650 records – page 1 of 33.

?

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76489
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
? : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
Date
May 13, 1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
? : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 29,5 cm x W: 21 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
May 13, 1947
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Yiddish
Notes
1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Triangular stamp with "Amchu" insignia of harp in centre, Yiddish text. Document relates to "Amchu" Artist's Group in Feldafing. Contains list of members. Mayer Abramowicz is first on the list. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.
Accession No.
2014.10.14
Name Access
Herscovitch, Toby
Places
Feldafing, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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1. Mai 1923 Oberwiesenfeld bei Munchen: SA ist einsatzbereit (1 May 1923 Oberwiesenfeld near Munich: SA ready for action)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49627
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Date
1934
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1934
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
White border. Double sided rectangular card, with photograph on the recto, and black text on the verso. Photograph taken outside, shows members of the SA. Green army truck with seven men inside, they are all wearing green uniforms with red swastika armbands on them. In front of the truck is a man wearing a grey suit, with a beige hat. Narrative: The cigarette cards were packaged inside of Salem cigarette packs and were used as NSDAP propaganda in the 1930s. They were meant to be collected and inserted into an accompanying album.
Accession No.
1996.01.09
Name Access
Daudelin, Pierre
Places
Münich, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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4 silver knives

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47912
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Knife : cast (moulded) : silver
Date
1928-1938
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Knife : cast (moulded) : silver
Other Title Information
Food Service T&E
Date
1928-1938
Physical Condition
Excellent
Notes
Unsharpened blade, rounded at the top. Shallow teeth are found on the reverse, curved edge, top quarter half. The straight edge has a thin sliver cut out of the top half. Blade extends from a thick, curved handle with a high relief dotted border (both sides); rounds to a point at the bottom.
Accession No.
2011X.312.14-15
Name Access
Spanier, Beverly
Places
Solingen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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4 silver knives

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48124
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Knife : cast (moulded) : silver
Date
1928-1938
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Knife : cast (moulded) : silver
Other Title Information
Food Service T&E
Date
1928-1938
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Unsharpened blade, rounded at the top; the straight edge has a thin sliver cut out of the top half. Blade extends from a thick, curved handle with a high relief dotted border (both sides); rounds to a point at the bottom. There is a small ledge found between the blade and handle.
Accession No.
2011X.312.16-17
Name Access
Spanier, Beverly
Places
Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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24 Zeichnungen

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47664
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : drawn, hand, typed, printed : ink : beige, black, red
Date
1948
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : drawn, hand, typed, printed : ink : beige, black, red
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1948
Creator
-
Physical Condition
Excellent
Notes
24 prints, unbound. Prints represent different sketched scenes in a concentration camp; at the bottom right corner of each is the print number and title; there is a typed forward at the beginning of the package. Housed in a cardstock folder, with the tile and an abstract image printed on the front centre.
Accession No.
2011X.58.92-115
Name Access
MHMC
Places
Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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1200 Arbeiterinnen eines Grossunternehmens heiraten, 1200 Stellen werden fur Arbeiter frei (1200 workers of a large-scale enterprise get married, 1200 jobs are released for workers)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49642
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Date
1934
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1934
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
White border. Double sided rectangular card, with photograph on the recto, and black text on the verso. Outdoors, two lines of people walking in a procession in the street: one has brides in it, the other has grooms. The brides are wearing white, and holding flowers, and on their left are the grooms in black suits. Around them are crowds of people, some wearing military uniforms, and in the background are grey buildings. According to the title, these 1,200 female workers will, once married, leave 1,200 positions to be filled. Narrative: The cigarette cards were packaged inside of Salem cigarette packs and were used as NSDAP propaganda in the 1930s. They were meant to be collected and inserted into an accompanying album.
Accession No.
1996.01.24
Name Access
Daudelin, Pierre
Places
Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Adolf Hilter im Berliner Stadion (Adolf Hitler inside the Berlin Stadium)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49625
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Date
1934
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1934
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
White border. Double sided rectangular card, with photograph on the recto, and black text on the verso. Photograph taken outdoors at a stadium, showing a group of men walking. Adolf Hitler is in the front of the group wearing a brown long jacket. The rest of the group are mostly wearing military uniforms. In the foreground is a grey statue of a man walking. Narrative: The cigarette cards were packaged inside of Salem cigarette packs and were used as NSDAP propaganda in the 1930s. They were meant to be collected and inserted into an accompanying album.
Accession No.
1996.01.07
Name Access
Daudelin, Pierre
Places
Berlin, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Adolf Hitler auf der Funkausstellung 1933 (Adolf Hitler at the IFA -International Radio Exhibition- in 1933)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49620
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Date
1934
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1934
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
White border. Double sided rectangular card, with photograph on the recto, and black text on the verso. Group of men indoors, standing around a grey table with a grey fence around it. Adolf Hitler is in the middle of the group, wearing a grey suit, and is leaning on the fence with his right arm. the men in the group are wearing military uniforms. Photograph was taken at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin or International radio exhibition, one of the oldest industrial exhibitions in Germany. It was during this exhibition that the radio receiver called Volksempfänger was presented for the first time. Narrative: The cigarette cards were packaged inside of Salem cigarette packs and were used as NSDAP propaganda in the 1930s. They were meant to be collected and inserted into an accompanying album.".
Accession No.
1996.01.02
Name Access
Daudelin, Pierre
Places
Berlin, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Adolf Hitler begrüßt die Sieger auf dem Turnfest in Stuttgart 1933 (Adolf Hitler Welcomes the Winners of the 1933 Stuttgart Gymnastics Festival)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76155
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Date
1934
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Trading card : paper : printed : ink : beige, black, multi-colored ; Ht: 6,4 cm x W: 4,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1934
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
White border. Double-sided rectangular card with color photograph on the recto and black text on the verso. Outdoors. Image shows Adolf Hitler facing a young man and woman in white sporting attire with green crowns of leaves on their heads. Hitler is turned away from a podium at foreground with two brass microphones mounted in front of it. The athletes stand in front of a black wall or backdrop. To Hitler's left are two other men in Nazi Party uniform, and spectators sitting in stands can be seen to the left of the wall in background. Narrative: The cigarette cards were packaged inside of Salem cigarette packs and were used as NSDAP propaganda in the 1930s. They were meant to be collected and inserted into an accompanying album.
Accession No.
1996.01.34
Name Access
Daudelin, Pierre
Places
Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Adolf Hitler: Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51200
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
book
Physical Description
Book : Bound : Ink : Orange, Black, White, Gold, Brown, Red ; Ht: 12 1/4 in. x W: 9 1/2 in.
Date
1936
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
book
Physical Description
Book : Bound : Ink : Orange, Black, White, Gold, Brown, Red ; Ht: 12 1/4 in. x W: 9 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1936
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
German
Notes
135 pages, gold letters title on front cover. It includes a preface by Joseph Goebbels and a quote by Hermann Göring. Includes photographs of Hitler at NSDAP rallies in Nuremberg, and Munich. There are also photographs of his private life, his paintings and drawings.
Accession No.
1990.82.8
Name Access
Silberstein, Helen
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Ainring Displaced Persons Camp Soccer Team

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45884
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Black, White ; Ht: 3,5 in. x W: 5 in.
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : Black, White ; Ht: 3,5 in. x W: 5 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1947
Physical Condition
Excellent
Notes
Border. Group shot of 12 soccer players outdoors. 3 men are crouching down in front of 9 men standing in one row. The men are dressed in t-shirts or tank tops and shorts. One man (middle front row) is wearing a striped long sleeve shirt and a flat cap (he could be the goal tender). Man second from right standing up is wearing a collar shirt. Two of the players have been identified as Mr. Csillag and Mendel Berlach. Narrative: This soccer team was formed by young Jewish men who survived the Holocaust.
Accession No.
1999.28.22
Name Access
Berlach, Judith
Places
Ainring, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Akos Kroo with the Chief Judge of the Jewish Court

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51353
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 6 in. x W: 4 in.
Date
[ca. 1947]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 6 in. x W: 4 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[ca. 1947]
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w, outdoor scene. Two men walking together. Man on left wearing dark suit with bowler hat is the donor's father. He is talking to old man with white beard and Shtreimel who is the the Chief Judge of the Jewish Court “Rosh Bezdin”. Narrative: Akos Kroo was donor Emil Kroo's father. Prior to the war, the Kroo family owned a big furniture factiory in Munkacz, Czech Republic.
Accession No.
2001.17.10
Name Access
Kroo, Emil
Places
Bramberg?, Germany?, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Album

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50324
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Album : Paper : Bound : Ink : Brown, Blue, Red, Black, White ; Ht: 9,5 in. x W: 12,5 in.
Date
1945-1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Album : Paper : Bound : Ink : Brown, Blue, Red, Black, White ; Ht: 9,5 in. x W: 12,5 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1945-1946
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Yiddish
Notes
The cover has a circle with the Star of David in the middle in the upper left corner. There is also a square map in the middle, and ChL in the bottom left corner. The pages on the interior have photographs on them, with captions below. This album shows activities in the Displaced Persons Camp of Ainring.
Accession No.
2001.13.02
Name Access
Berlach, Judith
Places
Ainring, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Allied Soldier Outside Barrack at Bergen-Belsen

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76667
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 10 cm
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 10 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Physical Condition
Poor
Notes
B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor scene, in which an Allied soldier is standing in front of a barrack at Bergen-Belsen. A woman is kneeling on the ground with what seems to be a pile of clothing. Narrative: A collection of photographs was brought back to Canada by RAF soldier Frank Wilshaw, who visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after Liberation.
Accession No.
2012.05.23
Name Access
Stobnicky, Arnie
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Allied Soldiers at Bergen-Belsen

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76669
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 7 cm
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 7 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Physical Condition
Poor
Notes
B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor portrait of two Allied soldiers standing beside an army vehicle at Bergen-Belsen. In the back of the van, the bodies of the victims are in a pile and overflowing. Narrative: A collection of photographs was brought back to Canada by RAF soldier Frank Wilshaw, who visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after Liberation.
Accession No.
2012.05.25
Name Access
Stobnicky, Arnie
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Amercian Ambassador visting the Fürth DP camp

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45782
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5 in.
Date
1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1946
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w with white border, outdoor scene. Special ambassador for US President Truman visiting the Camp at Fuerth displaced persons camp. Men in dark suits, walking towards the camera, one is looking to the left, to the barracks. One man next to a door wearing a white armband. Trees in background. Narrative: Donor Emil Kroo is a Holocaust survivor originally from Munkacz (Czech Republic). Emil was in terned in a slave labour cmap in Hungary until 1944. He later met his wife Rosa Magien in Romania. After the war they were in a displaced persons camp in Fürth, Germany. Emil Kroo was the Vice-President of the Central Committee of liberated Jews in the American Zone of Germany. They immigrated to New York in 1950 before settling in Montreal.
Accession No.
2001.17.08
Name Access
Kroo, Emil
Places
Fuerth, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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American Joint Distribution Committee activities: A welfare worker and client

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59627
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
A print of a drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz depicts a Joint Distribution worker sitting at a desk next to a client in felt hat. A map to Hamburg is on the wall, next to two pictures of Men taking down a fence. Signed 'HE 47' in the bottom center. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.09
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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American Joint Distribution Committee activities: A welfare worker interviews a couple

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59622
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Print of a drawing by Sylvia Markowitz, depicts a woman in military dress at a desk interviewing two elderly Jewish people. Map of Palestine and Jerusalem on the wall. Silhouette of another man waiting in the background. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.04
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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American Joint Distribution Committee Activities - Moving

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59619
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : Paper : Copy : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : Paper : Copy : Ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Copy of original drawing, men moving furniture into truck under Jewish banners. Crate in foreground reads 'Bergen-Belsen / Tel Aviv.' Sketched by Sylvia Benjamin-Markowitz. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.01
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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American Joint Distribution Committee Activities - Welfare Worker

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59620
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Date
1947
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Drawing : paper : Print : ink : Black, white ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm
Other Title Information
Original Art, Work on Paper
Date
1947
Creator
Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
Copy of a drawing, depicts a woman in military dress at a desk as various forms of transportation speed towards their destinations. Eiffel tower and New York in the distance. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.
Accession No.
2011X.75.02
Name Access
Benjamin, Sylvia
Places
Hamburg, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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