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Eugene Winter
- Accession Number
- 2012-6-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-6-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 20 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- 1957-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a number of Menora newspapers (1967-1968, 1996-1998, 2003) for which Andy Winter was also an editor. Also included are photographs documenting Eugene's Imported European Products booth at the Canadian National Exhibition; Winter with Bela Kiraly, the leader of the Hungarian uprising (1958); a World Federation of Hungarian Jews meeting in New York (196-); a 25th anniversary party for Eugene and Maria Winter at the Borochov Centre on Lippincott Ave. (1957); a photo of Fritz Gorag, president of the World Federation of Hungarian Jews; and a photo of Winter being presented with a medal (1982).
- Administrative History
- Eugene Winter was born on December 31, 1910 in Budapest, Hungary. He married his wife, Maria Munczner (1910-1999), in 1932 and together they had two children: Gabriel (1934-2011) and Andy (1946-). During the Second World War he escaped from an enforced labour camp and became invovled in Hungary's Jewish underground resistance against the Nazis. After the war ended, he helped liberate many Hungarian cities from occupation and tracked down several war criminals.
- In 1947, Eugene and his family immigrated to Israel where he helped found the town of Bat Shlomo. In 1951, they came to Canada, sponsored by Maria's brother, Frank Dosza. Soon after thier arrival in Canada, Eugene set to work helping other Hungarian Jews settle in Canada. He founded the Canadian Jewish Federation of Hungarian Descent, the Beth Hazichoron Congregation, the Toronto Hakoah Sport, Social and Cultural Club and the Menorah Jewish News. Eugene also served as vice-chairman for a fund-raising committee to build the Wallenberg Memorial Wing at the Regional Negev Hospital in Israel. Eugene passed away in Toronto in 1995.
- Source
- Archival Accessions