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Holding Institution: Ottawa Jewish Archives

  1. Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

    Fonds consists of textual and photographic records, including a docent training kit, research notes, notes on artifacts used in exhibit, student and reflections on the exhibit.

  2. Arie van Mansum fonds

    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...

  3. United Kosher Meat & Deli fonds

    Fonds consists of two payment ledgers, 1988-1992, Ottawa Vaad Hakashrut licenses, 1994-1999, blank invoice books, list of bakery items.

  4. Nathan and Sarah Greenberg fonds

    Fonds consists of 1 B&W photograph of Nathan and Sarah Greenberg married at Billings Bridge Town Hall, March 20, 1920, and 1 audio reel with written precis.

  5. Phyllis (Fuzzy) Zinman Teitelbaum fonds.

    Fonds consists of five file folders: 1. Hillel Academy 1979 yearbook 2. Jewish Community Center Theatre Guild program and news clippings for "An Inspector Calls" 1962 3. Program for Hillel Academy 30th Anniversary Dinner and Memorial Service in tribute to Golda Meir 1978 held at Beth Shalom 4. Ottawa Talmud Torah Board Permanent Teacher's contract 1976 5. Song sheet (transliteration of Haleluyah) undated

  6. Kriger Family fonds

    Fonds consists of: A newspaper article on Diane Kriger winning a 1950's Ottawa Jewish Bulletin "Beautiful Baby" contest; A ritual shoichet knife used by Max Movshovitz when he was a shoichet in Carleton Place; Two email printouts discussing Kriger family history - 2011/2012; A letter in Yiddish along with its translation. The letter was used to wrap up the shoichet knife. It asks for people to come hear a man who witnessed first hand the horrors of a Russian death camp - 1944; Maps, tickets and other souvenirs from Maynard and Shirley from their trip to the USSR - 1989; A prayer book given ...

  7. Hillel Ottawa fonds

    Fonds consists of textal and photographic records such as a scrap book and 21 photos.

  8. Mervin Mirsky fonds

    1 photograph of Lt. Col. Mervin Mirsky and assistant at the destroyed sit of the Midget Submarine base in Emden, Germany.

  9. Anna Zofia Prasalek fonds

    Fonds consists of an article: “Would engrave symbol on survivors’ stones - June 19, 1987, an Ottawa Jewish Historical Society receipt for books and documents received from Zofia Prasalek, three books, a a copy of a certificate describing rescue work of Kozimizsh, April 25, 1961 from the Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny)

  10. 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.