- Name
- Max Enkin
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 24 Mar. 1982
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Max Enkin
- Number
- OH 132
- Subject
- Tailor project
- Clothing trade
- Clothing workers
- Refugee camps
- Legislators--Canada
- Labor unions
- Interview Date
- 24 Mar. 1982
- Quantity
- 1 audio cassette (1 copy)
- 1 WAV file
- Interviewer
- Jack Lipinsky
- Total Running Time
- 43.19 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Recopied March 2009 as the original copy done was inaudible.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Max Enkin was a founder and a leading member of the Jewish Vocational Services of Toronto. In 1947, as associate administrator and representative for the men's clothing sector in Ontario, Max Enkin became involved in the Tailor Project, which was designed to identify and select skilled tailors from the displaced persons camps of Europe and help to settle them in Canada. Max Enkin was awarded the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to Wartime Prices and Trade Council.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Geographic Access
- Europe
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 132 - Enkin\OH132_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Al Hershkovitz
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 19 Nov. 1985
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Al Hershkovitz
- Number
- OH 111
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Refugees--Canada
- Zionists
- Interview Date
- 19 Nov. 1985
- Quantity
- 1 cassette (1 copy)
- 1 WAV file
- Interviewer
- Phyllis Platnick
- Total Running Time
- 40.30 minutes
- Conservation
- November 2006
- Digitized in 2014
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Al Hershkovitz was a fur union representative who helped organize the project that brought furriers from the displaced persons camps of Europe to Canada in the late 1940s. As a union representative, Al was granted temporary military rank in order to enter the displaced persons camps in Europe. He became part of the selection committee responsible for determining which displaced persons could come to Canada.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Hershkovitz, Al
- Federman, Max
- Kerbel, Joe
- Silver, Harris
- Jewish Labor Committee
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Society
- International Fur and Leather Workers Union
- American Federation of Labor
- Geographic Access
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Europe
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 111 - Hershkovitz\OH111_Log.wav
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Claire and Al Roebuck
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 9 Feb. 1986
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Claire and Al Roebuck
- Number
- OH 115
- Subject
- Tailors
- Refugee camps
- Immigrants--Canada
- Interview Date
- 9 Feb. 1986
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Phyllis Platnick
- Total Running Time
- 30.05 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Claire and Al Roebuck were involved in the Tailor Project to bring skilled trade workers from the displaced persons camps of Europe to Canada after the Second World War. Claire worked for the Canadian Overseas Garment Worker's Commission with Thomas Aplin.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Geographic Access
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Europe
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Nathan Isaacs
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 9 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Nathan Isaacs
- Number
- OH 371
- Subject
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
- Interview Date
- 9 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file); 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Shayla Howell
- Total Running Time
- 26:47
- Notes
- Nathan was interviewed as part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica-Dominion Institute.
- Biography
- Nathan served with 427 Lion Squadron in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942 to 1945 as a navigator. He was stationed in Europe.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Europe
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Sol Zulauf
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 30 Jul. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Sol Zulauf
- Number
- OH 403
- Subject
- Canada--Armed Forces
- Royal Canadian Army (RCA)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Interview Date
- 30 Jul. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file) ; 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Historica Dominion Institute
- Total Running Time
- 27:30
- Notes
- Sol was interviewed as part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on May 13, 2010 in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute.
- Biography
- Sol served in the Royal Canadian Army as a tank driver. He was stationed in Europe.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Europe
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Israel Nutzati
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 30 Aug. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Israel Nutzati
- Number
- OH 409
- Subject
- Prisoners of war
- World War, 1939-1945
- Interview Date
- 30 Aug. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (1 WAV file) ; 1 archival DVD (1 WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Shayla Howell
- Total Running Time
- 43:20
- Notes
- Israel was interviewed as part of the Memory Project which was undertaken in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute
- Biography
- Israel grew up in Palestine and enlisted in the British Army with the Jewish Brigade in 1945. He was stationed in various cities near Italy and throughout Europe and Egypt. Although he did not see any fighting, he was involved in the transport of prisoners of war and guarded army vehicles. He was released from the army in 1946.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Egypt
- Europe
- Italy
- Palestine
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Percy Skuy
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 12 May 2015
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Percy Skuy
- Number
- OH 416
- Subject
- Canada--Emigration and immigration
- Jews--South Africa
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Interview Date
- 12 May 2015
- Interviewer
- Naomi Raichyk
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr. 19 min.
- Use Restrictions
- NONE
- Biography
- The child of Latvian immigrants to South Africa, Percy grew up in the small town of Vryheid, South Africa with his parents and two siblings. Years later, when asked what the population of Vryheid was, Percy’s mother replied, “Forty Jewish families.” Those families formed a tight-knit community that was able to support not only a synagogue and a rabbi, but a Talmud Torah school and a butcher’s shop with a kosher section.
- At seventeen years old, Percy began an apprenticeship to become a pharmacist. He qualified in 1954 and worked for a year before leaving South Africa to travel the world. He never planned on visiting Canada, but found himself in Toronto for a stopover and ended up liking the city so much he decided to stay. In 1959, Percy became the first South African pharmacist registered in Ontario.
- Percy met his first wife, Frances Goodman, in 1960 on a blind date and married her that same year. Together, they had two children: Beth (born in 1961) and David (born in 1963). In 1961, Percy began his thirty-four-year career with Johnson and Johnson Corporation, taking on a number of roles in the company during that time. In 1977, Frances passed away. Two years later, he married his second wife, Elsa Ruth Snider.
- In addition to his professional accomplishments, Percy is the founder of the only museum devoted exclusively to the history of contraception. The museum is located at the Dittrick Medical History Centre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Skuy, Percy, 1932-
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Europe
- Israel
- South Africa
- United States
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- 00:30 Percy was born in 1932 in Vryheid in northern Natal, South Africa.
- 00:41 Percy's parents emigrated from Latvia to South Africa in 1929.
- 00:53 Percy discusses his parents and their early lives in South Africa and the Jewish community in Vryheid.
- 04:10 Percy discusses his family's practice of Judaism while growing up.
- 05:02 Percy's father ran a small business. Later he worked with his brother-in-law to run a mill. At age fifty-nine, his father was killed in an automobile accident.
- 06:00 Percy discusses his mother. Percy has two siblings: an older brother, Max, and a younger sister, Rita.
- 07:19 Percy shares some of his childhood memories.
- 09:29 Percy was involved in the Habonim youth movement.
- 11:27 Percy reminisces about the establishment of the State of Israel.
- 13:23 Percy discusses his impressions of apartheid. He discusses his relationships with Black men and women.
- 15:15 Percy discusses his involvement with an anti-apartheid group.
- 17:19 Percy shares a story that illustrates his opposition to apartheid. His parents were not politically active.
- 19:06 Percy discusses how he became interested in pharmacy and the training for pharmacists.
- 21:21 Percy describes his two years of travel following graduation from pharmacy.
- 26:58 Percy relates how, en route to a pre-arranged job in the Arctic, he serendipitously secured a job with Glaxo as a medical sales representative on a stop-over in Toronto.
- 29:49 Percy describes his sales route.
- 30:46 Percy explains how he became the first South African registered pharmacist in Ontario.
- 32:31 Percy describes some of his early social/business pursuits in Canada.
- 34:12 Percy married his wife, Francis, originally from Sudbury. She graduated from the University of Toronto in nursing.
- 34:26 Following travel to Europe, Israel and South Africa, Percy and Francis decided to return to live in Canada.
- 35:35 Percy discusses the importance of maintaining family connection despite distance.
- 36:41 Percy describes the slow trickle of relatives who emigrated from South Africa. He notes that he has no close relatives remaining in South Africa and comments on the disappearance of the Jewish community in Vryheid.
- 38:39 Percy discusses some of the challenges he faced integrating socially into the Jewish community.
- 40:36 Percy explains how he became involved with working for the company Ortho.
- 45:15 Percy explains the factors that guided his integration into Canada.
- 47:08 Percy discusses his involvement in the Jewish community in Toronto.
- 48:30 Percy contrasts his own upbringing with how he raised his own children in Toronto.
- 52:00 Percy discusses his grandchildren.
- 52:26 Percy is the founder of a museum of the history of contraception. He explains how he developed an interest in the history of contraception and how he collected artifacts.
- 58:18 Percy describes his work history, his involvement in professional committee work, and his pursuits following his retirement in 1995.
- 1:00:11 Percy explains how he found a permanent location for the museum at the Dittrick Museum at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1:02:50 Percy married Elsa in 1979. He discusses their range of hobbies.
- 1:03:38 Percy discusses the three documentaries he created. The topics included the formation of the Jewish pharmacy fraternity, the history of Jewish pharmacists in Canada, and the extracurricular involvement of Jewish pharmacists in Canada.
- 1:06:47 Percy addresses some of the issues faced by South African Jewish pharmacists who integrated to Canada.
- 1:09:20 Percy lists the languages he speaks.
- 1:10:00 Percy reminisces about his mother. He recalls his mother's relationship with their family servant.
- 1:13:14 Percy describes his training in pharmacy in South Africa.
- 1:15:27 Percy shares stories about their family's Black servants.
- 1:17:40 Percy reminisces about the opportunities that came his way since his arrival in Canada.
- Source
- Oral Histories
Becoming Canadian
The History of Contraception
40 Jewish Families
Not Long Before the Police Arrived
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Page One series
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 135; Series 20; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Page One series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 20
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (6 min., 6 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, stereo ; 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of Page One about the Soviet–Afghan War with an interview with Janice Prager, a nurse from California who served as a volunteer at an Afghan refugee camp on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan between November and December 1985. She classifies the conflict as a genocide and believes that her Jewishness was the driving factor for her choice to serve as a volunteer, according to her, to make sure that genocides never happen again. She talks about what inspired her to work in the region, how she arrived there, and the several Afghan organizations involved in the war.
- Subjects
- Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-1989
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Records are closed for conservation reasons.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- Tape is in poor condition. Audio quality is good, but there is some stickiness and squealing, indicative of SBS. No signs of mold.
- Places
- Afghanistan
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Address
- 216 Beverley Street
- Source
- Landmarks
The Apter Synagogue was formed by a group of people who came to Toronto from the area of Opatow (Apt) in Poland around the turn of the century. They first established a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in the Ward. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. Both the synagogue members and the Apter Friendly Society met there.
- Address
- 216 Beverley Street
- Time Period
- 1918-unknown
- Scope Note
- The Apter Synagogue was formed by a group of people who came to Toronto from the area of Opatow (Apt) in Poland around the turn of the century. They first established a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in the Ward. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. Both the synagogue members and the Apter Friendly Society met there.
- History
- In later years, a bitter controversy between the synagogue and society erupted and the building was sold.
- Category
- Political
- Religious
- Private Clubs
- Source
- Landmarks
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-15
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 34 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned ; 17 x 23 cm or smaller
- 1 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1944-2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Bernard's activities in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Included are images of Bernard and his photography school classmates; shots taken just after the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated, including shots of captured SS guards and of the Sunday picnics organized for the children; and images taken by Bernard while he was on leave. Accession also includes Bernard's unpublished memoir of his war experience (2000) and one letter written by Bernard to his family while he was stationed in Germany (1945).
- Administrative History
- Bernard Louis Yale was born in Toronto on 3 May 1922 to Morris Yalofsky and Ann Yalofsky (née Krasnanski). Although Morris and Ann were both born in the Ukraine, they resided in Romania prior to their immigration to Canada in 1922 Morris worked in Toronto as an upholsterer until his untimely death at the age of thirty-five.
- Bernard attended Central Commerce high school and upon graduating registered for a chartered accounting course. He worked as an accounting student for the chartered accountant Jules Newman.
- During the Second World War, Bernard served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer. He arrived in England in 1944 and was posted shortly thereafter to 443 Squadron, 144 Wing (a Spitfire Wing) in the town of Ford. While stationed there, he was responsible for servicing cinegun cameras that captured the damage caused each time the Spitfires fired ammunition at a target.
- From Ford, Bernard moved with his squadron to various other towns including Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer (during the invasion of Normandy), Chartres, Louvain, and other towns in Belgium and Holland. In 1945, his squadron began moving into Germany and encountered slave labourers who had just been liberated. Soon after, Bernard was posted to serve in the occupation forces with 84 Group Disarmament Staff. His unit was responsible for disarming and dismantling the German air force. As part of this unit, Bernard processed photographs of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp guards, the burning of the wooden quarters used for Bergen-Belsen’s inmates, and other structures and remains found there. A squadron leader in Bernard’s unit, Ted Aplin, organized Sunday picnics for the children of Bergen Belsen during the summer of 1945. Bernard captured many photographs of these outings.
- After the war, Bernard returned to Toronto and resumed work as a chartered accountant. He married Esther Wineberg in 1950 and together they had three children: Robert Yale (b. 1954), Sharon Yale (b. 1957), and Martin Yale (b. 1960). Bernard passed away on 16 September 2001.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Digitized material.
- Associated material: See Ted Aplin fonds at Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections at York University, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Concentration camps
- Photographers
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Places
- Europe
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 optical disc (48:20 min.) : col. ; DVD
- 35 photographs : col. ; 16 x 11 cm
- Date
- 2006-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the military career of Corporal Tamar Freeman, particularly her 6-month deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Included is postcard and email correspondence sent to her parents detailing issues of camp life, her religious observance, as well as her role as a medic; a DVD of the film "Sisters in Arms" written and directed by Tamar's sister, Beth Freeman; newspaper clippings and articles on Tamar and the film "Sisters in Arms"; photographs of Tamar receiving an award from the Canadian Jewish Congress, of her family greeting her at the airport upon return to Canada, a portrait of Tamar with another soldier and General Hillier, as well as images taken of fellow soldiers and the surroundings while in Afghanistan.
- Administrative History
- Corporal Tamar Freeman (1967-) is the daughter of Harvey and Gilda Freeman. She began her military career as an army reservist in 1990. As a reservist, she committed one day per week and one weekend per month to working in hospitals on board ships and in defence research facilities. In 2006, she joined the regular infantry as a medic in the Second Field Ambulance unit. She served in Kandahar for 6 months between 2006 and 2007 as a medic treating wounded soldiers, Afghan allies and civilians. She also served as part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team at a village medical clinic. She received the Alan Rose Award for International Human Dignity from the Canadian Jewish Congress in 2007. Corporal Freeman is currently stationed at Base Borden in Ontario.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- Use restrictions note: Personal emails are confidential and require the permission of Tamar Freeman before accessing.
- Subjects
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Soldiers--Canada
- Name Access
- Freeman, Tamar
- Places
- Afghanistan
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- ca. 35 photographs : b&w and col. ; 33 x 27 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1891-2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting members of Harvey Freeman's family, several of whom served in the armed forces. Included are: family photographs, a Krugel family tree, a copy of Itzik Kriegel (Harvey's grandfather)'s army discharge, an attestation paper for Louis Krugel (Harvey's uncle), a signed program for a "stag whoopee dinner and night of blissful freedom" in honour of Lou Krugel's approaching marriage, and printed images of Harvey's daughter Tamar Freeman in Afghanistan. One of the photographs depicts Louis Krugel with professional wrestler and actor Tor Johnson, aka the Swedish Angel.
- Photo Caption (001): Wellesley Public School, [ca. 1915]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (002): Louis Krugel. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (003): Buba Sluva with Sara, Moe, Lou, and Harry, 1909. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (004): Berel Krugel in front of 22 Gerard Street West, Toronto, [ca. 1919]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (005): Wedding, 28 September 1926. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (006): Louis Krugel. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (007): Baba Tzluva with Harry, [189-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (008): Louis Krugel. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (009): Shabbat dinner, [ca. 1940]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (010): Norman, Buba Sluva, and Bert, [ca. 1922]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (011): Family portrait, 1909. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (012): Harry and Sara, 1916. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (013): Louis Krugel, [192-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (014): Louis Krugel and unknown man posing with boxing gloves, [1918?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (015): Louis Krugel, 1918. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (016): Harvey Freeman at Camp Borden, 1945. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (017): Unknown. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (018): Louis Krugel and unknown man, 1918. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (019): Louis Krugel with Tor Johnson, aka the Swedish Angel, [194-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (020): Signed portrait of Louis Krugel. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (021): Louis Krugel, [192-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Administrative History
- Harvey Freeman was born on May 22, 1928. As a youth, he attended Harbord Collegiate and went on to join the militia, where he was the lone Canadian Jewish bagpiper.
- Harvey made his living in business, working in different areas including furniture manufacturing and property management. As part of a change in lifestyle, he took up marathons in his early seventies.
- Harvey has four children.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Records for Harvey's daughter Tamar can be found in Accession 2013-7-8.
- Subjects
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Families
- Soldiers--Canada
- Name Access
- Freeman, Harvey
- Freeman, Tamar
- Johnson, Tor, 1903-1971
- Places
- Afghanistan
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-5-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-5-13
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records and other material
- 3 objects
- Date
- [194-]-[201-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Nathan Isaacs. Included are letters, photographs, service records, a sight log, a book with photographs of fighter planes active in the Second World War, and telegrams congratulating Nathan's family on Nathan coming home. Also included are a number of objects: Nathan's dog tags, navigator wings, and crest; a flask with Nathan's initials on it; another item with Nathan's initials that he received upon enlisting in 1942 and which would have held a mirror, nail file, and possibly a comb; a cigarette lighter made from an empty shell by ground crew; and, finally, a Bomber Command bar that was issued to Nathan in 2013.
- Administrative History
- Nathan Isaacs (né Isaacovitch) was born on 20 November 1922. He enlisted on 5 August 1942. After training, Nathan worked in the kitchen at a Royal Canadian Air Force base in Aylmer, Ontario, while awaiting deployment to Europe. After being flown to Yorkshire, England, Nathan went on to fly thirty-five missions. He was twenty-one when he flew his first.
- Following the war, bombers like Nathan received little in the way of recognition on account of the heavy civilian casualties caused by bombing. In 2013, Julian Fantino, minister of veterans affairs, gave out the Bomber Command bar to recognize Second World Bombers, including Nathan. That same year, thanks to a photograph that accompanied a Toronto Star article about Second World War bombers, Nathan was reunited with John Mulholland, the pilot with whom he flew his final mission.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Six of the photographs and four of the textual records have been scanned and are available as JPEG, TIFF, and/or PDF files.
- Subjects
- Bomber pilots
- Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Isaacs, Nathan, 1922-
- Places
- Canada
- Europe
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2367
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2367
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of an unidentified family. The three on the left immigrated to Toronto, while the rest stayed in Europe.
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1980-7-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1959-August 1959
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : b&w and col. (40 negatives) ; 14 x 7 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of negatives created by Sylvia Schwartz during a trip to Europe in 1959. Series contains three files that include images of Paul Robeson in his apartment in Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom, the World Festival of Youth and Students in Vienna, Austria and a taping of the Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow, USSR. Series has been arranged into files for each event. It is organized chronologically by month.
- Subjects
- Voyages and travels
- Places
- Europe
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of telgrams sent to Samuel Posluns as he left for Europe aboard the Queen Mary.
- 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.
- Places
- Europe
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2339
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2339
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of three unidentified men, before they left Europe.
- 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.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2340
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2340
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of an unidentified family from Europe.
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3053
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3053
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of a funeral ceremony taking place in Europe. The photograph depicts a man carrying the body of a deceased woman on a stretcher, while a young child and another woman looks on.
- Subjects
- Funeral service
- 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.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-30
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a full-length portrait of Gatella Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- Studio: S. Wilhelm, Photogr. Atelier Neunkirchen Bahnhofstrasse.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [187-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Isaac Scheuer taken in a studio in Europe.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Good.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Ida Scheuer taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Studio: St. Johann A/D Saar H. Leonhard Bahnhofstr. 139.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1879
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Gatella Scheuer at twenty, taken in Europe in the late nineteenth century. The portrait is of her head and torso and she is wearing a velvet jacket and her hair is pinned up.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The card has been cut into an oval.
- Places
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2021-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-10-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Date
- 19 Jun. 1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one letter to Nathan "Sonny" Isaacs from Rabbi Jacob Eisen. The letter is dated 19 June 1945. In it, Jacob congratulates Nathan on getting engaged and expresses his regret he could not have been in Toronto when Nathan was welcomed home. He also mentions that Nathan's best friend, Percy, was sad to learn that Nathan had departed Europe just as he arrived.
- Administrative History
- Nathan Isaacs (né Isaacovitch) was born on 20 November 1922. He enlisted on 5 August 1942. After training, Nathan worked in the kitchen at a Royal Canadian Air Force base in Aylmer, Ontario, while awaiting deployment to Europe. After being flown to Yorkshire, England, Nathan went on to fly thirty-five missions. He was twenty-one when he flew his first.
- Following the war, bombers like Nathan received little in the way of recognition on account of the heavy civilian casualties caused by bombing. In 2013, Julian Fantino, minister of veterans affairs, gave out the Bomber Command bar to recognize Second World Bombers, including Nathan. That same year, thanks to a photograph that accompanied a Toronto Star article about Second World War bombers, Nathan was reunited with John Mulholland, the pilot with whom he flew his final mission.
- 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 groups of records in different fonds external to the unit being described: A photograph of Rabbi Jacob Eisen in uniform can be found in the Military photographs series of the William Stern fonds. A photograph of Rabbi Eisen alongside other Jewish chaplains can be found in the Harry Moscoe fonds.
- Subjects
- Letters
- Rabbis
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Isaacs, Nathan, 1922-
- Places
- Europe
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-21
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1984, predominant 1927-1947
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Posluns family. Included are letters to Sam Posluns written in 1927, when Sam was in New York; letters to Sam Poslun written in 1947, when he was in Europe with the Tailor Project; miscellaneous newspaper articles; and a 1984 Negev Dinner book. Of note is a letter addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Posluns from Abby Fuhrman, whose son, David Fuhrman, went to live with the Posluns during the Second World War.
- 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
- Families
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Posluns (family)
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Places
- Europe
- New York (N.Y.).
- Source
- Archival Accessions