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Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45579
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : cardstock : printing works : beige, black, blue, white, multi-colored ; Ht: 3 1/2 in. x W: 5 1/2 in.
- Date
- August 22, 1913
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : cardstock : printing works : beige, black, blue, white, multi-colored ; Ht: 3 1/2 in. x W: 5 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 22, 1913
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Hand-coloured photograph printed on postcard paper. Painted scene of white house with large trees on waterfront of Tayenga lake.
- Accession No.
- 1988.01.53
- Name Access
- Sourkes , Shana
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75160
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : White, Blue, Black, Red, Yellow ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
- Date
- 1919
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : White, Blue, Black, Red, Yellow ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1919
- Physical Condition
- fragile
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Hebrew
- French
- Notes
- One page, double-sided. Full color recto, B&W verso. Image on front of postcard shows a group of bearded men in a synagogue. The men are all wearing prayer shawls (tallism). Man in centre is standing on a platform, holding a Torah and looking upward. Two men in foreground are reading from prayer books (siddurim). Happy New Year message below image, English and Hebrew, in red ink. Handwritten Yiddish message in faded black ink on verso (see translation in inscription field).
- Accession No.
- 1990.33.01
- Name Access
- Allister, Ida
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Yugen Romanen ?
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47765
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, embossed : burgandy, green, black, beige ; Ht: 19,7 cm x W: 14 cm
- Date
- 1920
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, embossed : burgandy, green, black, beige ; Ht: 19,7 cm x W: 14 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1920
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Notes
- 202 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Cover is textured burgandy fabric tape with the title embossed at the centre, inside a rectangular border; a larger, thin border goes around the cover, and a circular stamp is at the bottom, left corner. The title and volume is imprinted in dark green on the spine; the back cover has a small imprinted design at the bottom left corner. Interior pages are beige with text divided into chapters. A dedication card was tucked into the book (see inscriptions). Narrative: From the All the Works of Sholem Aleichem Series
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.221
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Eili, Eili
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76697
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
- Date
- 1920
- 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
- 1920
- Creator
- Rothstein, Shloimele
- Notes
- Black 78 rpm record with green and gold center label
- Accession No.
- 2012X.24.12
- Name Access
- Weinstein, Stanley
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
W'chol Maaminim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76698
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Phonograph record : black, blue, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
- Date
- April 07, 1922
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Phonograph record : black, blue, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
- Other Title Information
- Sound Communication T&E
- Date
- April 07, 1922
- Creator
- Rosenblatt, Joseph
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Black 78 rpm record with blue and gold center label. Liturgical songs recorded by cantor Rosenblatt
- Accession No.
- 2012X.24.13
- Name Access
- Weinstein, Stanley
- 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
We Want the World
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47557
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : brown, black, beige ; Ht: 20 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Date
- 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : brown, black, beige ; Ht: 20 cm x W: 13,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Notes
- 64 pages. Softcover, paper bound with staples. Cover is textured brown with black text; in the centre is an illustration of a fist coming out of a group of people. Interior pages are beige with black text; written in poem style; there are b&w illustrations found throughout the book.
- Accession No.
- 2001.14.04
- Name Access
- Soicher, Sylvia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Manual typewriter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51361
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Manual typewriter : Black, White, Gold ; Ht: 4 5/8 in. x W: 12 1/4 in.
- Date
- 1930-1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Manual typewriter : Black, White, Gold ; Ht: 4 5/8 in. x W: 12 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Written Communication T&E
- Date
- 1930-1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- English
- Notes
- Typewriter in wood case, covered handle, lock. Carriage folds down for transport. Fold-up metal slats to support paper on the carriage. Yiddish/Hebrew letter keys. The lid of case has a metal band to hold the paper and metal clamp to hold the ribbon spool.
- Accession No.
