Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Arab-Israeli War series

Level

Series

Fonds

2

Series

5

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

cartographic material

Date

1943-1991

Physical Description

15 cm of textual records

28 photographs

20 maps

Admin History/Bio

Dunkelman joined the Machal (foreign fighters for Israel) in 1948 at the onset of the First Arab-Israeli War and was active in helping the fledgling Israeli Army break out of Jerusalem and find a road to Tel Aviv. The Burma Road—named after a Second World War Burma supply route—was a makeshift route from Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv. Israeli soldiers, including Dunkelman, drove a convoy at night along a little-used route to reconnect the two cities. Later in the war, commanding the 7th Brigade, he captured Nazareth and northern Galilee. After Dunkelman had left the Israel Defense Forces in 1949 to seek work as a businessman, he kept in contact with the armed forces of Israel through such organizations as the Jewish War Veterans of Canada, the 7th Brigade Veterans Fund, American Veterans of Israel, the Association of Jewish War Veterans, and the Mahal Association.

Scope and Content

Series consists of reports, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and maps and documents recording Ben Dunkelman's involvement in the First Arab-Israeli War. The series branches into the following topics in this order: Machal; the 7th Brigade; Operation Hiram; Operation Dekel; the Burma Road; the Israel Defence Forces; a Profile of Ben Dunkelman; and Arab-Israeli War veterans.

Subjects

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949

Physical Condition

Some records are fragile.

Related Material

See fonds 2, series 6 for more information on the war. Dunkelman wrote an autobiography, Dual Allegiance, based on his experiences in the First Arab-Israeli War and the Second World War.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Speeches series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

7

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976-1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains two speeches, one a lecture given to the Adath Israel Synagogue in Toronto and the other entitled "On the Brink". Both relate to Israeli politics.

Name Access

Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Adath Israel Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Second World War series

Level

Series

Fonds

2

Series

4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

cartographic material

Date

1942-1995

Physical Description

6 cm of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

During the Second World War, Dunkelman served as a major in the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada. After enlisting in 1940, he became a platoon commander. Dunkelman took part in the second wave of D-Day landings in 1944 and later assisted in the final Allied assault on Germany, earning the Distinguished Service Order. He left the army in 1945 after the war had ended. The Queen's Own Rifles Association and the Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science organized a reception in 1976 to honour the publication of Dunkelman's autobiography, Dual Allegiance.

Scope and Content

Series consists of records documenting Ben Dunkelman's involvement in the Second World War. Included are newspaper clippings, maps, photographs, and correspondence. Some files deal with Dunkelman's experiences during the war; others relate to Dunkelman's relationship with veterans after the war and, in one case, with his memories of the war. The files cover such subjects as The Queen's Own Rifles, Veterans, the liberation of The Netherlands, Aubrey Cosens (a soldier under Dunkelman’s command who was killed in battle but later honoured with the Victoria Cross), and the prosecution of Nazi war criminals.

Notes

Physical description: Includes 85 photographs, 1 album, and 10 maps.

Name Access

Cosens, Aubrey, 1921-1945 (subject)

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1939-1945

Related Material

See fonds 2, series 6 for more information on Dunkelman's involvement in the Second World War.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

Series

Fonds

2

Series

6

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

cartographic material

Date

[194-?]-1997

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

Ben Dunkelman published his memoirs with MacMillan of Canada in 1976 under the title Dual Allegiance. Although nearly thirty years had passed since his involvement in the Second World War and the First Arab-Israeli War, Dunkelman began researching his memoirs in the 1950s and an early version of the book, Israel Assignment, was finished in 1959. After further research, writing and correspondence with publishers, Dunkelman finally secured publication of the manuscript with MacMillan of Canada under the title Dual Allegiance, which was published in 1976. The response to Dual Allegiance after its publication in November came quickly. MacMillan collected many of the newspaper reviews and sent them to Dunkelman. Ben Dunkelman also wrote several different screenplays based on his autobiography. These range from plot summaries to a full-length screenplay submitted to Charles Greene which includes directions for camera shots.

