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Language of Description: English
Country: Canada

  1. JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

  2. Writing Lives Memoir Project collection

    Collection is comprised of records accumulated as a result of the participation of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre in a project entitled Writing Lives: The Holocaust Survivor Memoir Project. Writing Lives was a partnership between Langara College’s English and History departments, the Azrieli Foundation and the VHEC. For the project, students at Langara College worked closely with Vancouver-based Holocaust survivors to produce their written memoirs over the course of two semesters. In the first semester, students learned the history of the Holocaust. In the second semester, student...

  3. SILCOFF, Maurice

    4 minute books, initial entries in Yiddish, subsequent ones in English (1926-1971) for the Capmakers Union (Headgear Workers Central Bureau of Canada - cloth hat, cap and millinery workers international union). The books include some inter-filed clippings and loose correspondence. 2 oversize photos; cloak workers union and ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Workers Union). Addition 2009: Booklet , by the Montefiore Observer, consisting of humorous essays written by Maurice Silcoff about life in the Manoir Montefiore Jewish seniors residence in Cote St. Luc. The booklet was produced by his ...

  4. David and Regina Feldman fonds

    Fonds consists of identification papers, travel documents, letters of reference, ephemera as well as family photographs and heirlooms. Records document the Feldmans’ experience of the Holocaust in Poland, specifically their time in displaced persons camps, in Bergen-Belsen, as well as their immigration to and life in Canada.Fonds is divided into the following two series: Regina Feldman series ([1923?]–[196-]), David Feldman series ([18--]–1990).

  5. Collection about Rudolf Vrba

    Collection consists of articles, lectures, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other textual material produced and collected by John Conway relating to the life, activity and legacy of Dr. Rudolf Vrba, a Slovak Jewish Holocaust survivor escaped from Auschwitz and associate professor of pharmacology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.Collection has been arranged into the following series: Vierteljahrshefre für Zeitgelchichte documents series (1997–2010); Vrba memorial lecture series (2006–2014); Biographical material series (1987–2010); Correspondence and research rec...

  6. Holocaust-era serials collection

    Collection is comprised of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals published in Western Europe and the United States in the period leading up to and during the Second World War. Publications are relevant to Holocaust studies and education in that they demonstrate widespread antisemitism, Nazi propaganda, international responses and military and resistance activities. Serials in collection are both originals and reprints printed after the original publication.

  7. Anna Heilman fonds [textual record, graphic material, moving images]

    The fonds consists of Anna Heilman's personal papers, speeches, articles and publications relating to her wartime experiences in Auschwitz Birkenau at the Union Munitions Factory where she worked as a slave labourer; the successful plot to blow up Crematorium IV which was part of the October 1944 Sonderkommando Uprising; and the public execution of the four girls in the camp on January 5, 1945 who smuggled the gunpowder out of the factory. Most of the material relates to her international campaign to gain recognition for them and their courage as resistance fighters. Of unique and special i...

  8. Subject files [textual record]

    Series consists of subject files including correspondence with many organizations, associations and institutions with which Rabbi Bulka maintained contact, including: A Coat of Many Colours Exhibition; the American Psychological Association; B'nai Brith Canada; Canada-Israel Committee; Canadian Friends of the Christian Embassy of Jerusalem; Canadian Friends of the Judaica Archives Project; Canadian Jewish Congress; Chevra; Clal; Clergy for a United Canada; Fellowship of Traditional Orthodox Rabbis; the Jewish Association for Development; Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa; Jewish Community C...

  9. 2011-09-16 Laureen Harper Toronto

    Laureen Harper attends a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto hosted by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies (FSWC). She accepted the Award of Valour in honour of her human rights work. Laureen Harper poses for a photo with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a political activist, author, feminist and former Dutch politician, prior to a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton. Laureen Harper waits to be announced prior to speaking at a luncheon at the Ritz Carlton. Laureen Harper listens as she is introduced at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto, after winning the Award of Valour in honour of her hum...

  10. April

    This file is arranged by event and pertains to the following events: an upcoming trip to Australia (1-7 April 2007); the introduction of the Veteran's Bill of Rights and Ombudsman, in Kitchener, ON (3 April 2007); the Canadian Medical Association Conference (CMA) in Ottawa (4 April 2007); an official visit to France for the commemoration events marking the 90th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge, in France (7-9 April 2007); the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) meeting in Québec City (11-12 April 2007); the annual Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Day in Ottawa (15 April 2007); th...

