ROSENGARTEN, Aaron = Bergen Belsen DP Camp

Identifier
P0249
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Fonds
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Aaron (Tobias) Rosengarten was born in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Persons (DP) Camp in September 1946. He was the son of two Holocaust survivors from Poland who came to Montreal in April 1948 as part of the Tailor Project, an immigration program that brought Displaced Persons to Canada in 1948-1949 to work in the garment industry. He passed away in Montreal in January 2022.

Acquisition

Donated by Aaron Rosengarten in memory of his father Alec (Elias) ROSENGARTEN and mother Esther Brajndla Rosengarten, nee WIERBSKA. The collection was donated on March 5, 2015 via Max Beer

Scope and Content

Digital copies in tiff format of 8 images showing the Bergen Belsen DP camp after World War II, including at least two survivors who later came to Canada. Detailed description, according to the numbers on the tiff files: 1) Picture of people standing at 1946 Belsen monument - the woman closest to monument at right is Esther Rosengarten, man in suit at left of monumnent is Alex Rosengarten, parents of donor Aaron Rosengarten; 2) Photo of 2 couples showing Esther and Alex on right; 4) In DP camp, indoors with German nursemaids and two babies - Alex is standing in back; 6) Transit Camp B (Bergen Belsen?) - Alex is 2nd in the back row; 7) Another picture of the event at the monument (put up by the residents of the camp); 8 Train door picture, with Alex in it; 10) Ship picture; 13) Bergen Belsen DP group indoors, with sewing machine (possibly depicting the Tailors Project, according to researcher/ filmmaker Max Beer).

Note(s)

  • Alpha-numeric designations: P15/03 and PCAT.Location of originals: Oringinals are with the doner.General note: Rare images of Bergen Belsen DP camp including Canadian survivors before their immigration to Canada.

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