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- Canadian Association for Labour Palestine 1
- Canadian Committee for Jewish Pioneers of Palestine 1
- CJC and Welfare Fund, Winnipeg merger 1
- Public Relations case 1
- ROSENBERG, Louis - Population study #1 1
- War criminal 1
- Warsaw Ghetto Commemoration 1
- Winnipeg Jewish Youth Council 1
- World War I 2
- World War II 6
CJC and Welfare Fund, Winnipeg merger
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59231
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; CD; CD-6-2272
- Date
- 1973
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1973
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- CD
- File No.
- CD-6-2272
- Places
- Winnipeg, Man.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Public Relations case
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn58641
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; CA; CA-91-1044
- Date
- 1964
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1964
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- CA
- File No.
- CA-91-1044
- Subjects
- Public Relations case
- Places
- Winnipeg
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Warsaw Ghetto commemoration
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59241
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; CD; CD-6-872
- Date
- 1963
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1963
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- CD
- File No.
- CD-6-872
- Subjects
- Warsaw Ghetto Commemoration
- Places
- Winnipeg
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
War criminal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn58352
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; CA; CA-79-786
- Date
- 1960-1961
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1960-1961
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- CA
- File No.
- CA-79-786
- Subjects
- War criminal
- Places
- Winnipeg
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76205
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : White, Black, Blue ; Ht: 9 1/2 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- July 12, 1951
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : White, Black, Blue ; Ht: 9 1/2 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 12, 1951
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once vertically and twice horizontally. Printed on letterhead of the Canadian Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Immigration Branch. Document is a letter to Leon Streifler in Winnipeg, stating that his application for the admission of the Heiss family to Canada was approved. He is asked to forward this letter to the family in Newe Haim, Israel. Narrative: Salomon and Sara Heiss were the parents of the donor, Erika Bloom. The Heiss family fled Nazi-occupied Vienna in 1938, after Salomon was arrested and detained in Dachau for 3 days. They survived the war in Shanghai, immigrated to Israel in 1949, and eventually settled in Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2002.28.03
- Name Access
- Bloom, Erika
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Winnipeg Jewish Youth Council
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn56793
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; CA; CA-02-25-C
- Date
- 1949-1953
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-1953
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- CA
- File No.
- CA-02-25-C
- Subjects
- Winnipeg Jewish Youth Council
- Places
- Winnipeg
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
ROSENBERG, Louis - Population study #1
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn57255
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; CA; CA-33-306
- Date
- 1946
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1946
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- CA
- File No.
- CA-33-306
- Places
- Winnipeg
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
The Jewish Post
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51193
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper : Paper : Printed : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 15 in. x W: 11,25 in.
- Date
- May 27, 1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper : Paper : Printed : Ink : Black, White ; Ht: 15 in. x W: 11,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 27, 1943
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Front page has an illustration of a man wearing a suit and tie. Articles relating the war and Jewish concerns. Includes article “Samuel Zygelbojm, Member Of Polish Council, Dies At 49”. Narrative: Szmul Zygielbojm (1895–1943) was a Jewish-Polish socialist politician, leader of the Bund, and a member of the National Council of the Polish government in exile. He committed suicide to protest the indifference of the Allied governments to the Holocaust.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.223.01
- Name Access
- Lithwick, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
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HYMAN, Marcus
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy104588
- Collection
- KENEDER ADLER
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- KENEDER ADLER
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- 31/12/1938
- Notice Publication Date
- 01/01/1939
- Place Where Deceased
- Winnipeg, Man.
- Age at Time of Death
- 55
- Notes
- News Story: He was a member of Manitoba legislature. He was elected first in 1913 for the Independent Labour Party. Noted for his bill to outlaw anti-Semitic propaganda. He emigrated from Vilna (Lithuania) as a child.
- Record Source
- Yiddish Newspaper (Keneder Adler) Obituary
- Fonds No.
- I0042
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
LETOVSKY, Leibel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy49019
- Collection
- KENEDER ADLER
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Collection
- KENEDER ADLER
- Material Type
- textual record
- Siblings
- Mrs. J. Malin; Mrs. Charlie Fish; Mrs. Pinsky
- Notice Publication Date
- 03/02/1930
- Place Where Deceased
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Place of Residence
- Montreal
- Last Known Address
- 5584 Hutchison Street, Montreal
- Age at Time of Death
- 55
- Memberships and Affiliations
- Canadian Jewish Farm School, Montreal Branch. Hebrew Consumptive Aid Society
- Record Source
- Yiddish Newspaper (Keneder Adler) Obituary
- Fonds No.
- I0042
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
COHEN, Syd (Sidney)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy88
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- 1922
- Date of Death
- March 15, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Age at Time of Death
- 20
- Enlistment No.