- 2005.28.1
- Name Access
- Ferdman, Ida
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jews Must Live: An Account of the Persecution of the World by Israel on all the Frontiers of Civilization
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47426
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : black, gold, beige, white ; Ht: 23,8 cm x W: 15,7 cm
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound, graphic arts : black, gold, beige, white ; Ht: 23,8 cm x W: 15,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1934
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good conservation
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 319 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound with string. Cover is textured black fabric with no text; title is printed in gold along the spine, surrounded by a rectangular boarder; the back cover is blank. Interior pages are beige with text and b&w illustrations. The page before the title page is glossy white, with an illustration of a man in front of a black background. The book's title is printed along the bottom.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.41.10
- Name Access
- Orenstein, Benjamin
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Major Noah: American-Jewish Pioneer
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47691
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : grey, black, blue, beige ; Ht: 21,9 cm x W: 15,1 cm
- Date
- 1936
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : printed, bound : grey, black, blue, beige ; Ht: 21,9 cm x W: 15,1 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1936
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 316 pages. Hardcover, cardboard bound. Front cover is grey, with a thick black line going vertically down the centre, with leaves on either side. 3 thick blue horizontal lines go through the top, middle and centre of the cover. The title is printed in black, the subtitle and author are printed in grey, located in the stripes. The spine is also colour-blocked with black, blue and grey stripes. The back cover is plain grey. Interior pages are beige with black text, divided into chapters.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.148
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59289
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Ink : beige ; Ht: 10 7/8 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Date
- February 11, 1937
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Ink : beige ; Ht: 10 7/8 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 11, 1937
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Russian
- French
- Notes
- Typed letter, letterhead in upper left corner, signed in lower right corner. Letterhead of the Russian Red Cross, typed, sent by G.L.Rabinovitch (Representative of the Russian Red Cross Society) to Dr. G. M. Rosenblatt, 257 Brunswick Av, Toronto, On, Canada. Letter states that he has received her letter, to enter the USSR she has to apply to the Russian Consular General in New York, she should give details about her relatives in Moscow, she would find a job as a doctor as there is a demand, her daughter can study what she likes, her husband will find a job according to his education, there is no unemployment in the USSR. Narrative: Ginda Kalujna Rosenblatt was born in 1891. She was a graduate of the Women’s Medical Institute of Saint Vladimir University, Kiev. After receiving her degree, Dr. Rosenblatt was conscripted by and served in the Russian Army from 1917-1918, at first as an intern and then as a captain. She was assigned to the 266th Regiment, working at the military hospital in Ostrog, Ukraine, and was later assigned a post closer to the front. The regiment was constricted by economic difficulties, transportation difficulties, and growing unrest among the troops with regard to the Russian military authority. In late 1917 the 266th regiment decided, independently of the central government, to end their part in the war by demobilizing the troops. Dr. Rosenblatt agreed to this scheme and, along with Dr. Henryk Zamenhof, was responsible for the diagnoses of “heart ailments” among the majority of the members (probably in good health) of the regiment. She herself was diagnosed with a heart ailment and received an honorable discharge in 1918. Dr. Rosenblatt was reunited with her husband, Abraham Rosenblatt, in Kiev shortly afterward. After the war, she practiced medicine in Briceni and then Lipcani, both in Bessarabia, Romania (now Moldova). Dr. Rosenblatt and her family immigrated to Toronto in May, 1934. Although she fulfilled the requirements for an M.D. degree at the University of Toronto, she chose to devote the rest of her career to social work. Dr. Rosenblatt died in 1986.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.310.022
- Name Access
- Sourkes, Shana
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Military Pin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59961
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Military Pin : Forged, Soldered : grey
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Military Pin : Forged, Soldered : grey
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- [ca. 1939-1945]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Circular with raised edges, and a raised image of the American Crest in the centre.
- Accession No.
