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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
[Click the photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: D’Vůr Králové Scroll / Czech Torah Submitted by: Temple Israel (on loan to Temple Israel from the Memorial Scrolls Trust) Description: An excerpt from “Thus we remember: Continuing Story of our Holocaust Torah from the destroyed Jewish community of... More
[Click one of the photos for a larger image. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Records from the Ottawa Jewish Archives Submitted by: The Ottawa Jewish Archives Date of origin: 1940’s Origin of the object: N/A Description: Exhibit consists of textual records brought to Canada by Hans Reiche, Arie van Mansum,... More
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Certificate of Identity Issued to Refugees Submitted by: Emil Lander Date of origin: June 30, 1948 Origin of the object: These certificates of identity were issued to my parents and me in the DP camp of Bindermichel, near Linz, Austria.... More
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Postcard from the train to Auschwitz, June 4, 1944 Submitted by: Anna Hercz Date of origin: June 4, 1944 Origin of the object: This is the goodbye postcard written by my mother to Karcsi, her future husband and my father,... More
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Photo, documents, and articles (maternal side of the family) Submitted by: Les Grumach Date of origin: 1942 Origin of the object: This is a photo taken in the Krakow ghetto in Poland. It shows my maternal grandfather, Salo Langer, and... More
[Click photos for larger images. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: Last Correspondence Submitted by: Mina Cohn Date of origin: February 20, 1940 Origin of the object: Kanchuga, Poland. A Red Cross postcard and last correspondence from Yosef Pinchas, my Great-grandfather, sent from Kanchuga, Poland on the 2nd of February 1940,... More
[Click the photo for a larger image. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: The COHN family Loss of German Citizenship Submitted by: Harry Cohn Date of origin: February 6, 1940 Origin of the object: Bad Arolsen Germany Archive Description: This is the photocopy of the actual Act sanctioning officially my family’s... More
Monday, July 27, 2020
[Click the photo for a larger image. Opens in a new window.] Name of the exhibit: “Jewish youth – Do you want to live?” Submitted by: Sarah Bleiwas and family Date of origin: April 28, 1939 Origin of the object: This is a speech that was written and presented by Gál György András (George... More
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