Basel, Rathaus
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78282
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink; Pencil : black, beige, blue, red , purple, green ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 13,9 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink; Pencil : black, beige, blue, red , purple, green ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 13,9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Yiddish
- Polish
- Notes
- The recto shows a color drawing of the city hall of Basel, Switzerland. In front of the city hall are a lot of people, possibly a market. On the verso are an address, on the r., and a handwritten message, on the l. Postcard is being sent in Opatow in Poland. Narrative: Leah Erman was a dressmaker in Opatow, Poland before the war. During World War II, she was forced to live in a ghetto in Sandomierz, Poland with her husband, Saul Erman and her son Erman Meir. In 1943, she and her son were sent to Starachowice labor camp, Poland where her son was working in an ammunition plant since his was a blacksmith. In 1944, the labor camp was liquidated and the prisoners still able to work were sent to Auschwitz where her head was shaved. She was then separated from her son. Leah came to Montreal from Austria. The donor, Erman Meir, went the Palestine after the war and immigrated in Montreal after the war.
- Accession No.
- 1991.14.06
- Name Access
- Erman, Meir
- Places
- Basel, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Le calvaire d’un médecin polonais: Témoignage d'un ancien étudiant à l'université de Genève
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47866
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound : green, black, beige ; Ht: 15,8 cm x W: 10,5 cm
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound : green, black, beige ; Ht: 15,8 cm x W: 10,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 32 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Cover is green with black text; back cover has 1 small line of text printed at the bottom centre. Interior pages are beige with text. Narrative: The book is account of Doctor Adolphe Gleichgewicht
- Accession No.
- 2005.19.01
- Name Access
- Hazan, Eddie
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Card, identification
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75263
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card, identification : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Blue, Black, Beige, Purple ; Ht: 6 in. x W: 4,25 in.
- Date
- September 22, 1942-September 22, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card, identification : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Blue, Black, Beige, Purple ; Ht: 6 in. x W: 4,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 22, 1942-September 22, 1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- French
- Italian
- Notes
- 17 pages. Soft cover, paper bound with staples. Cover is blue cardboard; title and coat of arms are printed in the centre in black. Issued for Chaim Karasin, born in 1913 in Warsaw. His nationality is described as stateless, civil status as married, and profession as leatherworker. Physical description found of page 2, photograph and signature on page 3. Document issued September 22, 1943 for 1 year, renewed on September 22, 1944 for another year. Stamp on page 6 attesting that cardholder was interned from January 26, 1943. Work permit stamp on page 6, allowing cardholder to work as leatherworker in Geneva. Address and subsequent address changes on pages 6 and 7. Pages 8 - 13 blank. Pages 14 and 15 contain food rations from November 1943 to May 1945. Stamps at top of page 17 indicates on October 13, 1944, cardholder received 40 ration points for fabric and 60 ration points for shoes Narrative: Chaim Karasin was the father of the donor. He obtained refugee status in Switzerland in 1943, which had very strict asylum laws. Chaim, his wife Ruchla Hasfeld, and Beatrice, born in 1941, all survived the war. From 1933 to 1944, Swiss asylum was only granted to those who were under threat due to their political activities. Only 252 people were granted full asylum and refugee status during WWII and were allowed to work in Switzerland. The details are unknown, but the work permit in this identification card indicates that Chaim was one of these 252 refugees.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.30
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Bern, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
General Henri Guisan
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78530
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : ink : Beige, black, white ; Ht: 14,7 cm x W: 10,2 cm
- Date
- October 16, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : ink : Beige, black, white ; Ht: 14,7 cm x W: 10,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 16, 1939
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Recto has b&w photograph portrait of General Henri Guisan, the General of the Swiss Army during the Second World War. Verso has handwritten message and address, with red postal stamp from Switzerland on top right, with a postal ink stamp and censor ink stamp. Postcard sent to Serge Philipson. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.265
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
General Henri Guisan on a horse
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78531
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : ink : Beige, black, white ; Ht: 14,5 cm x W: 10,4 cm
- Date
- October 16, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : ink : Beige, black, white ; Ht: 14,5 cm x W: 10,4 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 16, 1939
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Recto has b&w photograph of General Henri Guisan on a horse. Guisan was the general of the Swiss Army during the Second World War. Verso has handwritten message and address, with red postal stamp from Switzerland on top right with postal ink stamp and censor ink stamp. Postcard sent to Marcel Goldberg in Dublin.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.266