Scope and Content

Series consists of correspondence, research notes, novel notes, manuscripts, reviews, film/TV scripts, clippings and publicity material related to Ben Dunkelman’s autobiography, Dual Allegiance, which was published by MacMillan in 1976. The series contains drafts of Israel Assignment. It also contains some correspondence, both between Dunkelman and MacMillan about the book, and from readers commenting on it. The series is organized into several general areas in the following order: research, manuscripts, publicity, correspondence and Film/TV scripts.

Notes

Physical description note: Includes 30 maps, 4 photographs, and 2 albums.

Subjects

Authors

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Business series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

3

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1985-1986

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Dunkelman's was a restaurant near the corner of Yonge and St. Clair that Ben and Yael Dunkelman opened in the early 1980s. They provided customers with a Californian-style cuisine.

Scope and Content

File consists of two favourable reviews of Dunkelman’s restaurant from the Toronto Sun and Avenue magazine.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Zionist series

Level

Item

Fonds

2

Series

2

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ben Dunkelman sitting on a horse. The photo was taken in Palestine during the 1930s.

Repro Restriction

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-1

File

1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[192-?]-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a Mourner's Kaddish for David Dunkelman, Ben's father, who died in 1978. The file includes a 2-page speech about David Dunkelman's business success, and refers to Rose Dunkelman's role in assisting David with Tip Top Tailors. The file also contains a photograph of David Dunkelman and four other men (likely all businessmen) walking along a boardwalk, likely in Atlantic City. Identified in the photo is (left to right): [Samuel Posluns?], Louis Gelber, Percy Hermant, [unidentified], and David Dunkelman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-1

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1955

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains writings and correspondence mainly paying tribute to Rose Dunkelman and her Zionist work.

Physical Condition

Some records are fragile.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

2

Series

1-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[192-?]-1991

Physical Description

5 cm of textual records

3 photographs

Admin History/Bio

Rose and David Dunkelman, Benjamin Dunkelman's parents, were staunch supporters of Toronto's Zionist community. David was a leader of the Zionist Organization of Canada for more than 50 years, while Rose was publisher and first managing editor of the Jewish Standard, a Toronto-based Zionist magazine she founded with her husband. In addition, she was the first vice-president of the Hadassah Organization of Canada and president of the Hadassah Organization of Ontario. Both fervently supported Zionist projects.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of photographs, clippings, obituaries, correspondence and biographical information in connection with Rose, David and Ben Dunkelman. The sub-series contains a pamphlet from the Toronto Zionist Council in 1957 celebrating the council’s 50th anniversary and praising Rose Dunkelman. There are also copies of articles about Rose Dunkelman by H.M. Kaiserman and Meyer W. Weisgal.

Name Access

Dunkelman, Rose, 1889-1949

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

Item

Fonds

2

Series

1

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[198-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a formal portrait of Ben Dunkelman.

Notes

Photograph is by Leo Hausman.

Name Access

Hausman, Leo, 1912-1982

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Physical Condition

Item is in good condition.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931-1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Dunkelman received this passport in 1931 and over the next nine years used it to travel to such places as Palestine--when he went to work for a year on a kibbutz--Italy and the United States.

Scope and Content

File consists of one Canadian passport.

Physical Condition

Passport is in good condition.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-1

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 20 cm and 19 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

File contains two portraits of David Dunkelman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Theodora Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-2

File

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?], Nov. 1953

Physical Description

26 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm or smaller

2 postcards : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of graphic material relating to Theodora Dunkelman. The majority of the images are of Theodora as a young girl during a family trip to Florida. Also included are photographs taken at Camp Modin and of Theo with her father, David Dunkelman. Finally, file includes a post card of a sulphuric acid plant in Haifa and a boat.

Physical Condition

One photograph is torn.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Theodora Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Theodora Dunkelman received the degree in 1946.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Business series

Dunkelman Gallery sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

3-3

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains one Globe and Mail article about the opening of the Dunkelman Gallery on 3 April 1967.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975-1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on such topics as the Arab boycott.

Name Access

Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995

Subjects

Arab countries--Foreign economic relations--Israel

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Theodora Dunkelman sub-series sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

2

Series

1-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[192-?]-Nov. 1953

Physical Description

3 folders of textual records

26 photographs

2 postcards

Admin History/Bio

Theodora Dunkelman, one of Ben Dunkelman’s three sisters, was an actress who obtained her bachelor's degree in fine arts and drama from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1946. She died in 1947.

Custodial History

Ben Dunkelman acquired some of his sister's records after her death.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of four files of photographs, clippings, brochures and documents. It includes a scrapbook containing clippings and brochures about Theodora Dunkelman’s acting performances and her sister Zelda’s marriage to Morton Harrison Wilner. Other clippings in a separate folder refer to the Theodora Dunkelman Training Workshops which were established in her honour in 1950 at Hadassim, the Canadian Hadassah’s Children’s Village in Israel. A final folder contains Theodora Dunkelman’s bachelor’s degree.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-1

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

[195-?]-1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The file emphasizes the importance of the Dunkelman family to Ontario's Jewish community. Ben was a distinguished soldier, a successful businessman and a Zionist; David was founder of Tip Top Tailors and a Zionist leader; and Rose was a Zionist leader, publisher of the Jewish Standard and heavily involved in Hadassah and Youth Aliyah.

Scope and Content

File contains biographical information about Benjamin Dunkelman, including entries for himself and his parents Rose and David Dunkelman in the New Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel, edited by Geoffrey Wigoder.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Business series

Dunkelman Gallery sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

2

Series

3-3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1967-[197-?]

Physical Description

3 folders of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

In 1967, Ben and Yael Dunkelman opened the Dunkelman Gallery near the intersection of Bedford and Bloor streets in Toronto. Intending to provide a forum for contemporary art, the Dunkelmans organized large exhibitions and sculpture shows on the works of such artists as Picasso, Henri, Dubuffet and Davis. The gallery, which ran from 1967 to 1973, championed a variety of art, from the avant-garde to older work by the early Twentieth Century School of Paris painters.

Scope and Content

Sub-Series consists of a photograph of Ben Dunkelman and his father at the gallery, a newspaper clipping about the opening of the gallery, and correspondence between Dunkelman and Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek about the possibility of a Picasso museum in Jerusalem.

Notes

Associated Material: The Dunkelman Gallery Fonds at the National Archives of Canada consists of 1.5 m of textual and graphic records ranging in date from 1959 to 1979.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Arab-Israeli War series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

5

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-1966

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of news clippings related to Dunkelman's role in the Arab-Israeli War, and to his brother-in-law, Morton Wilner, who was married to Dunkelman's sister Zelda. The clippings come from such newspapers as The Globe and Mail, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Day-Jewish Journal.

Name Access

Wilner, Morton

Physical Condition

Records are fragile.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-1

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains three obituaries for Rose Dunkelman, Ben Dunkelman's mother. The articles come from The Telegram, The Jewish Standard, and The Toronto Daily Star.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Theodora Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-2

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains one clipping from The Canadian Zionist related to the creation of The Theodora Dunkelman Training Workshops at Hadassim, the Canadian Hadassah's Children's Village in Israel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Theodora Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-2

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939-[194-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one scrapbook made up of programs and newspaper clippings relating chiefly to Theodora Dunkelman's performance in various theatre productions at Hart House. The scrapbook also includes clippings in connection with the marriage of Theo's sister Zelda Dunkelman to Morton Wilner. Of note is a document describing the family's grief after Theo's untimely death, as well as invitations to the installation of the Alpha Nu Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Phi fraternity.

Subjects

Scrapbooks

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Business series

Tip Top Tailors sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

3-1

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

Oct. 1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an issue of the Coronet magazine which contains an article about David Dunkelman and Tip Top Tailors.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

30

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976-1990

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence between Dunkelman and National Archives archivist Lawrence Tapper relating to Dunkelman's papers at the Archives. The file also contains a list of files from the National Archives Dunkelman collection.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series

David Dunkelman file

Level

Item

Fonds

2

Series

1-1

File

1

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of David Dunkelman and four other men walking along a boardwalk, likely in Atlantic City. Identified in the photo is (left to right): [Samuel Posluns?], Louis Gelber, Percy Hermant, [unidentified], and David Dunkelman.

Repro Restriction

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Second World War series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

4

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1981-1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains photocopies from a book about the liberation of Holland signed for Dunkelman by the author, Margot van Boldrik. The file also includes a newspaper article by Lew Gloin about Canadians--including Dunkelman--fighting in the Second World War.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

David and Rose Dunkelman sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1-1

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 folder of one textual record

Scope and Content

File contains one photocopied cover article from the Ontario Zionist Digest in connection with a memorial plaque and painting unveiled in honour of Rose Dunkelman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Business series

Tip Top Tailors sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

3-1

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains one newspaper clipping announcing Ben Dunkelman's appointment as General Manager of Tip Top Tailors.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

67

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976-1984

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains reviews and correspondence related to Dual Allegiance.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Arab-Israeli War series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

5

File

7

Material Format

cartographic material

Date

1943-1950

Physical Description

13 maps

Scope and Content

File contains maps relating to Dunkelman's activities during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949.

Subjects

Israel

Physical Condition

Some records are fragile.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Shirley Gold, who wrote on behalf of the Rose Dunkelman Chapter of Hadassah in Niagara Falls, Ontario, inviting Ben to be the chapter's guest speaker at its upcoming 35th anniversary.

Notes

For more information about Rose Dunkelman, please see the Rose Dunkelman Fonds.

Physical Condition

Records are fragile but in good condition.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

[194-]-[196-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of Ben Dunkleman's personal correspondence with various people including, David Ben-Gurion, Theodore Kollek, Chaim Herzog and Chaim Laskov. The correspondence relates to such topics as Ben and Yael Dunkelman's marriage, the death of Rose Dunkelman, and New Year celebrations.

Name Access

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973

Herzog, Chaim, 1918-1997

Subjects

Presidents--Israel

Prime ministers--Israel

Physical Condition

Records are fragile but in good condition.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Second World War album file

Level

Item

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

100

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[May 1945]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Major Ben Dunkelman standing alongside an unknown soldier. They were billeted at a former German work camp in Doorn, Holland, which the Queen's Own Rifles liberated on May 7, 1945. Soldiers set up the camp to reference local landmarks in Cabbagetown, a neighbourhood in Toronto. There is sign behind them that reads: The Greatest Little Place in Canada, Cabbage Town.

Subjects

Soldiers--Canada

Repro Restriction

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.

Related Material

Library and Archives Canada Canadian Army Newsreel, No. 88 features the camp. The film has been digitized and can be viewed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ZkB4UX3BU

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Travel sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

2

Series

1-6

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

cartographic material

Date

1931-1975

Physical Description

2 cm

Admin History/Bio

Following the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49, Ben Dunkelman frequently travelled to Israel for pleasure as well as for business. Although he once went leopard hunting in Africa, Dunkelman usually visited the Middle East or the United States when outside Canada.

Scope and Content

Sub-series contains maps, a passport, a 1953 travel diary and some correspondence. The records relate to Benjamin Dunkelman’s travels to Israel. The sub-series includes files for Dunkelman’s passport and his travel maps.

Subjects

Israel

Travel

Creator

Dunkelman, Benjamin

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a letter from Chaim Weizmann to David Dunkelman in connection with the Dedication of the Institute of Physics and Physical Chemistry.

