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- Lecker, Mannie, d. Dec. 27, 2007 29
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- Operation Overlord 2
- Propaganda 6
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- World War, 1939-1945 26
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- World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives 2
Mannie Lecker Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16743
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- .4m of mixed material
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- Date
- 1885-2005 (predominant 1942-1945)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of wartime memorabilia and propaganda collected by Mr. Lecker during his service in Europe in World War II.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- .4m of mixed material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of wartime memorabilia and propaganda collected by Mr. Lecker during his service in Europe in World War II.
- Date
- 1885-2005 (predominant 1942-1945)
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Mannie Lecker
- History / Biographical
- Mr. Lecker was born and raised in Montreal. He enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War II and served as ground maintenance crew in the Air Force. Mr. Lecker was present during D-Day invasion, June 06, 1944 and marched across Europe, specifically through France, Holland and Germany. During his time in Europe, Mr. Lecker collected and saved wartime propaganda and memorabilia. Upon discharge from the Forces Mr. Lecker returned to Montreal but travelled often across Canada as a travelling salesman. Mr. Lecker passed away in Montreal in December 2007.
- Custodial History
- Initial donation was made in 1978 by Mr. Lecker to Paul Trepman, then director of the JPL. In 2005, Mr. Lecker was reconnected to the Library and Archives and made two further donations in 2005 and 2006. The last donation of Mr. Lecker's service medals was made in 2008 after his death.
- Name Access
- Lecker, Mannie, d.December 2007
- Subjects
- Veterans, Jewish - Canada
- World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives
- Medals
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
German French Propaganda, World War II
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16744
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 001
- Date
- 08 August 1943
- Scope and Content
- Consists of German propaganda in French.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of German propaganda in French.
- Date
- 08 August 1943
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 001
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
German propaganda, World War II
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16745
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 002
- Date
- ca1943-1944
- Scope and Content
- Consists of German propaganda from World War II.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of German propaganda from World War II.
- Date
- ca1943-1944
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 002
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Ephemera, Royal Canadian Air Force [menus, Christmas cards]
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16746
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 003
- Date
- 1942-1945
- Scope and Content
- Consists of ephemera collected from the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of ephemera collected from the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.
- Date
- 1942-1945
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 003
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Memorabilia, Europe during World War II
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16747
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 004
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Scope and Content
- Consists of ticket stubs, invitations, programs and a German ration card collected.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of ticket stubs, invitations, programs and a German ration card collected.
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 004
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Qui a lancé la première bombe? [German French propaganda]
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16748
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 005
- Date
- 1943
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one pamphlet
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one pamphlet
- Date
- 1943
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 005
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Creator
- Dr. Friedrich Didier
- Name Access
- Didier, Friedrich Dr.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Si les Soviets gagnaient la guerre...[Propaganda poster]
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16749
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 007
- Date
- 1942
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one poster.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one poster.
- Date
- 1942
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 007
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Cahier Janune [German French propaganda]
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16750
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 008
- Date
- 1942
- Scope and Content
- Consists of Anti-Semitic publication.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of Anti-Semitic publication.
- Date
- 1942
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 008
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
De Vauban à Todt: Les Fortresses d'Atlantique
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16751
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 009
- Date
- 1943
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one German French propaganda publication.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one German French propaganda publication.
- Date
- 1943
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 009
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Guide Books
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16752
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 010
- Date
- ca1939-1945
- Scope and Content
- Consists of guide books for Netherlands and France, issued by the Canadian military.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of guide books for Netherlands and France, issued by the Canadian military.
- Date
- ca1939-1945
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 010
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Canadian and European newspaper clippings
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16753
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 011
- Date
- ca1942-1945
- Scope and Content
- Consists of file of newspaper and magazine clippings regarding World War II.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of file of newspaper and magazine clippings regarding World War II.
- Date
- ca1942-1945
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 011
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Air Frame Class, R.C.A.F., St. Thomas, Ontario
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16754
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 012
- Date
- 1943
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one group portrait [b&w] of Mannie Lecker with his Air Frame Class in St. Thomas, Ontario.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file of graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one group portrait [b&w] of Mannie Lecker with his Air Frame Class in St. Thomas, Ontario.
- Date
- 1943
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 012
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence, Mannie Lecker and Jewish Public Library
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16755
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 013
- Date
- 1978
- Scope and Content
- Consists of the correspondence and donation records of Mr. Lecker's original donation of war memorabilia to the Jewish Public Library.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of the correspondence and donation records of Mr. Lecker's original donation of war memorabilia to the Jewish Public Library.
- Date
- 1978
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 013
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Lecker, Mannie, d. Dec. 27, 2007
- Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
- Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec) - Archives
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Lifebelt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16756
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 014
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- 1944
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 014
- Storage Location
- 7-3F
- Notes
- Consists of the lifebelt issued by the RCAF and worn by Mannie Lecker during his crossing of the English channel after D-Day (June 6, 1944).
- Subjects
- Lecker, Mannie, d. Dec. 27, 2007
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- World War, 1939-1945
- Operation Overlord
- World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Parachute scrap
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16757
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 015
- Date
- ca1944
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- ca1944
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 015
- Storage Location
- 7-3F, Box 003
- Notes
- Consists of a scrap of a parachute. Note on parachute written by Mannie Lecker indicates that he took the scrap from the parachute of a downed German pilot.
- Subjects
- Operation Overlord
- World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy
- Lecker, Mannie, d. Dec. 27, 2007
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Wool sock
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16758
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 016
- Date
- [ca1944]
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- [ca1944]
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 016
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- Notes
- Consists of one wool sock provided to Canadian soldiers by the British Red Cross.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Wooden wing
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16759
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 017
- Date
- [ca1943]
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- [ca1943]
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 017
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- Notes
- Consists of one wooden wing signed by Mannie Lecker and his fellow soldiers. Handwritten note on wing, "Aviation school, Woodwork section, Cartierville, Quebec, Feb. 3, 1943"
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Beret
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16760
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 018
- Date
- [ca1944-1945]
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- [ca1944-1945]
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 018
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- Notes
- Consists of one beret, bought in Paris by Mannie Lecker.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Tobacco pouch [silk and cotton]
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16761
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 019
- Date
- [ca1943-1944]
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- [ca1943-1944]
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 019
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- History / Biographical
- Mr. Lecker purchased this tabacco pouch while on leave in Edinburgh.
- Notes
- Consists of one silk and cotton tabacco pouch.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Ceramic cup
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16762
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 020
- Date
- n.d.
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- n.d.
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 020
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- Notes
- Mr. Lecker and his fellow soldiers had stopped to rest while moving across Holland. At the stop, beside a farm house, a young girl ran out with something to drink and a cup for the soldiers. The truck moved on quickly while Mr. Lecker was drinking from the cup and he didn't have time to return the cup. Consists of one ceramic cup with "Hannover, Sachsenrof" written on it.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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