- Accession Number
- 2010-11-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-14
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 7 textual records (jpgs)
- 4 photographs (tiff and jpgs)
- Date
- 1943-1999
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of electronic copies of documents and photographs related to Isaak Zarembo's military career. The documents include certificates of disability, illness and participation in the war, a discharge booklet, and two booklets that accompanied his medals. The four photographs are of Isaak in his uniform, two of which are attached to documents.
- Custodial History
- The originals are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying and returned to the donor on 22 November 2010 as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Isaak Zarembo was born in 1925 in Riga, Latvia. He was 16 years old when the Second World War began and joined the 43 Guards Latvian Division, 1st Attack Army in 1943 at the age of 20. He began as a private but later became a sergeant. He participated in battles of the Central Front in Latvia, on the river Ivekstve. He was wounded twice and was demobilized in 1945 due to his injuries. Zarembo received the Conspicuous Gallantry medal, the Order of Glory 3rd Class medal and the Order of Patriotic War 1st Class medal.
- 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.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- 11 photographs (jpg)
- 1 cm of textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1933-1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Liya's experience in the Soviet Union's military during the Second World War. Included are photographs of Liya with her battalion, the military portraits of her husband, Vladimir Liberova, and portraits of other relatives. Also included are scans of her military identification card, her certificate of injury, credentials for medals that she earned, her discharge certificate, and a document certifying that she was a member of the defense of Leningrad.
- Administrative History
- Liya was born in 1923 in Novozybkov, and later moved to Leningrad. She was drafted in 1942 to serve in the Soviet Union's anti-aircraft battalion. She was in the administration platoon where she was responsible for enforcing (?) blackouts, and searching the ruins for survivors to provide medical assistance. She was demobilized in 1945 and participated in the Victory Parade in Leningrad.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-21
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-21
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff)
- 5 cm of texual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1943-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Yakov's experience in the Red Army during the Second World War. Included is a photograph of Yakov in uniform with his family, Yakov's graduation portrait from pharmacy school (1951), and a photograph of Yakov's father (Gregory) in his military uniform, which he sent home from his military base in Lithuania (1944). Also included are various credential cards for medals Yakov received and a letter that was sent to Yakov from Toronto's Russian consulate.
- Administrative History
- When the Seond World War began, Yakov lived in Odessa and assisted the Soviet Union's war effort by digging trenches. His army unit was mobilized in 1943, just after he graduated from military college. After serving for three months, he was wounded in an attack. He recovered from his wounds and went on to fight in northern Donetsk and Dneper. His unit also passed the Kharkov and Poltavskaya regions. After his unit forced the crossing of Dneper, the Khrushchev got involved and transported the army to Kiev, where they were supported by the 209 Armoured Brigade. Here, Yakov's unit sometimes experienced up to twenty bombing and shooting attacks per day. During these attacks, Yakov was wounded twice in his legs. First, a bullet hit his leg and then a mine exploded. He still has shrapnel in his legs from this explosion.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Russian
- Location of originals: The originals are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the archives for copying and returned to the donor the same day as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-5
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (jpg and tiff) : col. and sepia
- 2 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1942, 2005-2010
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of digital copies of two photographs and two documents related to the military career of Russian war vet, Shlomo Mushkat. The photographs are two portaits of Mushkat in military dress and the documents are a letter detailing his participation in the war as well as a letter from the Ukrainian Embassy on the 65th anniversary of the end of the war.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Vet oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Shlomo Zalmanovich Mushkat was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1940, he was drafted into the Soviet Army and a year later he was sent to the front. He was wounded in battle in 1941, but after recuperating in hospital was again sent back to the front. He participated in the battles of Smolensk and Leningrad. He received many medals for liberating Russian territories and cities, inlcuidng the Order of Glory.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-7
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (jpg)
- Date
- 26 Aug. 1943
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one injury certificate for Russian Jewish war veteran Yaacov Rats. The certificate is dated 26 August 1943, and is in reference to an arm injury caused by a piece of shrapnel.