Name Access

Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952

Subjects

Presidents--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975-1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Chaim (Vivian) Herzog, ambassador to the United Nations.

Name Access

Herzog, Chaim, 1918-1997

Subjects

Presidents--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

73

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a letter to Ben Dunkelman from Chaim (Vivian) Herzog (Israel's ambassador to the UN), thanking Dunkelman for sending him a copy of Dual Allegiance. The letter comes with an envelope.

Name Access

Herzog, Chaim, 1918-1997

Subjects

Presidents--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Second World War series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

4

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence and clippings in connection with the Canadian Jewish Congress and its attempt to bring Second World War Nazi war criminals to justice. Some items refer to the Deschenes Inquiry, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and former Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn. Ben Dunkelman assisted the CJC in persuading the federal government to track down Nazi war criminals.

Name Access

Canada. Prime Minister (1984-1993 : Mulroney)

Subjects

War crimes

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Arab-Israeli War series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

5

File

27

Material Format

textual record

Date

1954-1990

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists chiefly of correspondence and notes relating to a 1973 Seventh Brigade reunion in Israel which Ben Dunkelman attended. The correspondence includes letters from Golda Meir, the Israeli Prime Minister, as well as from Yossie Mann, who invited Dunkelman to the reunion. Also included in the file are single copies of the magazines Haolan Haza (This World), Bamachane G'danya, and Bamachane. The first of these contains an article about Yitzhak Sade, a Palmach commander during the Arab-Israeli War; the second, published by the youth wing of the IDF, contains general army information; and the third, published by the IDF in an independence day edition, includes an article about Shlomo Shamir and the Battle of Latrun during the Arab-Israeli War.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1995?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence in connection with the military and with the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. The file also contains an invitation to an independence day celebration in Israel.

Name Access

Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1954-1984

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence between former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Ben Dunkelman. In addition, the file contains a newspaper clipping reporting a trip by Ben-Gurion to Canada. Further correspondence in the file reveals that the Israeli government has decided to grant Dunkelman the rank of Colonel.

Name Access

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

1961-1962

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains two letters, one from Ben Dunkelman to Col. Chaim Ben-David (the military secretary to the Israeli Prime Minister) and one from Ben-David to Dunkelman. The letters relate to Dunkelman's attempt to set the record straight about his role in the Arab-Israeli War.

Name Access

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Physical Condition

Records are fragile.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Zionist series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

2

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1960

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence and clippings related to an article Dunkelman wrote criticizing the Leon Uris novel, Exodus. Some correspondence relates to Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion; other correspondence relates to Theodore Kollek.

Name Access

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Physical Condition

Some records are fragile.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

43

Material Format

textual record

Date

[197-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains Dual Allegiance drafts of indexes, chapter summaries, a bibliography, a table of contents, and a foreword by Yitzhak Rabin. The file also includes appendices containing remarks about inaccurate historical accounts and Dunkelman's 1949 reports to Israeli command about reorganization of the Israel Defence Forces.

Name Access

Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

44

Material Format

textual record

Date

[197-]-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains Dual Allegiance drafts of the book's title page, dedication, prefatory note and table of contents. The file also includes a copy of Yitzhak Rabin's foreword to the book.

Name Access

Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Arab-Israeli War series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

5

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

[197-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a letter Dunkelman wrote in his role as the national commander of the Jewish War Veterans of Canada to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Dunkelman urges Trudeau to protect Canadian Jews from an Arab boycott. The file also includes a biography Dunkelman used when representing Jewish organizations.

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as PDF files.

Name Access

Canada. Prime Minister (1968-1979 : Trudeau)

Subjects

Boycotts

Jewish-Arab relations

Prime ministers--Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

27

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence and cards related to the Israel Bond Award Dinner held in honour of Ben Dunkelman on 10 November 1977. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addressed the dinner.

Name Access

Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995

Subjects

Dinners and dining

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions