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Language of Description: English
Country: Canada

  1. Presentation notes, "Art of the Holocaust"

    The file contains notes for Rita Briansky's slide presentation and lecture on art of the Holocaust.

  2. Freda Hoffman Zgodzinski Collection

    Consists of manuscript in Yiddish entitled, "My Struggle 1939-1945 under the Nazi Occupation of Poland" by Freda Hoffman-Zgodzinski.

  3. The Herz (Volume 1, Issue 2)

  4. Testimony pertaining to Nazi invasion of the Strand

    Contains a legal statement/attestation pertaining to Jules Janco's experience of an Iron Guard fascist invasion of the Strand (Ștrandul Kiseleff) in 1940, detailing his response and the witnesses involved.

  5. Interviews with Lea Roback

  6. Articles pertaining to the Holocaust

    Contains newspaper articles and copies of articles pertaining to the Holocaust by Alvin Rosenfeld, S. Zalman Abramov, and others.

  7. Joseph Rogel Fonds

    The fonds contains records pertaining to the life of Joseph Rogel, including his literary output (manuscripts, poetry, essays and translation), as well as incoming and outgoing correspondences. It also contains audio interviews.

  8. Presentation notes, "The Artists of Terezin"

    This file contains notes for Rita Briansky's presentation on the artists of Terezin.

  9. 1946 letters addressed to wife (Augusta) from Eastern European cities, plus letter to Hillel Becker

    Contains 4 letters from Becker addressed to wife (Augusta) from Eastern European cities on July 23, 24, and 26, and August 2, 1946, describing his work through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Also contains a transcribed copy of a letter addressed to son Hillel Becker in June of 1946 from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

  10. Leib Tencer Fonds

    Contains documents related to the life and career of Leib Tencer, including his involvement with JPPS/Bialik, the J.I. Segal Fund, and McGill University.

  11. Milestones to Freedom

    Files contains a translation from the German original manuscript of Mrs. Murawski Szlak's biography. It was written by Leokadia Murawski Szlak, compiled Bettina Vogt, and translated by Bernard Deschamps.

  12. Exhibition material and poetry, the Kaddish Series

    This file contains poetry, notes and photographic documentation related to Briansky's Kaddish Series.

  14. Lorraine Monk Fonds

    This fonds contains a letter addressed to Lorraine Monk from JPL Director David Rome.

  15. Personal correspondence, 1981-1985

    Contains personal correspondence from 1981 to 1985, including a nomination for an Order of Canada, a letter from President Reagan inviting Becker to the White House, and correspondence related to the Holocaust Survivors Documentation Campaign.

  16. Family Remembrance

    Contains two booklets of Holocaust memorials, 'Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Commemoration Service, 1995' and "We Will Not Forget Them - In Memory of the Jews of Vilna (1943- 1963)." Herein Sonia Tencer (nee Smolnik) tells the story of the murder of her brother, Leib Smolknik, during the Holocaust.

  17. Hugo Levendel fonds

    Fonds consists of a portfolio of significant Byward Market photographs and members of the Ottawa Jewish community in the late 1930's taken by Hugo Levendel; correspondence, speeches, biographical material; collections of pamphlets, news clippings, Canadian Zionist periodicals outlining the Zionist pathway since the early 1940's (itemized below), Israel Mereminsky's 1933 speech to the Ottawa Histadrut Campaign, 7 scrapbook pages; documentation of his leadership and association with the Poale Zion Ottawa (1933-1944), Israeli Forum, (1949-1953), Jewish Philosophy and Ethics Study Group (1955-1...

  18. Vera Gara fonds

    Fonds consists of 1 video cassette produced by CPAC (Canadian Public Affairs Channel) entitled Searching for Nazi Looted Art, January, 29, 2001.

  19. Arie van Mansum fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • I0022
    • English
    • 1940-2007
    • 21cm of textual records, 17 photographs 1 box in OS

    Fonds consists of textual records, photographs, and ephemera. Series include Arie Van Mansum's experiences during WWII, his postwar experiences, personal accounts, correspondence, Margaretha Van Mansum, pamphlets, the Dutch Undeground movement, and Canada. Fonds also contains a framed certificate from The Jewish Community Council of Ottawa to Arie van Mansum stating the establishment of the Arie van Mansum Holocaust Education Resource Project - 1991; a framed certificate in French and Hebrew, presented to Arie van Mansum by La Commission des Justes (Commission of the Righteous) in Jerusalem...

  20. Kerzner Family fonds

    Fonds consists of: DVD, recording of the Kerzner Family Reunion; Ethel Kerzner's family reunion name tag; 1 newspaper clipping regarding the Kerzner family reunion; 1 Kerzner family reunion t-shirt; 1 small trophy, earned at the Jewish Community Centre Day Camp, c.1965 DVD, My name is Ethel Kerzner, holoccaust survivor testimony, recorded January 25, 2015.