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59579
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification Card : Paper : Print ; Ht: 28 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- March 27, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification Card : Paper : Print ; Ht: 28 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 27, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- German
- Italian
- Notes
- Yellowing paper folded vertically and horizontally. One quarter segment is reinforced with a card, which is brittle and delaminating. There is a photograph of the card holder on the lower right segment, stamped with two stamps from the Department of Federal Justice and Police. There is an ink stamp BL. Form is filled in by hand. This is the Swiss ID card (No. 6784) of Chaim Karasin This id card would become invalid if the holder left Switzerland. It was issued 27 March 1946. C. Karasin was the father of Beatrice Barzilai. This document was found by B. Barzilai in her mother’s home. Narrative: Chaim Karasin is a Russian refugee. He was born 3 December 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, to Abraham Karasin and Beila (Baijla) Fridman (who had both died by 22 June 1942). Chaim was married to Ruchla Hasfield on 22 June 1942 (she was born 18 May 1910). She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had four children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). In 1944, Chaim was described as being 175 cm tall, small, with short hair. At this point he was a Polish refugee, arriving in Geneva on 9 Oct 1943. Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Chaim's parents seem to have been discharged from Westerbork holding camp on 12 January 1943. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor May 21 1943. Chaim immigrated to Canada in April 1951.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.34
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Berne, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59613
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification Card : Cardstock : Print, Handwritten : Ink : Orange, black ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 16,5 cm
- Date
- October 08, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification Card : Cardstock : Print, Handwritten : Ink : Orange, black ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 16,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 08, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- Folded with two holes punched in the bottom. Photo of card holder stapled to front with date of arrival in Geneva (1943-11-2). On back are twin forms in French and Dutch. This identity card given by the Refugee Department of the Legation for Dutch people in Switzerland was issued to Ruchla Karasin in November 1944. It could only be used in Switzerland and was not a passport. Narrative: Chaim Karasin is a Russian refugee. He was born 3 December 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, to Abraham Karasin and Beila (Baijla) Fridman (who had both died by 22 June 1942). Chaim was married to Ruchla Hasfield on 22 June 1942 (she was born 18 May 1910). She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had four children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). In 1944, Chaim was described as being 175 cm tall, small, with short hair. At this point he was a Polish refugee, arriving in Geneva on 9 Oct 1943. Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor 21 May 1943.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.17
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Bern, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Identification certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60380
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : paper : beige, black, blue, yellow,grey ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 11 cm
- Date
- July 11, 1945-July 11, 1946
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification certificate : paper : beige, black, blue, yellow,grey ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 11 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 11, 1945-July 11, 1946
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- German
- Notes
- Official form folded in four. On the left-hand side is compiled information about the card holder, Inge Kapp and a b&w identification photograph. On right hand side are different stamps and visas related to Inge Kapp's travel including a visa for Palestine and a stamp from the Swiss border agency in Geneva dated August 30, 1945.
- Accession No.
- 1991.39.1
- Name Access
- Neuman, Inge
- Places
- Bern, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48298
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : paper : printed, typewritten, stamped, handwritten : beige, black, red ; Ht: 14,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- June 15, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : paper : printed, typewritten, stamped, handwritten : beige, black, red ; Ht: 14,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 15, 1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- German
- Italian
- Notes
- Swiss Red Cross correspondence form for assistance to children. The Red Cross logo is located at top left with on the right a small black illustration of a boy and a girl looking at a Red Cross sign. An ink stamp on bottom reads “CROIS-ROUGE SUISSE, SECOURS AUX ENFANTS / SECRÉTARIAT CENTRALE / SERVICE D’HÉBERGEMENT”. The letter concerns Elzbieta (Elizabeth) and Celinka (Cécile) Zilberbogen’s request to be hosted in Switzerland. It was sent by the hosting service of the Swiss Red Cross and was received by Mrs. Robert Vaucher in Bern. Narrative: Elzbieta (Elizabeth) and Celinka (Cecile) Zilberbogen were sisters and both lived at OSE children's home La Chaumière. After an investigation from an assistant of Thonon, the Swiss Red Cross hosting service considered that they where at ease in that home and therefore didn’t need to be hosted in Switzerland.
- Accession No.
