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    <eadid>ca-005461-ra039</eadid>
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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper>Holocaust Memorial Committee fonds</titleproper>
      </titlestmt>
      <publicationstmt>
        <publisher>Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre</publisher>
        <address>
          <addressline>50 - 950 W 41st Ave</addressline>
          <addressline>V5Z2N7</addressline>
          <addressline>Vancouver</addressline>
          <addressline>BC</addressline>
          <addressline>CA</addressline>
          <addressline>+1 604-264-0499</addressline>
          <addressline>http://www.vhec.org/</addressline>
          <addressline>https://collections.vhec.org/</addressline>
          <addressline>info@vhec.org</addressline>
          <addressline>collections@vhec.org</addressline>
          <addressline>Canada</addressline>
        </address>
      </publicationstmt>
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        <note>
          <p>This encoded description is derived from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution but may differ in structure and/or content from its source. The collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.</p>
        </note>
      </notestmt>
    </filedesc>
    <profiledesc>
      <creation>This file was exported automatically from the EHRI database administration tool and represents a work-in-progress.
        <date normal="20210102">2021-01-02T18:23:56.168Z</date>
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      <langusage>
        <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <did>
      <unitid>RA039</unitid>
      <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Holocaust Memorial Committee fonds</unittitle>
      <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">20 cm of textual records3 photographs : prints1 poster1 optical disk : DVD</physdesc>
      <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1986–1994, predominant 1986–1987</unitdate>
      <repository>
        <corpname>Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre</corpname>
      </repository>
    </did>
    <processinfo encodinganalog="3.7.1">
      <p><![CDATA[Created in 2019 by Shyla Seller. Updated January 2020 with addition of DVD documentation of event.]]></p>
    </processinfo>
    <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
      <p><![CDATA[Fonds is comprised of administrative and other records generated as a result of the activities of the Holocaust Memorial Committee of the VHCS. The Holocaust Memorial Committee managed the building of a Holocaust memorial monument and an accompanying commemorative book project. The VHCS initiated and funded the committee’s work; its board members at the time of the memorial unveiling were Robert Krell, Leon Kahn, Dave Shafran, Freda Kaplan, Robbie Waisman, Leon Dales, Mariette Doduck, David Ehrlich, Lili Folk, Rome Fox, Paul Heller and Jack Kowarsky. Records in fonds include administrative files, inscription requests, correspondence, draft text of commemorative book, and photographs.]]></p>
    </scopecontent>
    <arrangement encodinganalog="3.3.4">
      <p><![CDATA[Files 1 through 7 were arranged and described to the file level by the VHCS. Remaining files were added to the fonds in approximate chronological order by the archivist.]]></p>
    </arrangement>
    <bioghist encodinganalog="3.2.2">
      <p><![CDATA[The Holocaust Memorial Committee was formed by members of the Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society (VHCS) with the goal of building a memorial to honour the memory of loved ones who had perished in the Holocaust. The committee was chaired by Jack Kowarsky. Other committee members were Leon Dales, Mariette Doduck, David Ehrlich, Lili Folk, Rome Fox, Bill Gluck, Paul Heller, Leon Kahn, Freda Kaplan, David Shafran and Robbie Waisman. Leo Lowy and Jack Perel were also involved.The committee presented a model of the proposed memorial at the April 9, 1986 annual general meeting of the VHCS, which authorized its construction at that time. Construction of the monument at the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery in New Westminster began in August 1986 and was completed in February 1987. It is inscribed with the following: “Dedicated to the six million of our beloved people brutally murdered during the Nazi Holocaust 1933–1945. They shall live in our hearts forever.”The monument was unveiled on Yom HaShoah on April 26, 1987. It is the site of an annual High Holidays cemetery service first programmed by the Cemetery Service Committee of the VHCS, and later, by staff of the VHEC.Key contributors to the Holocaust memorial were:Naomi Spiers, artistJack Lutsky, architectRalph Schwartzman, structural engineerRenia Perel, chairperson, names collectionMorris Perel, memorial assistance fundRobert Krell, president, VHCSJosef Auerhahn, funding eternal lightJack Kowarsky, chairman, Holocaust Memorial Project and co-editor, commemorative bookFreda Kaplan, co-editor, commemorative book]]></p>
    </bioghist>
    <custodhist encodinganalog="3.2.3">
      <p><![CDATA[Files one through seven were originally in the possession of Freda Kaplan, board member of the Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society and member of its Holocaust Memorial Committee, and transferred to the archives of the VHCS. The remainder of the files in the fonds were stored with the VHEC’s institutional records and added to the fonds in 2019.]]></p>
    </custodhist>
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      <p>
        <bibref><![CDATA[Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre]]></bibref>
      </p>
    </processinfo>
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      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-01</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Administrative records</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1986–1989</unitdate>
        </did>
        <accessrestrict encodinganalog="3.4.1">
          <p><![CDATA[File is restricted.]]></p>
        </accessrestrict>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-02</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Letters from Canadian leaders</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1986–1987</unitdate>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-03</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Commemorative book draft</unittitle>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-04</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Lists of submissions</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">[1987?]</unitdate>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-05</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">New picture section</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">[1987?]</unitdate>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-06</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">New old picture section</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">[1987?]</unitdate>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-07</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Incomplete list of inscribers and inscribed</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1986–1987</unitdate>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-08</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Memorial inscriptions</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1986–1987</unitdate>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-09</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">[Memorial monument inscriptions]</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">[1986–1994]</unitdate>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-10</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Photographs of Raoul Wallenberg memorial</unittitle>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-11</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Memorial unveiling documentation</unittitle>
          <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">1 photograph1 poster1 optical disk (DVD)</physdesc>
        </did>
        <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1">
          <p><![CDATA[File is comprised of a poster advertising the unveiling event, and photographic and moving image documentation of speakers and observers at the dedication of the Holocaust Memorial at the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery.]]></p>
        </scopecontent>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-12</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">[Memorial monument correspondence]</unittitle>
          <unitdate encodinganalog="3.1.3">1985–1989</unitdate>
        </did>
      </c01>
      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unitid>RA039-RA039-00-00-13</unitid>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Inscribed names</unittitle>
        </did>
      </c01>
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    <controlaccess>
      <subject>Organizations</subject>
    </controlaccess>
    <controlaccess>
      <corpname>Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance</corpname>
    </controlaccess>
    <controlaccess>
      <genreform>Photographic material</genreform>
      <genreform>Textual record</genreform>
    </controlaccess>
  </archdesc>
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