- R-95142
- Rank
- Warrant Officer (Class II)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Warrant Officer Syd Cohen of Winnipeg, Manitoba, died in the St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg following an accident at No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School at Paulson, Manitoba. He joined the air force soon after the outbreak of war. He trained at Portage la Prairie and Toronto and received his wings at Rockcliffe. He served as a pilot at various stations in Manitoba and was posted to Paulson in 1942 as a staff pilot.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
RABINOVITCH, Samuel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy377
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- February 08, 1917
- Date of Death
- May 28, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Cemetery
- Winnipeg (Shaarey Zedek) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 25
- Enlistment No.
- R-114666
- Rank
- Aircraftman (Class II)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Aircraftman Samuel Rabinovitch of Kelliher, Saskatchewan, died as result of injuries suffered at the R.C.A.F. depot at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He was buried with full air force honours. Rabbi Solomon Frank officiated. Aircraftman Rabinovitch enlisted in the air force in 1941. A brother, Marcus, also served in the R.C.A.F.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
RIVKIN, Hyman Irving
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy390
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- 1916
- Date of Death
- August 28, 1945
- Place of Burial
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Cemetery
- Winnipeg (Shaarey Zedek) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 29
- Enlistment No.
- R-281554
- Rank
- Aircraftman (Class I)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Aircraftman Hyman Rivkin of Winnipeg, Manitoba, died of injuries suffered in a road accident while he was stationed at Abbotsford, British Columbia. Aircraftman Rivkin enlisted in the air force in September 1943 and received his training at the No. 1 Wireless School in Montreal. A brother, Irwin, also served with the R.C.A.F.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
LAKSER, Louis Mitchell
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy266
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- February 14, 1914
- Date of Death
- March 09, 1947
- Place of Burial
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Cemetery
- Winnipeg (Shaarey Zedek) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 32
- Enlistment No.
- H/ 50521
- Rank
- Warrant Officer Class II (C. S. M.)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Notes
- Warrant Officer Louis Lakser was from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
GROSSMAN, Samuel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy206
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- January 1913
- Date of Death
- July 30, 1945
- Place of Burial
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Cemetery
- Winnipeg (Shaarey Zedek) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 31
- Enlistment No.
- V-71410
- Rank
- Petty Officer (Sailmaker)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
- Notes
- Petty Officer Samuel Grossman of Winnipeg, Manitoba, drowned accidentally at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Petty Officer Grossman enlisted in the navy in 1942. He was born in Drobitchin, Poland.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
SLOTIN, Louis (Dr.)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy480
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- December 01, 1910
- Date of Death
- May 30, 1946
- Place of Burial
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Cemetery
- Winnipeg (Shaarey Zedek) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 35
- Rank
- Civilian
- Notes
- Dr. Louis Slotin of Winnipeg, Manitoba, died as a result of exposure to radiation while engaged in the development of the atomic bomb at the Los Alamos, New Mexico, laboratory of the United States War Department. Dr. Slotin began work on the Manhattan Project in 1942. After December 1944, he gave his full time to atomic research at the Clinton Laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He was key man in the construction of the cyclotron at Los Alamos. He attended all experiments made in the New Mexico desert and was scheduled to attend the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1946.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Max Nordau
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44397
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Art : Pottery : colour ; Ht:32.5 cm vertical diameter x W:26.5 cm horizontal diameter
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 851
- Date
- [ca. 1906]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Art : Pottery : colour ; Ht:32.5 cm vertical diameter x W:26.5 cm horizontal diameter
- Date
- [ca. 1906]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 851
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Wall Plaque, tin-plate pottery.
- Places
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
KAPLAN, Harry W.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy242
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- December 23, 1896
- Date of Death
- July 04, 1918
- Place of Burial
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Cemetery
- Winnipeg (Shaarey Zedek) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- 153703
- Rank
- Cadet
- Unit
- Royal Air Force
- Notes
- Cadet Harry Kaplan was from Winnipeg, Manitoba. (British Jewry Book of Honour WWI written by Rabbi Dr. H. Abramowitz, Senior Chaplain to the British Forces)
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
GROWER, Benjamin
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy207
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- May 15, 1892
- Date of Death
- May 10, 1920
- Place of Burial
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Cemetery
- Winnipeg (Shaarey Zedek) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 38
- Enlistment No.
- 2260324
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Canadian Forestry Corps
- Notes
- Private Benjamin Grower was born in Romania and resided in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He received discharges three times (April 1915, July 1915, and March 1917) for medical reasons before joining. He died of phthisis (tuberculosis).
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Canadian Association for Labour Palestine
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79438
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; ZG; ZG-JPL-JC
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- ZG
- File No.
- ZG-JPL-JC
- Places
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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