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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
Spirit lamp
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16768
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 026
- Date
- 1885
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- 1885
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 026
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- Notes
- During their march across Europe, Royal Canadian Air Force ground crew had to dig "graves" beside their camoflauged planes in which to sleep. At one farm in Normandy, Mr. Lecker made friends with a farmer because he was the only one who spoke French. The farmer gave Mr. Lecker this spirit lamp to keep warm and to light up his "grave". Consists of one spirit lamp, brass.
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dog tags
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16763
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 021
- Date
- 1943
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- 1943
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 021
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- Notes
- Consists of dog tags belonging to Mannie Lecker.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
R.C.A.F. Air Frame Class - Cartierville, Quebec
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75005
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5x 25.5cm
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 031
- Date
- 1943
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5x 25.5cm
- Date
- 1943
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 031
- Storage Location
- 7-3G Cntr 2
- 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
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
Pen rest
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16764
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 022
- Date
- [ca1945-1946]
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- [ca1945-1946]
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 022
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- Notes
- Pen rest carved by German man that Mannie Lecker became acquainted with during his stationing in Germany after the end of World War II. The man carved the pen rest for Mr. Lecker as a keepsake before his departure back to Canada. Consists of one wooden pen rest with "Hamburg" carved into the wood.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Binoculars and leather carrying case
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16769
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Fonds No.
- 1043; 027
- Date
- [ca1945]
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 object
- Date
- [ca1945]
- Fonds No.
- 1043
- File No.
- 027
- Storage Location
- 7-3G, Box 002
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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