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Tuchman family
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : b&w and col ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1945]-[ca. 1975]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and two certificates documenting the experiences of Ralf Tuchman and his friends and family during and after the Second World War. Included are portraits of Ralf, an image of Ralf aboard a ship, and photographs of Ralf and his family in Montreal. Also included is one identity card of Ralf's cousin, Mayer Patron, who lived in the United States, and one certificate of death from Dachau Concentration Camp for Heinrich Dombeck, a relative of Ralf's mother whose maiden name was Dombeck. Finally, the accession also includes a photograph of Vasha Ackerman wearing an armband with a Star of David, taken in an unknown ghetto, in Poland. There is Yiddish writing on the verso, which reads: "A remembrance/souvenir for my best friend Mayer Foeran(tz?) from me, Vasha Ackerman. Stuttgart, [22?] / IV 1946." The date of the message is likely 22 April 1946.
- Administrative History
- Raphael (Ralf) Tuchman was born in Poland around 1930 or 1932. During the Second World War, Ralf and his family were held in Concentration Camps. Soon after being liberated, Ralf moved to Israel and fought in the 1948 war.
- After learning two of his four brothers, Leon (Lable) and Lewis (Lazar), were living in New Jersey, Ralf came to Canada to meet them. He could not afford the return trip back to Israel and decided to stay in Canada after meeting his future wife. He lived in Montreal making fur coats.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Accessions