- 2012.15.87
- Name Access
- Peltier, Cécile
- Places
- Bern, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49983
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige, black, red, purple ; Ht: 20,9 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Date
- January 12, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige, black, red, purple ; Ht: 20,9 cm x W: 14,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 12, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Double-sided. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.364
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60376
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : beige, black, red, blue, purple ; Ht: 8,75 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Date
- December 11, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : beige, black, red, blue, purple ; Ht: 8,75 in. x W: 5,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 11, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Polish
- French
- Notes
- Red Cross letter printed form. International Red Cross symbol is printed in red on top centre of the page Narrative: International Red Cross sent an inquiry in June 1940 from Tel-Aviv, Palestine on behalf of Herc Izternlicht to Jacob Zelazo in Warsaw, Poland inquiring as to his well being. The response from Warsaw dated March 23, 1941 was received on May 5, 1941: We are in good health. Father's death anniversary - 28 Adar; and mother's eve of Rosh Hashanah. Your bothers are in good health. Jankiel Zelazo
- Accession No.
- 1991.27.01
- Name Access
- Kotler, Frieda
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76324
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : handwritten, printed : Ink : beige, blue ; Ht: 18,8 cm x W: 29,6 cm
- Date
- June 15, 1929
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : handwritten, printed : Ink : beige, blue ; Ht: 18,8 cm x W: 29,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 15, 1929
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hungarian
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Paper folded horizontally and vertically. Addressed to Mancikòm and signed Borid. Recto at top right: "Montreux Chillon", indicating letter was written in Switzerland. Beige paper envelope with blue and gold patterned lining. Narrative: Donor is Elaine Kalman Naves, daughter of Gustav and Anikó Weinberger. Mancika Weinberger (born 1910; died 1944) was the first wife of Gustav Weinberger. Mancika was killed in Auschwitz in 1944. This collection of correspondence was used as part of the research for the following book: Kalman Naves, Elaine. Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. Print.
- Accession No.
- 2014.01.08
- Name Access
- Kalman Naves, Elaine
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76819
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- July 15, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 15, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Typewritten personnal letter to Serge Philipson from H.L. Arnet. He tells that he got news from Serge's family and hope he is going well. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.018
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Wohlen, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76830
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige ; Ht: 14,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- September 11, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Beige ; Ht: 14,8 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- September 11, 1942
- Physical Condition
- good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page. Handwritten in black ink. Personal letter to Serge Philipson from H.L. Arnet. On top left is a header with the sender informations. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.031
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Wohlen, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Memorandum
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45491
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Memorandum : paper : typed, handwritten : ink; pencil : beige, black ; Ht: 11 5/8 in. x W: 8 1/4 in.
- Date
- February 26, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Memorandum : paper : typed, handwritten : ink; pencil : beige, black ; Ht: 11 5/8 in. x W: 8 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 26, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Double-sided memorandum detailing rules for Jewish immigrants in Basel. It contains curfew rules, as well as places and restaurants they can and can’t go. The punishment for breaking these rules is imprisonment. There are handwritten calculations written on the reverse in the bottom right corner.
- Accession No.
- 2005.20.01
- Name Access
- Fischer, Walter
- Places
- Basel, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
L'O.S.E.: Sous l'occupation allemande en France 1940-1944
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47575
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : beige, red, black ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 16 cm
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : beige, red, black ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 16 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- 82 pages. Softcover, paper bound with string. Cover is beige, with red and black text; a series of thin horizontal red lines run at the bottom of the cover. Interior pages are beige, with text and illustrated maps. A few white glossy pages are found throughout the book, with photos of people and photocopies of documents.
- Accession No.
- 2000.100.01
- Name Access
- Garel, Élise
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard ?
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49826
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard ? : Paper : Beige, black, red, ; Ht: 10,6 cm x W: 15 cm
- Date
- November 13, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard ? : Paper : Beige, black, red, ; Ht: 10,6 cm x W: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 13, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- French
- Notes
- Double-sided. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.168
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Receipt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76170
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 11 1/2 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- March 19, 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 11 1/2 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 19, 1945
- Physical Condition
- fragile
- Language
- French
- Notes
- One page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document dated March 19, 1945, issued by the Vice-Consul of France in Geneva, Switzerland. It states that Chaim and Ruchla Karasin have made a request to return to Graulhet, France, to the St. Pierre neighborhood where they used to live. Narrative: Chaim and Ruchla Karasin were the parents of the donor, Beatrice Barzilai (Karasin). Both were born in Warsaw, Poland. Chaim emigrated to Belgium in 1927, and Ruchla moved to the Netherlands with her family sometime in the 1930s. The details of how they met is unknown, but they married in 1942 in France, where Beatrice had been born a year prior. From 1943, the family survived the war in Switzerland, where Chaim was granted official refugee status.