- Custodial History
- Donor has original record. It was loaned to the Archives to be copied and returned as part of the Russian Jewish War Veterans oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Yakov Lvovich Rats was born in 1923 in Vitebsk, Belarus. At the age of one, his parents moved the family to Leningrad. Rats was drafted into the Russian army on 15 July 1941 and was transported to a military college in Ulianovsk. After college, he was sent to the front and actively served until 1943, when he was wounded by a piece of shrapnel. Rats then served on the home front at a tank college. In 1946, he enrolled in a military tank academy and upon graduation in 1952 he returend to the army until his service retirement in 1966. In 1991, he moved from Leningrad to Israel and then in 2003, he immigrated to Canada.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-3-6
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (electronic) : b&w and col. ; 28 MB
- 3 textual records (electronic) ; 13 MB
- Date
- 1945-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of electronic copies of photographs and textual records related to the Vesyoly's service with the Soviet army during the Second World War. There are also photocopies of a newspaper article and other documents detailing their military service attached to the accesssion form.
- Administrative History
- Yeugeny was born in Gomel Region, Belarus. He moved to Canada in 1981 with his wife, Sima. At the start of the Second World War, Sima was working in a hospital in Belarus as a civilian. She was drafted in 1943 at the age of nineteen and went to the Third Belarusian Front and served in Berlin and both North and South Korea as a nurse to Japanese prisoners.
- Yuegeny was eighteen years of age at the start of the war and served in the air force in the Normandy Regiment and at the Ukrainian Front. He worked as a mechanic on the planes returning from battle. After the end of the war, Stalin sold the Soviet planes to the Chinese and Yeugeny tought their pilots how to operate them. He served for twenty-five years in the Soviet military.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-15
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-15
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff)
- 1 cm of textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1946-2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Boris' service in the Soviet Union's military during the Second World War. Included are two military portraits of Boris, letters from the Russian government to commemorate various anniversaries of the military's victory, Boris' Soviet Union travel pass (1990), and Boris' membership renewal booklet for the Association of Second World War Veterans Newkomers from USSR in Israel (1992–2000).
- Administrative History
- Boris was born in Belarus but moved to Israel later in his life. He was fourteen when the Second World War began. He served in Frontier Troops, NKVD (predecessor of KGB). Boris was a student in a military college until 1952. He began his military service as a private soldier but later became an officer. In 1944, he participated in the battles of Eastern Prussia, Latvia, and Belarus. He earned the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal and the Order of Patriotic War, 2nd Class for his war service.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Most of the material in Russian.
- Location of originals: The originals are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the archives for copying and returned to the donor on the same day as part of the Russian-Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Kravitz, Boris
- Places
- Israel
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (jpg and tiff) : b&w and col.
- 4 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1937-2009
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of digital copies of several photograhps and documents related to the military career and the famiy of Eugene Katz. Included are two photos of Katz in military dress, one family photo, two photos and an accompanying letter about a memorial to his brother Ephraim, a portrait of Katz and his wife Mara and a few scanned copies of commemorative and Russian war medal booklets, which originally accompanied the medals bestowed on Katz.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Vet oral history program and were returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- Eugene (Zalman) Katz was born in Vilnius, Latvia in 1925. He was fifteen years old at the onset of the Second World War and witnessed the destruction of his village, Disna, and the murder of his entire family by the Nazis. Katz was one of only twelve people to escape. He later became a partisan and then enlisted in the Soviet army, participating in battles near Konigsberg and Belarus. He was a machine-gunner in the infantry and artillery and helped halt a number of German attacks, including shooting down two tanks. For his heroism, he was decorated with eighteen medals, including the prestigious Medal for Courage.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related material note: See vertical file under "Katz, Eugene"
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Guerrillas
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-1-16
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-1-16
- Material Format
- moving images
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 document (electronic)
- 4 DVDs
- 1 scrapbook
- Date
- 1988-2001
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material relating to the Maccabees Royal Canadian Legion branch 343, including a 1998 membership register, poppy sale information, correspondence and notes regarding Ben Sussman's application for a lifetime membership, information about the ticket sales and a copy of the certificate from 1997 JNF tribute dinner that honoured Albert and Pearl Cohen, and planning notes for the 50th anniversary banquet of the Maccabees in 1995. The accession also contains the draft of Albert Cohen's speech that he presented at the 50th anniversary dinner, as well as newspaper clippings from the Hamilton Jewish News and the Canadian Jewish News relating to the Maccabees, two certificates from the Grand Order of Israel Benefit Society recognizing Albert Cohen's 40 years of membership and an award of merit, and a eulogy in Yiddish, with some translation, written by a father about the son he lost, Balinson, in the line of duty. The DVDs contain footage from the 1997 JNF dinner honouring the Cohens, including Pearl Cohen speaking about early Hamilton, one clip from 1994 of Albert Cohen telling the history of the Maccabees, and video from the 50th anniversary dinner of the Maccabees where there were various speakers including an address by the guest speaker, Commander Sam Pasternack, who spoke about the contribution of Jewish soldiers in WWII (DVD, Maccabees dinner part 3).
- Custodial History
- Michael Cohen is the son of Albert and Pearl Cohen, and was in possession of the records prior to donating them.
- Administrative History
- Albert Cohen (1918-2006) who also went by the nickname "Boomie," was born on November 12, 1918 in Hamilton, Ontario. Pearl Cohen (nee Chaunce) (1919-2008) was born in Hamilton on September 2, 1919. Albert and Pearl married in 1941. In the same year, Albert volunteered to serve in the army as a staff sargeant stationed in Hamilton. He was later discharged in May 1946 after the war. Albert then joined Hamilton's Maccabees, Branch 343 of the Royal Canadian Legion. The branch was founded in 1947 and had a membership of 150 people. The Maccabees' membership was made up of Jewish veterans of WWII, and some veterans of WWI. The branch held meetings in Hamilton's Jewish centre. Albert served as president of the branch for almost 20 years, from 1975 to around 2000. The Maccabees were quite active, and helped raise money by selling poppies for Remembrance Day. The money raised would be sent to general hospitals, veterans hospitals, and families of needy veterans. Albert passed away on August 7, 2006, and Pearl passed away April 18, 2008.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Cohen, Albert, 1918-2006
- Cohen, Pearl, 1919-2008
- Places
- Hamilton, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-2-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-2-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 1 photograph : col.
- 2 documents : col. (jpg)
- Date
- [1910?]-2008
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of six photographs of the Greenspoon family of Sudbury, Ontario. There are also two scanned documents: Moe Greenspoon's 1918 birth certificate and his statement of service in the Canadian Armed Forces, issued in 1990.
- Photographs include the following:
- 01. Benjamin and Fanny Greenspoon ca. 1910. (photograph was a reprint of a scanned original)
- 02. Paul Allan Greenspoon with grandfather Benjamin and his second wife at bar mitzvah, ca. 1966.
- 03. Greenspoon family gathering ca. 1942. L to R (back): Nathan, Doris, Moses (Moe), Max, Sydney, Irving, Bill, Ruth, Louis. L to R (front): Dave, wife Ann, Ben, Fanny, Harry, wife Millie.
- 04. Greenspoons at the Nahala dedication plaque in Israel, Oct. 1972. L to R: Rose (married to Max), daughter Elaine, Max, son Ira, Ira's wife Merle, and Ben in front.
- 05. Zady's Boyz - basketball team of all the grandsons with Moe, 2008.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- Communities
- Families
- Name Access
- Greenspoon, Moe
- Places
- Sudbury, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-10-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Date
- [194-] - 2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of handwritten Yiddish poetry by Benzion Micfliker. Benzion (Ben) began writing poetry at the age of sixty-five after the death of his second wife Esther Micfliker (née Blutschitz). The poems, discovered by Benzion's daughter Rita, deal with personal themes of love and loss, reflections on Nazi imprisonment, liberation, relocations, Theodor Herzl, Canada, astronauts, Jewish holidays including Passover, Hanukkah, Purim, summer, nature and more. Seventeen of the Yiddish language poems have been translated into English. In addition, there is a photograph of Benzion and Esther (1940s), a detailed biography of Benzion Mickflker written by his daughter Rita, and newspaper clippings of Benzion's published poetry.
- Administrative History
- Benzion Micfliker (1910-1989) was born on 29 May 1910 in Chelm, Poland. He immigrated to Canada with his wife Esther and daughter Rita in 1951. Both Benzion and his wife had endured and survived the horrors of the Holocaust. They met after the war and lived in Barletta Italy in a displaced persons (DP) camp, where Rita was born. They settled in Israel for a short time and soon reunited with Benzion's sister Ita and her husband Mendel Silverman in Montreal, where Ben worked as a tailor and foreman and Esther as a seamstress. Benzion passed away at the age of 79 on 16 Jul. 1989.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Yiddish
- Related material: 2019-10-8; 2019-12-2
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Refugee camps
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-10-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-10-7
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (electronic)
- Date
- 2018
- Scope and Content
- Item is a a short piece about the author's military experience in South Africa in the mid-80s.
- Subjects
- South Africa--Armed Forces
- South Africa--Race relations
- Whites--South Africa--Biography
- Name Access
- Maister, Jonathan
- Places
- South Africa
- Source
- Archival Accessions