- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Second Generation sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-10
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 30 photographs: col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, itineraries, background information, promotional material and photographs related to the Generation to Generation committee's trip to Poland. Those identified in the photographs are: Ariela Getrajhendler, Rhoda Patasznik, Anne Patasznik, Helen Glina, Sara Wolle, Anita Ekstein, Marilyn Freedman, Ed Glina, Anne Wolle, Francess Mandell, Fern Morrison, Hyman Kopytowski, Pnina Spetgang and Mark Stern.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6095
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6095
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [19--]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Shmuel Toogfogel, Poland, who perished in the Holocaust.
- Name Access
- Toogfogel, Shmuel
- Subjects
- Holocaust victims
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1984-8-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6098
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6098
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Shmuel Toogfogel, Poland, 1938, who perished in the Holocaust. There is an inscription in Hebrew on the back of the photo.
- Notes
- Written on the OJA's original photo description card was: "Mr. Day wanted to bring him to Toronto. His mother would no let."
- Name Access
- Toogfogel, Shmuel
- Subjects
- Holocaust victims
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1984-8-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- City of Toronto Mayor series
- Official engagements sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 4-6
- File
- 69
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- July 1966-Aug. 1966
- Physical Description
- ca. 50 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 32 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newsclippings and textual records documenting Phil Givens' mayoral trip to Poland with his wife, Min. Included are newsclippings detailing Givens' activities in Poland and images of Givens arriving in Poland, meeting with Polish politicians, and touring monuments and historic sites in Warsaw, Belzycz and other cities around the country. Also included are photographs of Phil and Min Givens touring the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Maidanek concentration camps. Some of the photographs were originally maintained in a photo album.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1707
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1707
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of an original half-toned proof featuring the family of Toronto architect, Benjamin Brown. The original photograph was taken in Baremly, Poland.
- Name Access
- Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974
- Brown family
- Subjects
- Architects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1703
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1703
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 16 cm
- Custodial History
- This item is a studio photograph of the Rotenberg family, most likely taken in Poland. Rose Rotenberg (m. Nepom) is standing at the back.
- Name Access
- Nepom, Rose
- Rotenberg family
- Rotenberg, Rose
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1979-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1702
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1702
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on matte 21 x 22 cm
- Custodial History
- This item is a studio photograph of the Rotenberg family, most likely taken in Poland. The space between the two daughters in the back row was intentional, in honour of a son who had immigrated to the United States. Rose Rotenberg (Nepom) is standing third from the right.
- Name Access
- Nepom, Rose
- Rotenberg family
- Rotenberg, Rose
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1979-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 943
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 943
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 Dec. 1915
- 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 the Rabbi of Chenchin, Poland walking with three other Jewish men.
- Notes
- Acquired Jan. 1976.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4083
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4083
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a Jewish school in Poland. The photograph depicts the students and teachers of the school assembled in front of it. The photograph was sent to Sarah Low of Peterborough, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Schools
- Students
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Pamphlets series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 51
- File
- 40
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships in Toronto describing the history of the stereotype of the Jew as a usurer.
- Name Access
- Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships
- Subjects
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1334
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 4 Feb. - 15 Dec. 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Custodial History
- File was found amongst the records of the JCRC but , as it dealt with another set of CJC records, was re-catalogued to integrate with those files.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and reports about the situation of Jews in Cuba and their need for support from Canada.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 117
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding Jews for Jesus, including concern over their activities outside the Skydome in Toronto.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Jews for Jesus
- Subjects
- Jewish Christians
- Messianic Judaism
- Mission to Jews
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Moishe Stern was visiting his father, Libel Shternshis in Poland at the time of this photograph.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Moishe Stern, along with six other men in Warsaw, Poland. Pictured from left to right are:
- [unidentified], [unidentified], Mr. [Sam?] Nissenbaum, [unidentified], Moishe Stern, [unidentified].
- Subjects
- Men
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 51
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 51
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black-and-white photograph of Mr. Avromele Rosenblatt in Ostrovtze, Poland in 1919.
- Notes
- There is a corresponding negative for this photograph.
- Subjects
- 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
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1275
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1275
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of an unidentified Jewish family, most likely taken in Poland.
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1701
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1701
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (sepia toned) ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a Jewish family from Pinczów, Poland. They may be the Rotenberg family. All members of the family were killed in the Holocaust.
- Name Access
- Rotenberg family
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Pinczów (Województwo Swietokrzyskie, Poland)
- Accession Number
- 1979-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ladovsky family fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 83
- File
- 9
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm on matte 24 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Ladovsky family in Kielce, Poland. They are the relatives of Herman Ladovsky.
- Notes
- Originally cited as photo #3832.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- There are cacks at two corners of the matte.
- Accession Number
- 1983-11-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1540A
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1540A
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Jack Zimmerman, a yeshiva student, taken in Apte, Poland.
- Name Access
- Zimmerman, Jack
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1978-4-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ladovsky family fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 83
- File
- 9
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on matte 15 x 23 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Ladovsky family, in Kielce, Poland. The family were relatives of Herman Ladovsky, of Toronto.
- Notes
- Originally cited as photo # 3833.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1983-11-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4486
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4486
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of Esther Warshavsky of Warsaw, Poland.
- Subjects
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4487
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4487
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of Pearl Warshavsky of Warsaw, Poland.
- Subjects
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4029
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4029
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1887
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of klezmorim assembled with their instruments.
- Notes
- See accession record for identification.
- Subjects
- Klezmer music
- Musical groups
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ladovsky family fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 83
- File
- 9
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of members of the Ladovsky family, in Kielce, Poland. The family are relatives of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.
- Notes
- Formerly cited as photo # 3834.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1983-11-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 267
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 267
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Kaufman family settled in Galt, Ontario, after immigrating from Kraków, Poland.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a formal studio portrait of the Kaufman family.
- Name Access
- Kraackow
- Kaufman family
- Rotenberg, Mattie
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Kraków (Poland)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organization series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group portrait of members of the Farband of Lithuanian Jews.
- Subjects
- Labor Zionism
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-12-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-12-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs
- 8 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1948-1975
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Farband of Lithuanian Jews. Included are 18 photographs, mostly group photographs, of members of the Farband of Lithuanian Jews. There is also a medical card that states Madesker's membership to the Farband. Additionally, there are a number of booklets: Holocaust Remembrance booklet, Baycrest Honour Roll, Canadian Jewry in 1974, An Overview of an Active Jewish Community (Saul Hayes, OC, QC), Souvenir Program-Farband-Salute to Israel's 36th Independence Day (May 6, 1984), On Wings of Song (Rev. Nathan Stolnitz).
- Custodial History
- Records belonged to Ruwin Madesker and were donated to the OJA by his son, Michael.
- Administrative History
- Ruwin Madesker was born in Wilno, Lithuania in 1899. He came to Toronto in 1947 with his family in 1947 after spending 2 years in the Vilno Ghetto and one year with the underground. He also served 2 years with the Polish Army during the Second World War. In Toronto, he was involved with the Jewish Public Library, JIAS, Toronto Florists's Telegraph Delivery, and Toronto Cultural Society. He was an ardent Zionist and visited Israel in 1961 on the Histadrut Goodwill Mission. He also contributed articles to the Jewish Daily Journal, Toronto. (Who's Who, 1965)
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Name Access
- Farband of Lithuanian Jews
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 318
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1977
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and two negatives of the Farband of Lithuanian Jews group. Rupert Shriar is identified on the back of the photo.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Pamphlets series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 51
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States regarding Jews of many countries serving in the First World War.
- Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Pamphlets series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 51
- File
- 329
- Material Format
- textual record
- Responsibility
- Jacob Lestchinsky
- Date
- 15 Apr. 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a pamphlet by Jacob Lestchinsky titled Jews in Moslem Lands. The pamphlet was issued by the American Jewish Congress as part of its Jewish Affairs series.
- Notes
- General note: The spelling of "Moslem" (as opposed to "Muslim") is contested. In a post published on the History News Network in 2002, Yii-Ann Christine Chen notes, "The seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different. A Muslim in Arabic means 'one who gives himself to God,' and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means 'one who is evil and unjust' when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z." The OJA has retained the spelling as it appears on the pamphlet without, however, endorsing it.
- Name Access
- American Jewish Congress
- Lestchinsky, Jacob
- Subjects
- Jews--Islamic countries
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scenes from The Ward in the early 20th Century fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 43
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 3 slides : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men and three women walking down a street in the Ward during Yom Kippur. View of one woman is blocked by one of the men in front, but part of her hat is visible. In the background is an ice-cream and confectionary store.
- Notes
- Original photo is a glass slide.
- Title taken from writing on the original slide.
- Title may be wrong. It is possible that the holiday being celebrated is Rosh Hashana as the other slides in this accession depict the celebration of Rosh Hashana.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah
- Yom Kippur
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2005-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 39
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning a tour of Canada by Dr. Roy Gustafson, a list of members, a letter appealing for donations and contributions, and essay written by Douglas Young - "Israel: Is there a Christian view?" Dr. Douglas Young is the President of the American Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem.
- Name Access
- American Institute of Holy Land Studies (Jerusalem)
- Gustafson, Roy
- Young, Douglas
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2023-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-8-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger
- Date
- 1962-1983
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Farband of Lithuanian Jews. Included is one ledger that runs from 1962 to 1983.
- Custodial History
- Prior to donation, the item was in the possession of Harry Klaczkowski, whose mother was actively involved in the Farband of Lithuanian Jews as a member of the executive.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Yiddish.
- Subjects
- Fraternal organizations
- Name Access
- Farband of Lithuanian Jews
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-39
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-39
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1945-1949
- Scope and Content
- The records include 23 case files documenting orphans who survived the Holocaust. They were all inmates of the orphanage in Otwoc, Poland. The case files were likely sent to a Jewish organization in Toronto who found local sponsors to support the individual orphans. At the bottom of each case file includes the name of the Toronto sponsors, which ranged from individuals to labour unions and women's auxiliaries. The file also includes English translations for each file (since the information is all in Polish), along with thank you letters from the children to their sponsors written in Yiddish. Photographs of the children are attached to the case files.
- Custodial History
- The case files had been in the custody of Estelle Tambak, a Harlem, New York teacher and activist who had travelled to Poland to volunteer at the orphanage in the late 1940s. All translation work was done by Ann Szedlecki (1925-2005), a Holocaust survivor from Lodz who had herself been orphaned after the war. This custodial history has been confirmed by Miriam Borden, the granddaughter of Ann Szedlecki, who has a photograph depicting Ann and Estelle viewing the records within this file.
- Use Conditions
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1621
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1621
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy print of the front of a postcard dated 25 Jun. 1920. Photocopy of reverse includes Yiddish language handwritten text. Identified in photograph, Menachem Mendel Speisemacher (Max Speisman) standing back row first right.
- Notes
- Credit: Estate of Max Speisman.
- Name Access
- Poalei Zion
- Subjects
- Zionism
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1978-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 536
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 536
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (i negatve); 18 x 13 cm and 4 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy photograph of Yaakov and Malka Liberman and son, Poland, June 13, 1926.
- Name Access
- Liberman, Yaakov
- Liberman, Malka
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- Acquired June 22, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 1546
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1546
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of members of the Jewish Bielski partisan group in Poland. They are pictured assembled in the Naliboki forest.
- Name Access
- Bielski partisans (Resistance group)
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1978-5-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 1696
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1696
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1919 or 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of young members of Poalei Zion in Stashov, Poland. Pictured in the front row, far right, is Nacha Nepom. Front row, fourth from right, Abe Nepom. Abe and Nacha were siblings.
- Name Access
- Nepom, Abe
- Nepom, Nacha
- Poalei Zion
- Subjects
- Zionism
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- This photo is in poor condition. It has several cracks.
- Places
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1979-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 1700
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1700
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of an unidentified Russian Jewish soldier, taken in Poland.
- Subjects
- Soldiers--Russia
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1979-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 2960
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2960
- 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 an unidentified family funeral. The photograph depicts a large crowd around the body of a deceased male, who has been placed outside in his bed.
- Subjects
- Funeral service
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1979-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions