- Name
- Fanny Gertzbein
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 2 Oct. 1984
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Fanny Gertzbein
- Number
- OH 33
- Subject
- Charities
- Immigrants--Canada
- Interview Date
- 2 Oct. 1984
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Morris Silbert
- Total Running Time
- OH 033: 27:34 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003.
- Notes
- Language: Fanny often speaks Yiddish with Morris Silbert providing a translation.
- Related group of records external to the unit being described: accession 2019-7/2 includes comments by Gella Rothstein on this oral history.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Fanny Gurtzbein (née Goldhar) immigrated from Poland to Toronto in 1903. Fanny lived with her parents and siblings in Toronto's Ward district. Although raised in poverty, Barney, Fanny's brother, went on to become a successful furrier; Fanny's mother, Tzyerl Goldhar, became the organizer of the Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Name Access
- Goldhar, Myer
- Goldhar, Tzeryl
- Goldhar, Barney
- Gurtzbein, Fanny
- Geographic Access
- St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 33 - Gertzbein\OH33_001_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories