Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Committee fonds

Identifier: RA006
Language of Description: English
Dates: 1 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1988
Level of Description: Fonds
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.vhec.org/Detail/collections/82

Extent and Medium

35 cm of textual recordsca. 80 photographs1 sound tape reel

Creator(s)

Warsaw Ghetto Committee
Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Committee

Biographical History

The Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress was founded in 1952 as the Warsaw Ghetto Committee with the purpose of honouring the memory of those who died at the hands of the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In 1978, Rob Krell and Paul Heller negotiated a name change to reflect a recognition of all those who suffered in the Holocaust. The Committee organized an annual memorial evening on Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) and sponsored other community events related to education and awareness about the Holocaust. The relationship between the Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Committee and the Canadian Jewish Congress transitioned in the mid-1980s, when responsibility for the administration of the committee moved to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Society (VHEC). After 2014, Yom Hashoah commemorative events have been organized by staff of the VHEC.

Acquisition

Records were donated to the Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society by Anita Ornstein in 1990. Previously, records were stored in her home. A second accrual from Sophie Waldman was processed in 1996.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, clippings and publications relating to the activities sponsored by the Committee. Fonds also includes a collection of short articles and publications on topics relating to the mandate of the Committee. Fonds is organized into 8 series: minutes, committee activities, subject files, clippings, publications, ephemera, photographs, and sound. Fonds includes records of the committee when it was known as the Warsaw Ghetto Committee.

Accruals

Further accruals are possible.

Conditions Governing Access

Some restrictions apply.

Finding Aids

Inventory available.

Archivist Note

n.d., updated 2017 and 2018

Sources

Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

Subjects

Organizations

Genre

Sound recording
Photographic material
Textual record

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1. English (8)
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1. Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (8)

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Minutes
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- RA006-01
- English
- 1 cm of textual records
- Updated 5 years ago
Series consists of the typed and hand written minutes of the Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Committee and its predecessor the Warsaw Ghetto Committee. Also included are financial statements relating to Committee projects as well as Committee membership lists.

3 child items
Committee activities
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- RA006-02
- English
- 35 cm of textual records
- Updated 5 years ago
Series consists of correspondences, programs, press releases and clippings relating to the activities of the Committee. Also included are annotated copies of minutes of meetings as well as financial statements relating to Committee projects. In addition, series includes minutes and correspondence relating to the Second Generation Committee.

8 child items
Subject files
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- RA006-03
- English
- 10 cm of textual records
- Updated 5 years ago
Series consists of correspondence, newsletters, and publications relating to activities associated with the mandate of the Committee. Included are subject files relating to the Vancouver Holocaust Memorial, public programming, education resources and the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee.

9 child items
Clippings
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- RA006-04
- English
- 8 cm of textual records
- Updated 5 years ago
Series consists of newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles discussing subjects relevant to the activities and mandate of the Committee such as anti-Semitism, war crimes and women and the Holocaust.

11 child items
Publications
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- RA006-05
- English
- 12 cm of textual records
- Updated 5 years ago
Series consists of copies of plays, dramatic readings, articles and poems produced to commemorate the Holocaust.

11 child items
Ephemera
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- RA006-06
- English
- 2 cm of textual records
- Updated 5 years ago
Series consists of programs produced for Yom Hashoah and other commemorative events by the Committee and other organizations.

4 child items
Photographs
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- RA006-07
- English
- circa 80 photographs : b&w ; 50 cm x 30 cm or smaller
- Updated 5 years ago
Series consists of contemporary photographs of the activities of the Committee as well as photographs relating to anti-Semitism. Also included are prints of photos depicting images from the Warsaw Ghetto.

3 child items
Sound recording
- Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
- RA006-08
- English
- 1 1/4" reel to reel audio tape
- Updated 5 years ago
Series consists of a single reel to reel audio tape labeled "Warsaw Ghetto tape: Don't touch Sir Clive."