. Outdoor scene in which Charles Krameisen is around a crowd of people. Two men are looking at him trying to confort him. One of them is touching his shoulder. Charles Krameisen is wearing a long woolen coat with a white shirt and a dark tie underneath. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.27
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Charles Krameisen at memorial service of the victims of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50017
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 17,1 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 17,1 cm x W: 12,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- White border with deckled edges. Outdoor scene in which Charles Krameisen issurrounded by many people at a memorial service. On both side of him two children , a boy and a girl. Everyone is wearing a hat and sober clothing. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.28
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Man getting out of one of the Guerry’s wells
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50018
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 12,2 cm x W: 17,4 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 12,2 cm x W: 17,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- White border with deckled edges. Outdoor scene of a man with a gas mask and attached to a rope getting out of a well. In the background a wall with a vine. Two men, one on both sides of the well are pulling him out by turning the well's mechanism. This photograph testifies of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.33
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
People mourning for the tragedy of Guerry’s wells
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50021
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 12,2 cm x W: 17,2 cm
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 12,2 cm x W: 17,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- White border with deckled edges. Outdoor scene of nine people wearing dress clothes. The only woman is in the middle and she is crying. This photographs surrounds the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.43
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portraint of Fernand Bernheim-Dennery
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49997
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, indoor portrait of Fernand Bernheim-Dennery. He is wearing a dark suit with white shirt and a patterned tie. He has a mustaches and is bald. Fernand Bernheim-Dennery was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.07
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Adolphe Klein.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50014
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,7 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- white border, round indoor portrait of Adolphe Klein. He is wear a grey suit, white shirt and a polka-dot tie. Adolphe Klein was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.25
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Alezandre Rosenfeld
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50007
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 9 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, round portrait of Alexandre Rosenfeld seated, holding a light hat and wearing a grey suit, white shirt and dark tie. He is smilling and looking straight ahead. Alexandre Rosenfeld was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.18
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Alphonsine Wolf
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50013
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, round indoor portrait of Alphonsine Wolf. She is wearing a black vest with a patterned shirt underneath. Alphonsine Wolf was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.24
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Armand Brunschwig
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50015
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- white border, round indoor portrait of Arman Brunschwig. He is wearing a dark suite, a stripped shirt and a dark tie. Armand Brunschwig was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.26
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Charles Halkain
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50000
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,7 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, full length rectangular indoor portrait of Charles Halkain wearing dark clothes and a hat, there is a light coloured patch on his right breast pocket. Charles Halkain was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.11
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Felix Wolf
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50004
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, round indoor portrait of Felix Wolf wearing a dark suit, white shirt and patterned tie. He is bald and has a small square mustache. Felix Wolf was of victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.15
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Gaston Levy
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50012
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, round indoor portrait of Gaston Levy in front of a plain background. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and patterned tie. He is wearing round glasses and is looking to his right. Gaston Levy was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.23
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Gédéon Weill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50006
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, round photograph of an indoor portrait of Gégéon Weill. Gédéon Weill was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.17
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Georges Juda
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50009
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, round indoor portrait of Georges Juda in front of a plain background. He is wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt. He has a small mustache. Georges Juda was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.20
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Isaac Dreyfu
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50005
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, round outdoor portrait of Isaac Dreyfus. Behind him on his right a tree and on his left some wood and straw (?). He is wearing a grey suit, patterned tie and glasses. Isaac Dreyfus was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.16
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Lucien Kahn
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50008
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, indoor portrait of Lucien Kahn in front of a plain background. He is wearing round glasses, a grey suit, a light shirt and tie. He is partially bald and is not smilling. Lucien Kahn was of victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.19
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Maier Dawidovici
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49999
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, round indoor portrait of Maier Davdovici (?) wearing a dark suit, patterned tie and light shirt. His eyes are wide open and he is staring in ahead. Maier Dabdovici was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.10
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Marce Walewyk
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50011
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, indoor indoor portrait of Marcel Walewyk in front of a plain background. . He is wearing a suite and patterned tie. Marcel Walewyk was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.22
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Portrait of Marek Neschel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50001
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,7 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : paper : b&w ; Ht: 13,8 cm x W: 8,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- French
- Notes
- White border, indoor portrait of Marek Neschel wearing a light suit, shirt and tie. He is looking to his left. Marek Neschel was a victim of the tragedy of Guerry’s wells. Narrative: The tragedy of Guerry’s wells is a jewish persecution that took place the night of the 21st and 22nd of July 1944 at Saint-Amand-Montrond (France) on a farm. 36 persons where thrown in three different wells along with some stones in order to crush them alive. Since the beginning of the war many Jewish hid there. Charles Krameisen was the only survivor. He went to the police to tell the tragedy. Robert Monheit (the donor) helped to hid Jews from Alsace-Lorraine (his hometown) to Saint-Amand-Montrond and nearby villages such as La Chartre. He gave lessons to the son of Charles Krameisen to prepare for his bar mitzvah. Regarding the wells, as he was in charge of reorganizing the post-war Jewish life in Alsace-Lorraine and had already links with Saint-Amand, he was part of the witnesses invited to attend the exhumation of the bodies of victims. His religious functions confirmed that the survivors had lost their spouses and therefore gave them permission to remarry.
- Accession No.
- 2012.31.12
- Name Access
- Monheit, Robert
- Places
- St-Amand, France, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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