  11. Leon Kronitz fonds [textual record, graphic material, object]

    Fonds consists of textual records, n.d., 1926-1985, in the following series: personal correspondence and academic career information, Hebrew language instruction and Jewish education in Canada, Canadian Jewish Congress materials relating to various social issues affecting the Jewish community, Zionist movement in Canada material, Canadian Zionist Federation, World Zionist Congress-World Zionist Organization, World Labour Zionist movement, the Jewish Agency material, World Jewish Congress, publications from various sources. Fonds also contains photographic positives and transparencies or sli...

  12. UNITED JEWISH RELIEF AGENCIES (UJRA)

    This fonds is divided into 11 major series, relfecting the principal activities of the organization, with an emphasis on the WWII and postwar period.

  13. Bialystoker Centre of Montreal

    Consists of financial and administrative records of the Bialystoker Centre, as well as correspondence sent and received by the Centre.

  14. April 2012 [graphic material (electronic)]

    This sub-sub-series consists of a selection of photographs chosen by the official photographers that relate to activities or events attended by Stephen Harper as Prime Minister of Canada for the month of April 2012. It includes photographs of Stephen Harper's trip to Washington, DC for the North American Leaders' Summit where he met with Mexican President Felipe Calderón and United States President Barack Obama (April 1-2). It also includes photographs of Stephen Harper's trip to Cartagena, Colombia for the Summit of the Americas, where he met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Cal...

  15. April

    This file is arranged by event and pertains to the following events: the Rideau Hall Reception (4 April 2006); the 2nd Annual Can Spell Spelling Bee event at the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, QC (5 April 2006); the Chinese Entrepreneur Awards in Toronto (8 April 2006); the announcement of new weather forecasting technology in Gander, NL (12 April 2006); the Board of Trade luncheon in St-John's, NL (12 April 2006); the Alberta tour with stops in Lloydminster, as well as in Wainwright to encourage graduating soldiers at the military base (13 April 2006) and in Calgary to watch a Calgary...

  16. Henry Morgentaler and Gertrude Katz

    This fonds is divided into three sections. The first consists of correspondence, writings, and other materials that directly pertain to Dr. Henry Morgentaler or were authored by him. The second section consists of documents pertaining to Gertrude Katz's role in the Morgentaler Clinics, her professional and creative writings, and her volunteer activities. The third consists of additional biographical material donated by Gertrude Katz, including information about other family members, notably about the World War II experience of her husband Carl in the merchant marine.

  17. April 2012 [graphic material (electronic)]

    This sub-sub-series includes original photographs that relate to activities or events attended by Stephen Harper as Prime Minister of Canada for the month of April 2012. It includes photographs of Stephen Harper's trip to Washington, DC for the North American Leaders' Summit where he met with Mexican President Felipe Calderón and United States President Barack Obama (April 1-2). It also includes photographs of Stephen Harper's trip to Cartagena, Colombia for the Summit of the Americas, where he met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, and ...

  18. WERNER, Rebecca (Dresher)

    Diary, 1936 by teenage Rebecca Dresher, written after older sister's death. Photo/clippings album, including letters, photos, poems, correspondence, translations from Polish and Yiddish, about family members who were victims of Holocaust and surviving family in Israel. Includes pre-1939 correspondence from relatives describing conditions in Poland. Pre-WWII photos of Lipton, Sonnenfeld, Hoffer Jewish farm families and Winnipeg family, post-WWII family photos from Montreal, photos (including colour) of pastry store in East End Montreal

  19. Loewy postcard collection

    Collection is comprised of twenty-eight postcards written by Sylvia Loewy, in Stockholm, Sweden, to her husband, Fritz, after his 1942 arrest and deportation. Not knowing where her husband was, Sylvia sent the postcards by registered mail to shtetls, ghettos and concentration camps throughout the Polish General Government territory. The postcards were sent in batches with similar messages, explaining that she lives in Sweden, that she is fine, and that she hopes to receive news from her husband as soon as possible.

  20. Emil L. Fackenheim sound recordings [sound recording]

    Series consists of sound recordings documenting lectures, talks, seminars and broadcasts given by Emil Fackenheim. Included is an address given by Fackenheim at Jerusalem Hall, Zionist Centre, Toronto, on the "Aliyah Today" movement and the attitudes of Jewish people to Israel; addresses by Professor Fackenheim to Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto, for the High Holy Days, September 1985; philosophy lectures; new public lectures; speeches and lectures delivered by Emil Fackenheim at the University of Toronto; speeches, lectures and assorted seminars given by Emil Fackenheim; lecture series by Emi...