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Max Enkin - 24 Mar. 1982
- 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