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Benditsky Family Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75323
- Collection
- Benditsky Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.17m of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1295
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1985] predominent 1945-1946
- Scope and Content
- The Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs and ephemera related to the war time relationship and marriage of Nathan and Ruth Benditsky. The material focuses predominently on the years 1945 and 1946, during which the couple organizes their Manchester wedding and arranges Ruth's eventual immig…
- Collection
- Benditsky Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.17m of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- The Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs and ephemera related to the war time relationship and marriage of Nathan and Ruth Benditsky. The material focuses predominently on the years 1945 and 1946, during which the couple organizes their Manchester wedding and arranges Ruth's eventual immigration to Canada.
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1985] predominent 1945-1946
- Fonds No.
- 1295
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Ruth Benditsky Nathan Benditsky
- Conservation
- Photographs and negatives found among the textual material were placed into acid-free envelopes. A single film roll was cut for preservation and placed in flat 35mm negative files.
- History / Biographical
- Nathan Benditsky was born in Montreal on June 28th, 1918. He was one of six children born to Israel and Esther Benditsky who had emigrated from Russia in 1908. After beginning to work in family's textile trimmings business, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 along with his two brothers Samuel and Rubin. Soon stationed overseas, he met Ruth Schrager and in October 1945, the two married in Manchester, England. Travelling back to Canada in 1946, Nathan Benditsky returned to the family business, Star Pleating Inc. Nathan ran the company alongisde his brother Samuel and father, Israel. The business continued into the late 1990's moving from Rue Alymer to Mount-Royal Avenue. Ruth Benditsky (nee Schrager) was born on May 10th, 1927 in Vienna. Her parents Mortiz and Rachel Schrager, and sister Mirjam Zimmerman (nee Schrager) moved to England in 1937. After marrying, Ruth Benditsky waited a number of months before recieving her travel arrangements from the Canadian Wives' Bureau. Alongside thousands of other women, she immigrated to Canada in July 1946. Numerous relationships were initiated during World War II between Canadian military personnel and citizens living in areas where the military was stationed. Though such relationships were officially discouraged by the military, many nonetheless resulted in marriage. In 1946 the majority of newly-wed women, and some men, travelled to Canada to join their partners following the war. The estimated 48,000 war brides that made the transatlantic trip represented a significant influx of new immigrants from Britian, as well as the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy and Germany. Once Ruth and Nathan Benditsky were reunited in Montreal, they worked to bring Ruth's family to North America. Moritz and Rachel Schrager, as well as Ruth's grandmother, Rivka Monath, settled in Montreal in the late 1940's. Ruth and Nathan Benditsky raised three children, Howard Benditsky, Suzan Baron and Naomi Benditsky. Ruth Benditsky died in 1980, survived by Nathan Benditsky, who died in 1999.
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- This material was donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by the Benditsky Family in 2012. The material of the Fonds was in the possesion of Nathan Benditsky until his death in 1999.
- Notes
- The Bendisky Family Fonds was initially recieved "unsorted". In October 2012 the fonds was physically arranged to reflect the Fonds' series, as no disernable original order could be established.
- Access Restrictions
- Material in the Benditsky Fonds is restricted to researchers with academic affiliation. Please contact the Jewish Public Library Archives for further information.
- Subjects
- Benditsky Family Fonds
- War brides
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Personnel -- Canada.
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Textile industry -- Canada.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Ludwig Frank Wood Art
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45034
- Collection
- Ludwig Frank Wood Art
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Wood inlay art ; 30.5cm x 46.25cm ; stain and texture
- Fonds No.
- 1281
- Date
- ca1942-1944
- Collection
- Ludwig Frank Wood Art
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Wood inlay art ; 30.5cm x 46.25cm ; stain and texture
- Date
- ca1942-1944
- Fonds No.
- 1281
- Storage Location
- JPL-A
- 7-3B
- Creator
- Ludwig Adolf Frank
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History / Biographical
- Ludwig Adolf Frank was born February 22, 1907 in Worstadt, Germany. Little is known of his life except that he was a cabinet maker by trade. Frank was interned by British authorities during World War II as an enemy alien. He was shipped to Canada with other internees and spent his time there at Fort Lennox, Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec. His British address in official documents was listed as Low Fell. In 1943, Frank returned to England. While at Fort Lennox, Frank befriended one of the Veteran Guards, Major Angus P. Cameron (1885-1952). Cameron was a volunteer in the Fort Garry Horse in 1914 and later joined the Winnipeg Rifles in France. He was injured in the trenches and was joined to the Canadian Army Pay Corp. Frank presented Cameron with a handmade wooden inlay art piece of a sailing ship, created by Frank during his time at Fort Lennox.
- Name Access
- Frank, Ludwig Adolf, 1907-
- Subjects
- Internment camps
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans
- Ile-aux-Noix (Quebec)
- Fort Lennox (Quebec)
- Cameron, Angus, 1885-1952
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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