- Accession No.
- 1996.27.25
- Name Access
- Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Travel Invoice
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59370
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Travel Invoice : Paper : Printed, typed : Ink : Yellow, dark blue, purple ; Ht: 26 cm x W: 22 cm
- Date
- December 23, 1956
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Travel Invoice : Paper : Printed, typed : Ink : Yellow, dark blue, purple ; Ht: 26 cm x W: 22 cm
- Other Title Information
- Exchange Medium
- Date
- December 23, 1956
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Italian
- Notes
- Thin paper invoice with decorative border of two parallel lines, Sicula Oceanica S.A. letterhead, back of page contains legal conditions of ticket purchase, front has company information, quantity of purchase, and date of voyage. Purchase of two tickets from Geneva to Canada for Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Lorincz on 24 December 1956 on the ship Venezuela. Narrative: Rev. Isodore Lorincz was born 6 January 1908 in Hungary. His parents were Lowi Netti and Loliner (?) Jakob. He attended high school and Yeshiva, and graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary of Budapest with ordination and smicha. During World War 2 his family was killed in Auschwitz. He came to Canada in 1957 after fleeing the revolution in Hungary. He served in two congregations before serving the Shaare Zedek Congregation as ritual director, then as Chazzan Sheni with a congregation in Hamilton, Ontario, for three years. Afterwards he served as rabbi in Port Colborne, Ontario. He settled in Montreal, Quebec, in 1962 where he became Chazzan Sheni for the next 26 years. He and his wife, Zita, continued to live in Montreal until there death around 2005. Zita was born 2 Jan 1917 in Nograd, Hungary.
- Accession No.
- 2000.72.5
- Name Access
- Goldman, Harry
- Places
- Geneva, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Wettstein brige in Basel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78533
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : ink : Beige, black, white ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 14 cm
- Date
- November 15, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : ink : Beige, black, white ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 14 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 15, 1939
- Language
- German
- French
- Notes
- Recto has b&w photograph of a bridge crossing a river with a church in the background. Verso has handwritten message and address with postal stamp on top right and postal ink stamp. Postcard sent to Serge Philipson in Galway. Narrative: In the 1920’s Serge and Sophie Philipson (nee Orbach) left Berlin for Paris due to rising antisemitism. On July 15, 1930 their daughter Rachel was born. Serge, Sophie and Rachel were Polish citizen, they never got either the German or the French citizenship. In Paris, Serge worked for Les Modes Modernes, the hat factory of his brother-in-law, Henri. When an opportunity to expand the business in Ireland arose, Serge moved to Galway. The new factory opened in July 1938. In August 1939, Sophie, Rachel, and 4 other family members (Rachel’s cousin Stéphane, his maternal grandmother Néné, Serge’s sister Esther and Serge’s sister-in-law Choura) left for Cabourg, in Normandy. After the winter 1939-1940 it became difficult to communicate with Ireland but Rachel and Sophie could still send and receive letter from Serge. At the end of winter 1940, the group moved to Néris and in July 1940, after the occupation of France by Germany, they settled in the zone libre in the village of Cauterets, on the border with Spain. They were reunited with Robert, Serge’s brother. In August 1942, 4 family members (Sophie’s sister Ella and her husband Ernest, their daughter Ruth, Serge’s siblings Robert and Esther) were arrested by local police and deported. They were not seen again. At the beginning of 1943, Sophie, her mother Augusta and Rachel moved to Maubourguet. In April 1943, they moved to Cannes in Hotel Victoria with Henri, Stéphane and Néné. Henri, Sophie and Augusta went into hiding together while cousins Stéphane and Rachel were taken care of by Néné and returned to Maubourguet. In January 1944, Henri, Sophie and Augusta were denounced and arrested. They were transferred to Marseille before being sent by train to Drancy transit camp from where they were deported. It is believed they were killed in a Polish killing centre. In 1944, Rachel moved from one place to another – under a non-Jewish identity - and continued to correspond with her father. In June 1945, she reunited with her father Ireland. They had not seen each other for 6 years. In 1951, Rachel got married. In 1954, she immigrated to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.08.268
- Name Access
- Levy, Rachel
- Places
- Basel, Switzerland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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