- 2010.07.31
- Name Access
- Maass, Joan
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51260
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : handwritten, Typed : Ink : Black, White, Red, Blue ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- November 7, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : handwritten, Typed : Ink : Black, White, Red, Blue ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 7, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Single page folded horizontally and vertically, written by Stern (in Pennsylvania) indicating that he is willing to sponsor Schihe and Avrum Rubner. Narrative: Avrum Rubner (Awrum Rabner) was born to Moishe and Eidly Rubner in Dobromyl, Poland on 22 December 1913. He had a brother named Chaija, and completed his apprenticeship at the Rudolph Karstadt company in the garment department as a salesman in March 1933. Afterwards he worked as a salesman. Refugee camp 42. By Febuary 1959 he was living in Montreal and applying for a Canadian pension.
- Accession No.
- 1998.41.32
- Name Access
- Gal, Daniel
- 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
Images
Letter of Reference
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59446
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter of Reference : Paper : Copy : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 24 cm x W: 19 cm
- Date
- December 08, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter of Reference : Paper : Copy : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 24 cm x W: 19 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 08, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Copy of original document, entitled Stahl-Meyer Inc, black border and two holes punched on left side. This is a letter of reference from David Lowenstein’s employer, Stahl-Meyer Inc.. It was part of Mr. Isselbaecher’s application to emigrate. David Loewenstein, who was aiding Isaac financially, was his uncle 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.
- 1999.1.632
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Reference letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59481
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Reference letter : Paper : Copy : Ink : Black, beige ; Ht: 28 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- December 08, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Reference letter : Paper : Copy : Ink : Black, beige ; Ht: 28 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 08, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Page with two holes punched on left, colours reversed from original, white border, Stahl-Meyer letterhead top and crest bottom. Letter written to confirm employment and financial status of David Lowenstein as he sought to aid his nephew's, Helmut Isselbächer, ability to emigrate into the USA. His support was later determined to be insufficient and Helmut was advised to seek other sources of financial support. 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.
- 1999.1.1052
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59516
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Copied : Ink : Grey, black. ; Ht: 24 cm x W: 19 cm
- Date
- December 10, 1938
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Copied : Ink : Grey, black. ; Ht: 24 cm x W: 19 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 10, 1938
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Page folded in half vertically and asymmetrically horizontally, photocopy of original document off center, two holes punched on left edge. Letter from Dry Dock Saving Institute providing information about David Lowenstein‘s financial situation. It was part of Isaac Isselbacher's dossier for emigration to the U.S.A. David was later deemed financially unable to support Isaac without assistance. 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). Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Isaac 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.
- 1999.1.962
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Inventory
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45498
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Inventory : paper : typed, handwritten : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 11 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Inventory : paper : typed, handwritten : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 11 in. x W: 8 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Inventory list for the Aryan Book Store. Lists 39 anti-semitic and anti-Communist titles with authors, prices and comments. Some titles have been crossed out. There is a signature on the back, upside down, near the bottom center.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.276.01
- Name Access
- Rothstein, Menaheim
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Statement of Continued Employment
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59480
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Statement of Continued Employment : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 28 in. x W: 21,5 in.
- Date
- November 27, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Statement of Continued Employment : Paper : Typewritten : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 28 in. x W: 21,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 27, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Page with two holes punched on left, impression stamp B.L, Stahl-Meyer letterhead top and crest bottom. Letter written to confirm employment and financial status of David Lowenstein as he sought to aid his nephew's, Helmut Isselbächer, ability to emigrate into the USA. His support was later determined to be insufficient and Helmut was advised to seek other sources of financial support. 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.
- 1999.1.1051
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59503
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, bllue ; Ht: 20 cm x W: 12 cm
- Date
- November 06, 1939
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Beige, bllue ; Ht: 20 cm x W: 12 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- November 06, 1939
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- German
- Notes
- Page with blue ruled lines, notes written by two different people. Addressed to Isaac Isselbacher by his aunt and Hugo in New York. They are worried about their family's personal situation in Europe. At this time Isaac’s parents are still in Isselbach and Helmuth has ceased writing. 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.
- 1999.1.124
- Name Access
- Issley, Jason
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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