- Accession Number
- 2012-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-1
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col. (tiffs)
- Date
- 2006
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of graphic material documenting the Transnistria Survivors' Association. Included are group photos taken in fornt of the Memorial Wall in Earl Bales Park by Yad Vashem. The group photos include the Survivors and one of the Survivors with their children as well.
- Custodial History
- Originals were loaned for reproducing and returned
- Administrative History
- The Transnistria Survivors' Association was formed in 1994 so that the survivors from Romania and Transnistria could tell their stories of survival and to offer each other support. They planned events including Hannukah parties, speaking engagements and annual memorial services (Hazkarah). According to this group, their voices were left out of the survivors stories and have tried to rectify that by writing memoirs and speaking to various groups to tell their stories of survival. Past presidents include: Felicia (Steigman) Carmelly, Osias Nadel, Etti Ziegler, and Lou (Leizer) Hoffer. As of 2017, the current President is Joe Lienberg.
- Name Access
- Hoffer, Lou
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-8-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1994-1998
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a book of documents related to the Transnistria Surivors' Association, including correspondence, memos, contracts, financial statements and meeting minutes.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Societies
- Name Access
- Transnistria Survivors' Association (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hoffer, Lou
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-10-2
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 4 DVD's (ca. 4 hours)
- Date
- 2005-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of video recordings of Transnistria Survivors' Association's annual commemmoration ceremonies. Included are six DVD recordings of the annual Transnistria Survivors Association Shoa commemoration ceremonies from 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
- Administrative History
- Founded in 1994, the Transnistria Survivors’ Association works to provide a voice for and raise awareness of a lesser known group of Holocaust survivors. Transnistria was the Romanian authorities’ name for the former Ukrainian region located between the Rivers Dniester and Bug. It was placed under Romanian administration following the German and Romanian conquest of Ukraine in the summer of 1941. Prior to the Second World War, Romania was home to the third largest Jewish population in Europe; but beginning with the Citizenship Revision Laws of 1938, the Jews of Romania were deprived their citizenship rights and became the targets of repressive antisemitic policies and laws. Neighbours turned on neighbours. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms, either by Romanian or German troops, Nazi Einsatzgruppen, or the local population. In 1941, the Jews who remained alive in the Provinces of Bucovina and Bessarabia were deported to camps and ghettos in Transnistria. Thousands were jammed into freight trains while others were marched by foot. Many died along the way. Between 1941 and 1944, it is estimated that German and Romanian authorities, along with Ukrainian collaborators, murdered or caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Romanian and Ukrainian Jews in Transnistria. Some of those who survived these tragic circumstances, especially from Bucovina and Bessarabia, and made a new home in Toronto gathered together to lend each other support and to tell their largely unknown story of oppression and survival. The Transnistria Survivor’s Association organized yearly Hazkarah (memorial) services and its dedicated members continue to share their extraordinary stories of survival through speaking engagements at schools, colleges and synagogues. Past presidents include:
- 1. Felicia (Steigman) Carmelly
- 2.Osias Nadel
- 3.Etti Ziegler
- 4.Lou (Leizer) Hoffer
- As of 2017, the current president is Joe Leinburd.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Societies
- Name Access
- Transnistria Survivors' Association (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hoffer, Lou
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-4-16
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-4-16
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 3 DVDs
- Date
- 2006-2007
- Scope and Content
- Video recordings of Transnistria Survivors' Association's annual commemomoration ceremonies (Haskara) that took place at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Toronto in 2006 and 2007.
- Administrative History
- Founded in 1994, the Transnistria Survivors’ Association works to provide a voice for and raise awareness of a lesser known group of Holocaust survivors. Transnistria was the Romanian authorities’ name for the former Ukrainian region located between the Rivers Dniester and Bug. It was placed under Romanian administration following the German and Romanian conquest of Ukraine in the summer of 1941. Prior to the Second World War, Romania was home to the third largest Jewish population in Europe; but beginning with the Citizenship Revision Laws of 1938, the Jews of Romania were deprived their citizenship rights and became the targets of repressive antisemitic policies and laws. Neighbours turned on neighbours. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms, either by Romanian or German troops, Nazi Einsatzgruppen, or the local population. In 1941, the Jews who remained alive in the Provinces of Bucovina and Bessarabia were deported to camps and ghettos in Transnistria. Thousands were jammed into freight trains while others were marched by foot. Many died along the way. Between 1941 and 1944, it is estimated that German and Romanian authorities, along with Ukrainian collaborators, murdered or caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Romanian and Ukrainian Jews in Transnistria. Some of those who survived these tragic circumstances, especially from Bucovina and Bessarabia, and made a new home in Toronto gathered together to lend each other support and to tell their largely unknown story of oppression and survival. The Transnistria Survivor’s Association organized yearly Hazkarah (memorial) services and its dedicated members continue to share their extraordinary stories of survival through speaking engagements at schools, colleges and synagogues. Past presidents include:
- 1. Felicia (Steigman) Carmelly
- 2.Osias Nadel
- 3.Etti Ziegler
- 4.Lou (Leizer) Hoffer
- As of 2017, the current President is Joe Leinburd.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Transnistria Survivors Association
- Hoffer, Lou
- Places
- Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-9-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-9-1
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiffs) : col.
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2005-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of graphic material and a textual record documenting the Transnistria Survivor Association. Included are three photos: 1) Member Arnold Buxbaum standing in front of Memorial for Transnistria at Earl Bales Park; 2) Arnold Buxbaum and Joe Leinburd at UJA Foundation Event, 2011-12; 3) Hazkarah, 2005 at Sharei Shomayim Synagogue. There is also a speech by Arnold Buxbaum presented in 2011 at Sharei Shomayim Synagogue.
- Custodial History
- Originals were loaned for reproducing.
- Administrative History
- Founded in 1994, the Transnistria Survivors’ Association works to provide a voice for and raise awareness of a lesser known group of Holocaust survivors. Transnistria was the Romanian authorities’ name for the former Ukrainian region located between the Rivers Dniester and Bug. It was placed under Romanian administration following the German and Romanian conquest of Ukraine in the summer of 1941. Prior to the Second World War, Romania was home to the third largest Jewish population in Europe; but beginning with the Citizenship Revision Laws of 1938, the Jews of Romania were deprived their citizenship rights and became the targets of repressive antisemitic policies and laws. Neighbours turned on neighbours. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms, either by Romanian or German troops, Nazi Einsatzgruppen, or the local population. In 1941, the Jews who remained alive in the Provinces of Bucovina and Bessarabia were deported to camps and ghettos in Transnistria. Thousands were jammed into freight trains while others were marched by foot. Many died along the way. Between 1941 and 1944, it is estimated that German and Romanian authorities, along with Ukrainian collaborators, murdered or caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Romanian and Ukrainian Jews in Transnistria. Some of those who survived these tragic circumstances, especially from Bucovina and Bessarabia, and made a new home in Toronto gathered together to lend each other support and to tell their largely unknown story of oppression and survival. The Transnistria Survivor’s Association organized yearly Hazkarah (memorial) services and its dedicated members continue to share their extraordinary stories of survival through speaking engagements at schools, colleges and synagogues. Past presidents include:
- 1. Felicia (Steigman) Carmelly
- 2.Osias Nadel
- 3.Etti Ziegler
- 4.Lou (Leizer) Hoffer
- As of 2017, the current President is Joe Leinburd.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Transnistria Survivors Association
- Buxbaum, Arnold
- Leinburd, Joe
- Hoffer, Lou
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-5
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 5 videocassettes (ca 120 minutes ea)
- Date
- 1994-1996
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of videos documenting various commemorations and conferences of the Transnistria Society in Montreal; Quebec; and Washington, D.C. Tape 1 features the First North American Commemoration of Victims of Transnistria, 1994 and Montreal Transistria 1995. Tape 2 features the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre and Transnistria Commemoration Service, 29 October 1995. Tape 3 features the Transnistria Group, Washington, 23–27 June 1996. Tape 4 features a Washington trip, Transnistria Conference, undated. Inserted in the jacket of the VHS is a typewritten note from Felicia Carmelly to the individuals who ordered copies of the video, stating the expenses and final cost. Also included is a VHS of Felicia Carmelly's interview with Paul Draper dated August, 1994.
- Administrative History
- Founded in 1980, the Transnistria Survivors' Association works diligently to provide a voice for and raise awareness of a lesser known group of Holocaust survivors from Transnistria, an area by the eastern Moldovan border with today's Ukraine that was the third largest Jewish population in Europe. As early as 1933, the Jews of Bucovina and Basarabia were affected by the brutally repressive laws aimed at Jews enforced by both the Nazis and the Romanians, neighbours turning on neighbours. By 1942, over 100,000 Romanian Jews were deported or murdered and many were interned at concentration camps in the Transnistria area. Those who survived these tragic circumstances and made a new home in Toronto, found one another and banded together to lend each other support and to tell their largely unknown story of oppression and survival. They organize regular Hazkarah (memorial) services and untiringly present their stories at speaking engagements and synagogues.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Yom Hashoah sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-14
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs: col., ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a meeting minutes, correspondence, program schedules, and photographs related to the 50th Anniversary of Liberation in Europe Survivors' Village Program. Identified in the photographs are: Elisa Bederman and Anita Mayer.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1968-1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Programs and services series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 7
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1997-1999
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care offers a number of programs for Holocaust survivors and their families. Programs include: Café Europa (a social/recreational program held every other week), Holocaust Child Survivors and Hidden Children's Group (a support group), and the Second Generation Support Group for Adult Children of Aging Holocaust Survivors. Baycrest also has issued a number of publications on caring for survivors.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of invitations, correspondence, and a programme for the Holocaust Survivor Outreach Committee's Holocaust Remembrance Service (Yom Hashoah).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Survivor speakers, docents and volunteers sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-19
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of sign-up forms for survivors interested in speaking at the Holocaust Centre. Forms contain comments regarding survivors' motivation to tell their stories.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Survivor speakers, docents and volunteers sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-19
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 26 photographs: col., (16 neg.) ; 10 x 15 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, attendance lists, educational materials, and meeeting minutes of a survivor and docent workshop. Indentified in the photographs are Max Eisen and Judy Cohen.
- Name Access
- Eisen, Max
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Associations sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961-1995
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell was a member of the pharmaceutical fraternity Rho Pi Phi and the Rotary Club, a non sectarian businessman’s association.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence and publications from the international pharmaceutical fraternity Rho Pi Phi and from its Toronto alumni chapter, Rokeach. In addition, there are publications from Nu Chapter, the University of Toronto student chapter. As well, the sub-series includes correspondence and publications from the Rotary Club.
- Name Access
- Rho Pi Phi
- Rokeach
- Nu Chapter
- University of Toronto, School of Pharmacy
- Rotary Club
- Subjects
- Greek letter societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Associations series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Date
- 1980-1995
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 30 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence, minutes and other materials accumulated by Ben Kayfetz during his involvement with various organizations, including the Toronto Jewish Historical Society, Canadian Jewish Historical Society, Learned Society and Yiddish Luncheon Circle.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 350
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence and a copy of the periodic reports on the Jewish Position published by the Institute for Jewish Affairs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Projects and events sub-series
- Canadian Gathering sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- moving images
- Date
- 1984-1986
- Physical Description
- ca. 5 cm of textual records
- 16 photographs and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of records documenting the Canadian Gathering of Holocaust Survivors. Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, programs, membership lists, photographs, video recordings, surveys, and evaluation forms.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 1 video cassette.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Survivor speakers, docents and volunteers sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-19
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 19 photographs: col., (12 neg.) ; 10 x 15 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, schedules, correspondence, and educational materials for a docent and survivor speakers workshop. Identified in the photographs are Anita Ekstein,Vera Schiff, Pnina Spetgang, Yael Spier-Cohen, and Max Eisen.
- Name Access
- Eisen, Max
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Survivor speakers, docents and volunteers sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-19
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1988-2002
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 200 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of records documenting the training and activities of survivor speakers and volunteer educators. Records include: photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, evaluation forms, and educational materials.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, bulletins, invitations, a calendar, a donation card, and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- Associated groups sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926-1968
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series consists of records related to acitivites of associated groups, whose existance and purpose was to support the mandate of the Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Second Generation sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-10
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 59 photographs: col. (36 negatives) ; 10 x 15 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs and program from Toronto's 2nd Conference for Children of Holocaust Survivors. Those identified in the photographs are: Steve Rambam.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Education sub-series
- Students sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-12-1
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- ca.1998
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs from a survivor visit to a local Jewish school. Those identified in the photographs are: Elly Gotz, Robby Engel, Anita Ekstein, and Max Eisen.
- Name Access
- Eisen, Max
- Subjects
- Holocaust survivors
- Jewish day schools
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
