- Accession Number
- 2017-9-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-9-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1994-2017
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to Rita Witkin's role with the SAJAC. Included are newsletters from 2013-2017, a membership list (2014), hand written notes and jottings, and a book containing a listing of cards sent out to the membership marking various life events, illnesses and deaths (1994-2016).
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Name Access
- Southern African Jewish Association of Canada
- Witkin, Rita
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 93
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 2000]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Custodial History
- File consists of a bio and a description of a video by the artist entitled Heritage.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Photographs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 8
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 17 x 21 cm on matte 25 x 30 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of three photos. One photo is of Nachum Greenbaum and family. Greenbaum was active in Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim. The second is of the Weintraub [Wintrob?] family. The third is of the Hershel Weintrob family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Weintraub, A. & C. & L.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Weintraub, A. & C. & L.
- Page Number
- 329
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2961
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2961
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of a group of students in Mr. Weintraub's photo studio in Pinsk.
- Name Access
- Weintraub
- Subjects
- Photography
- 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
- Belarus
- Accession Number
- 1979-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Rita Tate
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 8 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Rita Tate
- Number
- OH 368
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945
- Poland
- Polish underground
- People's Army
- Concentration camps
- Antisemitism
- Jewish ghettos
- Interview Date
- 8 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 referece DVD (WAV file)
- 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Shayla Howell
- Total Running Time
- 45:40 seconds
- 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=rita+tate
- Biography
- Rita was born in Vienna, Austria on 10 January 1932. Rita served in the Polish underground with the People's Army as a courier in the Armia Ludowa. Rita and her mother became involved in the Polish resistance and following the capture of her mother by the German Gestapo, Rita was placed in a Catholic orphanage located near the Warsaw Ghetto. Rita maintained a non-Jewish identity throughout the war. Rita’s mother who was murdered as a Polish political prisoner in Aushwitz, received a posthumous medal for being a war hero.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Poland
- Original Format
- DVD
- Transcript
- 2:05: Rita was born in Vienna, Austria on 10 January 1932. Her father was Austrian, and her mother was Polish,
3:10: Rita served with Army Ludova, the People’s Army of Poland, underground resistance. Rita explains there were 2 factions: the Land Army (which was antisemitic) and the much smaller Army Ludova (a left-wing faction supported by Communists in Russia and not antisemitic).
4:37: Rita explains how her mother and she became involved in the resistance movement. Rita explains that they had excellent counterfeit documents, her mother had a job, and they had a place to live.
6:55: Rita describes how she and her mother escaped from Lvov, where they had been living in squalor with her mother’s extended family.
8:32: Rita recounts an incident involving hiding in the home of a Polish woman. She and her mother miraculously escaped capture by German soldiers and trained police dogs.
13:50: Rita and her mother escape to Tarnow, Poland, where they have a friend. Rita explains how the friend, a young man, was able to acquire Polish documents for them, rent an apartment for them, and find a job for her mother at the German Club.
15:44: Rita recounts an incident involving police coming to their building. She explains how her mother had prepared her for this event and how she was familiar with Catholic prayer and practice.
19:50: Rita explains how her mother introduced the idea of getting involved in the underground resistance. She and her mother went to Warsaw to join the Army Ludova.
22:21: Rita describes her job as a courier with the resistance at the age of ten years from October 1942 to March 1943. Rita would deliver messages that were written on small pieces of paper that were braided into her hair.
24:09: Rita explains how her mother was taken by the Germans in March 1943 and how she evaded capture. She was taken into the home of a woman who was involved in the other branch of the Polish resistance. Rita’s mother had been arrested and sent to a German Gestapo prison in Warsaw, Pawiak.
31:46: Rita was placed in an antisemitic Catholic orphanage, located next to the ghetto.
32:41: Rita ran away from the orphanage.
33:41: Rita’s mother was murdered in Auschwitz as a Polish political prisoner. Her mother did not give any information.
35:52: Rita recalls how the resistance fighters celebrated the victory of the Red Army defending Stalingrad.
39:39: Rita maintained a non-Jewish identity throughout the war. After the war, she found a maternal aunt. Together, they moved to Silesia. When they attempted to secure official documents, they were advised by the secret police to never disclose that they were Jewish.
43:00: Rita explains that after the war, there were several pogroms carried out by Poles against surviving Jews (e.g., Kielce).
44:50: Rita’s mother received a posthumous medal for being a war hero.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3360
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3360
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rita Moses married Morris Mink.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rita Moses' wedding party. The women are standing on the lawn of the Moses house in Sudbury, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are:
- Grandma Annie Moses, Morris Mink's sister Marion from Montreal, Betty (née Magder) Sweet, Rita Moses, Lil (née Mink) Rossman, Ida (née Moses) Shapiro, Doris (née Wichefsky) Laskin, Howard Phillips.
- Notes
- Wichefsky also spelled as Witchefsky.
- Subjects
- Weddings
- 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
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3362
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3362
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 14 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bunny was born in 1910, Ida in 1911 and Rita in 1908. There were five other children in the Moses family: Wolfe (b. 1913), Malca (b. 1915), Aubey (b. 1917), Nat (b. 1919), and Sid (b. 1921). Their parents were Hascal and Annie Moses.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of siblings Bunny, Ida and Rita Moses as children.
- Notes
- Original photograph by J.A. McDonald, Sudbury.
- Subjects
- Brothers and sisters
- Children
- 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
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 41
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 41
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Rita Cooper holding a set of golf clubs in Sutton, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Golf
- 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
- Sutton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 40
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 40
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Ethel Mehr holding a set of golf clubs and standing next to Rita Cooper in Sutton, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Cooper, Rita
- Mehr, Ethel
- Subjects
- Golf
- Portraits
- 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
- Sutton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 163
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an exhibit catalogue entitled How Good Are Your Dwelling Places, a list of works in the exhibit, and an art review.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3356
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3356
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Hascal and Bunny Moses, Harry Magder and Rita Moses. Bunny and Rita are wearing traditional Ukranian dress.
- 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
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- American ORT Federation sub-series
- Letter from Chaim Weintraub to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Aid Committee file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 29 Jan. 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Chaim Weintraub was the executive secretary for the American ORT Federation Council of Organizations in New York in the mid-1940s.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from Chaim Weintraub, executive secretary of the American ORT Federation to Max Hartstone, dated 29 January 1947. In this letter, Chaim addresses a misunderstanding between Hartstone, the American ORT office in Paris, and Wolf Mints regarding a sewing machine. Envelope is included. File also contains a typed translation.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- American ORT Federation sub-series
- Letter from Chaim Weintraub to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Aid Committee file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 19 Mar. 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Chaim Weintraub was the executive secretary for the American ORT Federation Council of Organizations in New York in the mid-1940s.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a short letter from Chaim Weintraub, executive secretary of the American ORT, to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Aid Committee, dated 19 March 1947. In this letter, Chaim advises that he has received confirmed from the ORT office in Paris that Wolf Mintz received the sewing machine sent to him by the Ostrovtzer society. Envelope is included. File also contains a typed translation.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
