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Freda Hoffman Zgodzinski
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68953
- Collection
- Freda Hoffman Zgodzinski Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1186
- Date
- post-1945
- Scope and Content
- Consists of manuscript in Yiddish entitled, "My Struggle 1939-1945 under the Nazi Occupation of Poland" by Freda Hoffman-Zgodzinski.
- Collection
- Freda Hoffman Zgodzinski Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Consists of manuscript in Yiddish entitled, "My Struggle 1939-1945 under the Nazi Occupation of Poland" by Freda Hoffman-Zgodzinski.
- Date
- post-1945
- Fonds No.
- 1186
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Freda Hoffman Zgodzinski
- Language
- Yiddish
- Name Access
- Zgodzinski, Freda Hoffman
- Subjects
- Nazi Germany
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives
- Poland
- Poland -- Jews.
- Holocaust
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
George L. Gilbert Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93147
- Collection
- George L. Gilbert Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- artefact
- Fonds No.
- 1372
- Date
- 1927-1940
- Scope and Content
- Consists of school material and year books as well as flight school log books.
- Collection
- George L. Gilbert Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- artefact
- Scope and Content
- Consists of school material and year books as well as flight school log books.
- Date
- 1927-1940
- Fonds No.
- 1372
- Storage Location
- 6-1E
- History / Biographical
- George L. Gilbert was born in Montreal on September 3, 1914 to Beckie (nee Wisnitzer) and Luis Gilbert, both immigrants to Canada; his father from Poland and his mother from Austria originally. His service records list his occupation as "department manager". In July 1942, Gilbert enlisted in the Canadian air force and was made pilot at the No. 1 Air Observers School at Malton in December 1943. He served overseas with the City of Vancouver No. 405 (R.C.A.F. Pathfinder). He was reported missing after air operations over Wilhemshaven and was presumed dead on October 15, 1944.
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- Donated by Mr. Bud Kirmayer, Mr. Gilbert's cousin.
- Name Access
- Gilbert, George L., 1914-1944.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Lokaj Family Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93517
- Collection
- Lokaj Family Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1338
- Date
- 1944
- Scope and Content
- The Lokaj Family Collection contains two copies of certificates of identity issued by the Allied Commision for Austria, one for Lola Lokaj (nee Klinger) and another for Chaim Lokaj
- Collection
- Lokaj Family Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual material
- Scope and Content
- The Lokaj Family Collection contains two copies of certificates of identity issued by the Allied Commision for Austria, one for Lola Lokaj (nee Klinger) and another for Chaim Lokaj
- Date
- 1944
- Fonds No.
- 1338
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Name Access
- Lokaj, Lola (nee Klinger).
- Lokaj, Chaim
- Subjects
- Displaced persons
- World War, 1939-1945
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Millman Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17194
- Collection
- Millman Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1146
- Date
- 1943-1944
- Scope and Content
- Consists of approximately 30 letters all to Ben and Sarah Millman from various Canadian Armed Forces servicemen.
- Collection
- Millman Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Consists of approximately 30 letters all to Ben and Sarah Millman from various Canadian Armed Forces servicemen.
- Parallel Title
- Correspondence, World War II
- Date
- 1943-1944
- Fonds No.
- 1146
- Storage Location
- 7-5C, SC1
- Physical Condition
- Some letters extremely fragile, others in multiple pieces.
- History / Biographical
- The Millmans opened a table tennis shop on Fairmount near Park Avenue in 1938 and later converted it into a general store with a pinball machine, candies, etc. They resided at the back of the store. It remained open until 1948 when Mr. Millman purchased a taxi. He remained a taxi man for 40 years. The kids who used to gather at the shop grew up and joined the Armed Forces. They wrote letters and in turn received news of the neighborhood from the Millmans.
- Language
- English
- Acquisition Source
- Sarah Millman
- Finding Aid
- Finding aid is available with fonds level control.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Solomon Michoels and Itzik Feffer Album
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn71340
- Collection
- Solomon Michoels and Itzik Feffer Album
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 album (19 photographs + textual material)
- Fonds No.
- 1300
- Date
- September 1943
- Scope and Content
- Consists of photographs, correspondence, budgets and other committee documents as well as newspaper clippings all related to the September 1942 visit of Prof. Solomon Michoels and Lt. Col. Itzik Fefer, Soviet Delegates to the United States and Canada.
- Collection
- Solomon Michoels and Itzik Feffer Album
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 album (19 photographs + textual material)
- Scope and Content
- Consists of photographs, correspondence, budgets and other committee documents as well as newspaper clippings all related to the September 1942 visit of Prof. Solomon Michoels and Lt. Col. Itzik Fefer, Soviet Delegates to the United States and Canada.
- Parallel Title
- Montreal Welcomes Jewish Delegates from the U.S.S.R.
- Date
- September 1943
- Fonds No.
- 1300
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- French
- Notes
- Selection of contents digitized (pages with newspaper clippings excluded). To consult the entire file, please contact the JPL-A directly.
- Subjects
- Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957.
- La Gaurdia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
- Curran, Joseph Edwin, 1906-1981
- Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946
- Feffer, Itzik, 1900-1952
- Michoels, Solomon, 1890-1948
- Soviet Union - Jews
- World War, 1939-1945
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
S.U. Eliosoff Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93366
- Collection
- S.U. Eliosoff Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 0.04m of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1326
- Date
- ca. 1942
- Scope and Content
- Collection includes R.C.A.F. Pilots Flying Log (bound), an additional log sheet, a defriefing report, and poster on the object of diciplinary training. The collection also includes photographic material.
- Collection
- S.U. Eliosoff Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 0.04m of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Collection includes R.C.A.F. Pilots Flying Log (bound), an additional log sheet, a defriefing report, and poster on the object of diciplinary training. The collection also includes photographic material.
- Date
- ca. 1942
- Fonds No.
- 1326
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Custodial History
- The provenance of this collection is unknown.
- Accession No.
- 14-017
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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