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Alex Pancer
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-27
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 14 x 9 cm and smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1944-1945
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs taken during the Second World War. Most of the photographs were taken at the Bergen-Belson Concentration Camp. There is also an original letter written by Alex Pancer to his mother in 1945, describing life as a serviceman during the Second World War and a transcription of that letter by the donor.
- Administrative History
- Alex Pancer (1923-2001) was born in Toronto in 1923. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Airforce in 1942 at the age of 19 and joined the photo reconnaissance unit. He saw combat in France, Germany and Holland. He married Bella Pancer in 1959, and had two sons, Jeff (b. 1960) and Daryl (b. 1963).
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Pancer, Alex, 1923-2001
- Source
- Archival Accessions