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Morris Silbert - 14 Nov. 1989
- Name
- Morris Silbert
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 14 Nov. 1989
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Morris Silbert
- Number
- OH 160
- Subject
- Czechoslovakian immigration in 1938 good
- Interview Date
- 14 Nov. 1989
- Quantity
- 1
- 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
- Morris Silbert was born in 1912 on a farm outside of Hamilton. His parents came from Lithuania. His father arrived in Canada in 1905, and his mother and three older siblings joined him in 1906.
- Morris spent his youth growing up on farms. In 1928, at age sixteen, Morris and his family moved to Hamilton. In his youth, Morris was involved in several Jewish organizations including Young Judaea, AZA, and Hashomer Hatzair. He married in 1938. He served in the army in 1943 during the Second World War. Morris was second vice president of the Council of Jewish Organizations, served on the executive, was chairman of the nursery school board, and participated on several committees.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories