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- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 16
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- HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION 9
- Hebrew Sick Benefit Association Membership Form 9
- KENEDER ADLER 2
- Montreal Holocaust Museum 124
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The 20th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1943-1963 (Translation)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47793
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : beige, blue, black ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 14 cm
- Date
- 1943-1963
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, graphic arts : beige, blue, black ; Ht: 21 cm x W: 14 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1943-1963
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Notes
- 32 pages; softcover with paper stapled binding; manila covers with blue lettering, an illustration of a man and woman ghetto fighters on front. Interior pages are beige with black printed text.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.329.01
- Name Access
- Tauben, Irwin
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Af b'ri
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76695
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
- Date
- 1926
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
- Other Title Information
- Sound Communication T&E
- Date
- 1926
- Creator
- Hershman, Mordechay
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Black 78 rpm record with green and gold center label. Cantorial record for the holioday of Sukkot, including the tracks: Af b'ri [af bri]; Tanchum
- Accession No.
- 2012X.24.10
- Name Access
- Weinstein, Stanley
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
ALASKA: Los Angeles Times article October 29, 1946 - 'Times' man tells saga of three Alaska pioneers'
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn56135
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; ZD; ZD
- Date
- 1946
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1946
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- ZD
- File No.
- ZD
- Notes
- Article focuses on Zach Loussac, who gave his fortune to Anchorage for cultural projects. File includes Louis Rosenberg memo re Jews and frontier settlement.
- Places
- Alaska, United States
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Army photographer
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90359
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 10,2 cm x W: 12,8 cm
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 10,2 cm x W: 12,8 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Creator
- Levey, Harris
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Notes
- White border. Outdoors. Young soldier wearing an American uniform sitting in the sun. He is on the back bumper of a car with Wyoming plates, holding a large Speed Graphic camera. He is smiling and looking to the left. Narrative: Photographer Harris Levey was part of the US Air force, 15th tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo Unit.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.158.22
- Name Access
- Levey, Jonathan
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
ARONSON, H.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy599
- Collection
- HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
- Material Type
- textual record
- Membership Date
- January 25, 1903
- Place of Birth
- United States
- Place of Residence
- Montreal
- Address in Canada
- 1674 Ontario Street
- Age at Time of Membership
- 25
- Occupation
- Designer
- Notes
- In good health: yes; Free of chronic illness: yes.
- Record Source
- Hebrew Sick Benefit Association Membership Form
- Fonds No.
- I0017
- File No.
- MB 16-04-01
- Item No.
- 2-372
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47782
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : blue, beige, brown, black, yellow, white ; Ht: 30,5 cm x W: 24,3 cm
- Date
- 2002
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : blue, beige, brown, black, yellow, white ; Ht: 30,5 cm x W: 24,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 2002
- Creator
- 0
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 135 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound. Cover is blue, fabric with the title printed in the centre, in silver, surrounded by a square border. There is a glossy dustjacket that goes over the cover, with a colour illustration of a Jewish uprising. The back of the jacket is blue-grey, with a partial illustration of an arm with a Star of David armband. Interior pages are glossy, white; they consist of text and coloured illustrations. Narrative: This book is a publication from the exhibit "The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk", which was created by the United States Holocaust Memorial Centre.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.83.01
- Name Access
- Bracie, Alexandra
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Art of the Holocaust
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47758
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : white, black ; Ht: 31,3 cm x W: 23,3 cm
- Date
- 1981
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, graphic arts : white, black ; Ht: 31,3 cm x W: 23,3 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1981
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 272 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Cover is white with the title imprinted diagonally across in white, along with a Star of David and a swastika. The title and author are printed in black along the spine; the back cover is plain white. The inside covers have a white and grey map of Europe. The interior pages are mostly glossy white (some are black). The first 43 pages are just text (in 2 columns) and the remaining pages are a mixture of b&w and colour drawings and images, each with a caption. The images are depecting the Holocaust and life in the ghettos and camps.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.62.35
- Name Access
- Novak, Georges
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Award of Honour presented to the Shaar Hashomayim Women's Auxiliary by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44388
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:57 cm x W:42 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 840
- Date
- [ca. 1954]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:57 cm x W:42 cm : English
- Date
- [ca. 1954]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 840
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- "The Board of Directors and Observers and the Faculties of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America gratefully acknowledge the exemplary devotion of Judaism of Women's Auxiliary of Shaar Hashomayim, Westmount, Montreal, Canada, in the fulfillment of its pledge to the Torah Fund of the National Women's League on behalf of the Seminary in the year 5714 (1953-1954) and confer on it this Award of Honour portraying the late Dr. Louis Ginzberg, Professor of Talmud, and late Dr. Alexander Marx, Director of Libraries, and Jacob H. Schiff, Professor of History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, whose contributions to Jewish learning have been an inspiration to scholars of all faiths the world over, enhancing their respect and reverence of Torah." Signed by Louis Finkelstein, Chancellor, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
The Birth of Hitler (Translation)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47681
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : green, pink, white, beige, black ; Ht: 18,8 cm x W: 12,7 cm
- Date
- November 1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : green, pink, white, beige, black ; Ht: 18,8 cm x W: 12,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 1945
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Notes
- 64 pages. Softcover, paper bound. Front cover is divided into 3 parts, the top and bottom parts are green, and the middle part is pink. The title and author information is printed in white lettering on the top and bottom parts. In the middle is a sketch of a white frog, wearing a necklace with a swastika pendant, and swastikas drawn in its eyes. On either side is a small sketch of a planet, and a happy face. The back cover is white. Interior pages are beige, consisting of text.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.275.01
- Name Access
- Rothman, Larry
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Booklet
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48194
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, photographed : beige, red, black, white ; Ht: 28,1 cm x W: 21,6 cm
- Date
- 1958
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Booklet : printed, bound, photographed : beige, red, black, white ; Ht: 28,1 cm x W: 21,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- 32 pages. Softcover, bound with staples. Cover is beige, with red text (needs translation), an illustration of a book done in red, with the number 50 in the centre. Pages are glossy with text broken down into articles. Several b&w photos are found throughout the text.
- Accession No.
- 2012X.75.01
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
BROTMAN, Herbert
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy84752
- Collection
- HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
- Material Type
- textual record
- Membership Date
- December 11, 1932
- Place of Birth
- United States
- Place of Residence
- Montreal
- Address in Canada
- 4244 St. Urbain
- Age at Time of Membership
- 26
- Occupation
- Doctor
- Notes
- In good health: Yes; Free of chronic illness: Yes; Contracted tuberculosis: No. [Translator's comments: Candidate's signature in English.]
- Record Source
- Hebrew Sick Benefit Association Membership Form
- Fonds No.
- I0017
- File No.
- MB 16-02-03
- Item No.
- 5-3149
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
BROTMAN, Jack
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy84753
- Collection
- HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- HEBREW SICK BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
- Material Type
- textual record
- Spouse
- Annie Rudner
- Age of Spouse
- 29
- Religion of Spouse
- Jewish
- Membership Date
- December 11, 1932
- Place of Birth
- United States
- Place of Residence
- Montreal
- Address in Canada
- 2945 Maplewood
- Age at Time of Membership
- 28
- Occupation
- Manufact.
- Notes
- In good health: Yes; Free of chronic illness: Yes; Contracted tuberculosis: No. [Translator's comments: Candidate's signature in English.]
- Record Source
- Hebrew Sick Benefit Association Membership Form
- Fonds No.
- I0017
- File No.
- MB 16-02-03
- Item No.
- 5-3148
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
BURK (BIRK), Yehuda Leyb (Louis)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy102745
- Collection
- KENEDER ADLER
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- KENEDER ADLER
- Material Type
- textual record
- Spouse
- Name not specified
- Children
- 2 daughter
- Date of Death
- 02/07/1934
- Notice Publication Date
- 02/08/1934
- Place Where Deceased
- Montreal
- Place of Residence
- United States
- Last Known Address
- 60
- Age at Time of Death
- 60
- Memberships and Affiliations
- Founder of Herzl Dispensary. King Edward Sick Benefit Society. Russian Polish Sick Benefit Society. Helped to unite Old Age Aid and Old Age People's Home. Active in Vaad Ha'ir (Jewish Community Council), in Montefiore Orphanage, and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
- Notes
- Funeral from home. News Story. He was born in Kalisz, Poland. Immigrated to Canada 30 years before, after 10 years in the United States.
- Record Source
- Yiddish Newspaper (Keneder Adler) Obituary
- Fonds No.
- I0042
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
"Cantorial Anthology of Traditional and Modern Synagogue Music"
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44228
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:26 cm x W:17 cm : English & Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 509
- Date
- 1969
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:26 cm x W:17 cm : English & Hebrew
- Other Title Information
- Music sheets
- Date
- 1969
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 509
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- "Cantorial Anthology of Traditional and Modern Synagogue Music" compiled and edited by Gershon Ephros, Cantor Emeritus, Congregation Beth Mordecai, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Volume VI, The Recitative (for Rosh Hashanah) - includes T'Ka B'Shofar No. 5 by N. Mendelson Born 1907."
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47751
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, gilded : black, white, beige, blue ; Ht: 21,8 cm x W: 15 cm
- Date
- 1963
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, photography, gilded : black, white, beige, blue ; Ht: 21,8 cm x W: 15 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1963
- Creator
- 0
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 666 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Book has a dustjacket that is glossy black with the title and author printed in white; 2 b&w drawings appear under the title. The left drawing is a white outline of Eichmann's head, wearing a hat, with a black background surrounded by a thin white border; the right drawing is a white box with Eichmann's head drawn in black, wearing glasses, drawn behind several thin vertical lines. The spine of the dustjacket is black with white text and the back is white with black text. The book's cover is all black with the title gilded onto the spine. Interior pages are beige with text. Page 10 has a image of a photocopied document.
- Accession No.
- 2002.26.02
- Name Access
- Campbell, Robert
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59399
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Cardstock : Printed : Printed : Black, beige. ; Ht: 6 cm x W: 9 cm
- Date
- December 12, 1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Card : Cardstock : Printed : Printed : Black, beige. ; Ht: 6 cm x W: 9 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 12, 1943
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Card with embossed border and calligraphic message. Response card for a marriage. Dated December 12, 1943. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.62
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : cardstock : printed, typed : ink : black, white, red-brown, purple ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 7 1/4 in.
- Date
- November 29, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : cardstock : printed, typed : ink : black, white, red-brown, purple ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 7 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 29, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Czech
- Notes
- Front: photo of United States of America Affidavit of Support, stating that Emil Kohn from Illionois wants to sponsor his relatives to emigrate from Czechoslovakia: Max Kanturek, Hedvika Kanturek, Vilem Kanturek, Eliska Kanturek, Arnost Kanturek, Hilda Kanturek, Eva Kanturek, Arnold Voticky, Anna-Marie (Anka) Voticky, Milan Voticky and Vera Voticky. Verso: typewritten letter in Czech signed by notary Viktor Ludwig in Prague; the notary's circular seal is located on the b.l.. The t.l. has a red-brown stamp written "KOLEK / 3 / Kc / REPUBLIKA CESCKOSLOVENSKA / 1938". Narrative: The family never got to the United States because they did not know they had to pay the American Embassy in 1938.
- Accession No.
- 1991.18.55
- Name Access
- Voticky, Anka
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48186
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : printed, cut, nailed, glued : ink : beige, black, red, yellow
- Date
- February 04, 1977
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : paper : printed, cut, nailed, glued : ink : beige, black, red, yellow
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 04, 1977
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Certificate of merit with printed and handwritten text; bordered by alternating menorahs and Stars of David; surrounded by a beige window mat. Honouring Albert Spanier. Housed in a plastic frame, with a thin gilt border; glass glazing. The dust cover is paper, attached with glue; a flat, rectangular, hanger is nailed to the top centre.
- Accession No.
- 2000.53.01
- Name Access
- Spanier, Beverly
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59445
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Copy : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 29 cm x W: 18 cm
- Date
- December 13, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate : Paper : Copy : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 29 cm x W: 18 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 13, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Copy of original document, entitled Hamburg-American Line --- North German Lloyd, black line border around edge, copy becoming darker at both ends. Affidavit in Support of the Application for Immigration Visa made by Isaac Herbert Isselbaecher, supported by his uncle David Lowenstein in New York. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remainder prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
- Accession No.
- 1999.1.631
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
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A chronicle of the destruction of the sacred Jewish communities of Lithuania 1941-1945
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51230
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : Bound : Ink : Grey, Green, Black, Orange ; Ht: 9,5 in. x W: 6,5 in.
- Date
- 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : Bound : Ink : Grey, Green, Black, Orange ; Ht: 9,5 in. x W: 6,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1951
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Notes
- Hard cover, 468 pages. On the inside there is an illustration of a tree falling to the left, with its roots out of the ground.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.153
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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