- Name
- Ethel Abramsky
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 8 Nov. 1981
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ethel Abramsky
- Number
- OH 42
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945
- Women
- International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)
- Interview Date
- 8 Nov. 1981
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- 1 CD
- 4 WAV files
- Interviewer
- M. Feldman
- Total Running Time
- 001: 30.53 minutes
002: 30.50 minutes
003: 31.25 minutes
004: 30.42 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette in August 2003.
- Digitized in January 2015.
- Notes
- Sound quality poor in many sections.
- Use Restrictions
- Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ethel Abramsky (née Levin) came to live in Kingston after her marriage to Harry Abramsky in 1927. Ethel remained an active member of the Queen Esther Chapter of Hadassah throughout her life. Harry, an industrialist and business man, was a generous benefactor of Queens University and was instrumental in establishing Hillel House at Queens. Ethel and Harry had three children and eight grandchildren.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Ethel
- Abramsky, Harry
- Canadian Hadassah-WIZO
- International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)
- Geographic Access
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Florida
- Poland
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Audio cassette
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_003_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_004_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Morris Lazarus
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 8 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Morris Lazarus
- Number
- OH 367
- Subject
- Canada--Armed Forces
- Canada--Prisoners of war
- World War, 1939-1945
- First Special Service Forces
- Airbourne commandos
- Interview Date
- 8 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file)
- 1 archival DVD (Wav file)
- Interviewer
- Stephanie Markowitz
- Total Running Time
- 37 minutes
- Notes
- This interview is part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute.
- http://www.thememoryproject.com/search/?query=morris+lazarus
- Biography
- Morris Lazarus was born in Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan and moved to Toronto in 1938. After enlisting in 1942 in the Canadian Forces, he served with the Airbourne Commandos and participated in Operation Mount La Difensa, part of the Italian Campaign. He was also stationed in Anzio, Italy. Lazarus was captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. Lazarus was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Geographic Access
- Saskatchewan
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Italy
- Original Format
- DVD
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Transcript
- 0.8-2.38 Morris Lazarus was born 1918 on a homestead in Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan. After living briefly in Regina, the family moved to Toronto in 1938.
2.40-3.00: Lazarus talks about his enlistment in the army.
3.00-3.28: Background noise interrupts conversation.
3.30-4.45: Lazarus talks about his enlistment in the army.
4.46-6.52: Lazarus talks about volunteering for the Canadian Para Battalion.
6.53-7.59: Lazarus talks about being sent to a military camp in Montreal.
8.00-9.30: Lazarus talks about his parachute training while stationed in Ethan Allen, Vermont.
9.31-13.49: Lazarus tells the story of his first parachute jump from a plane.
13.50-14.45: Lazarus talks about being sent overseas first to Algiers and then Naples.
14.46-15.06: Interviewer tells Morris she can hear him playing with a kleenex in his hand and to it. Morris apologizes.
15.20-16.25: Lazarus talks about his participation in Operation “Mount La Difensa.”
16.25-19.00: Lazarus describes the climb to reach the summit of Mount La Difensa.
19.01-19.24: Lazarus talks about his commanding officer.
19.25-21.00: Lazarus continues to talk about climbing the summit of Mount La Difensa.
21.01-21.47: Lazarus provides a humorous antecdote about what to do when you are in a foxhole and need to use the washroom.
21.48-22.47: Lazarus talks about the attack procedure to take Mount La Difensa.
22.48-23.16: Lazarus talks about an incident involving himself and his commanding officer during the attack to take Mount La Diefensa.
23.17-25.17: Lazarus talks about his relationship with his commanding officer.
25.18-26.00: Lazarus talks about volunteering in the field.
26.01-28.16: Lazarus talks about the most unusual thing that happened to him in his lifetime while on patrol at Anzio.
28.17-31.14: Morris tells the story of his capture by a German patrol.
31.15-32.33: Morris talks about his feelings as a Jew being taken prisoner by Germans.
32.34-34.20: Morris describes the ensuing fight between his platoon and the German patrol.
34.21-35.22: Morris talks about his survival during his capture and ensuing fight.
35.23-36.29: Morris talks about overcoming his fear of going on patrol.
36.30-36.58: Morris talks about the sixtieth reunion of the men with whom he served in Italy.
36.59-37.30: Morris talks about his present day involvement in Kingston’s Jewish community.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3932
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3932
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1942]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Custodial History
- Donated by Beth Israel Synagogue in Kingston, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Bud Dubenofsky standing at the corner of Brock Street and King Street in Kingston, Ontario, shortly after enlisting in the Canadian Armed Forces. He is wearing his uniform.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions