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Paul Abeles - 14 Jun. 1976
- Name
- Paul Abeles
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 14 Jun. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Paul Abeles
- Number
- OH 87
- Subject
- Farmers
- Immigrants--Canada
- Interview Date
- 14 Jun. 1976
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Larry Troster
- Total Running Time
- 45.05 minutes
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Paul Abeles was born on 15 November 1906 in Czechoslovakia. He was a successful businessman and part of a group of four local businesspeople, with Leon Rotberg, Jack Rotberg, and Jack Brown, who bought and rented business properties in the city. The group were also referred to as the “Brantford Companies,” set up to own and manage warehouse properties in the City of Brantford.
- Paul was active in the Brantford Jewish community and represented Brantford at the Second Regional Leadership Conference in London, Ontario on 27 March 1960, where over seventy-five representatives of regional Jewish communities gathered. At this conference, Paul was presented with an award of recognition for his volunteer endeavours.
- Paul was one of thirty-nine families who immigrated to Canada in 1939 from Czechoslovakia and placed on farms. He was married to Rita Abeles (née (Glaser). He passed away in March 1989.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Geographic Access
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 87 - Abeles\OH87_Transcript.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories