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Sam Pizel
- Accession Number
- 1984-5-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-5-7
- Material Format
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 coin
- 16 photographs : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one Mount Sinai Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 522 G.R.C. 25th anniversary coin. The coin has the lodge's coat of arms on the recto and a set of tablets with the words "keep these and good fortune will be yours" on the verso.
- Also included are 16 photographs of the Allied Forces (including the Canadian Army) at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 following the liberation of the camp. Pictured are the general grounds, mass graves with sign markers, a group of (local German?) women crowded around the back of an army truck, army personnel observing and taking photographs of a deceased victim, a crematoria, and Sam Pizel (standing right) and other servicemen with a box of human ashes.
- Administrative History
- Sam Pizel (?-29 Sept. 2004) was married to Lily and was the brother of Irving Pizel.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Digitized material.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Pizel, Sam
- Bergen-Belsen
- Places
- Germany
- Source
- Archival Accessions