- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
- Financial records sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 47-5; File 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
- Financial records sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 47-5
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of vendor invoices for goods and services incurred on behalf of the DP tailor project. Expenses account for freight bills, advertising costs, transportation and moving costs, household items, food services, hotel stays, and medical services. Some vendors include The Canadian News, the Canadian Jewish Weekly, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Transfer Co., JIAS, Paramount and Rex hotels, Steinman's Cartage, Stitsky's Importing, Toronto Bedding, Speedy War Surplus, United Bakers, Wilson Hardware, Yolles Furniture, Dr. H. Snitman, Dr. I.M. Cass, Mt. Sinai and Toronto General Hospital.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 48; Series 2-4; File 79
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 2-4
- File
- 79
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960-1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Cassel, William
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Cassel, William
- Page Number
- 405
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 27; File 329
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 329
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Jan. 1978
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (3 negatives) : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and three negatives of three members of the Accountants Division: Gerald Panick, Martin Feldstein, and Ron Steinberg.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Subjects
- Accountants
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 138; Series 5; File 55
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 5
- File
- 55
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2000-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Community March for Israel 1994 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 17-1-20; File 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Community March for Israel 1994 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-20
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1993-1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains records documenting the budgeting and expenditures for the March. The records include expense reports for January 1993-June 1993 and January 1994-June 1994; a line item budget comparing 1993, 1992 and 1994 expenditures; and invoices for rentals, entertainment hires, supplies and services.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 55; Series 5; File 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 5
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records of accounts payable, accounts receivable and trial balances for the Reliable Tobacco Co. Ltd. for the year 1957.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Cassel fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 93
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-2000, predominant 1929-1947
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- 3 albums (ca. 210 photographs)
- 2 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- Heinz Kassel (1912-2009) (later changed to Henry Cassel) was a German refugee during the Second World War who was classified as an enemy alien by the British government. He spent two years in an internment camp for prisoners of war (POWs) in Quebec. He later became a naturalized Canadian citizen and enlisted in the Canadian military.
- Heinz was born on October 25, 1912 in Aschaffenburg, Germany to Adolf and Olga Kassel. Adolf owned a successful banking business which he had inherited from his father. The family resided above the bank and lived a comfortable life during these early years. They moved to Frankfurt around 1920 after Adolf sold his business to buy a partnership in a bank there.
- Heinz’s parents had hoped that he would one day become a corporate lawyer. In 1931, in preparation for his future career, he began studying law and economics at Frankfurt University. He enjoyed his initial university years. However, after Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, he became alarmed when his non-Jewish university friends began ignoring him and when the German government passed laws forbidding Jews from practicing law in court. Determined to leave Germany and seek out a better life elsewhere, he begged his parents to immigrate with him to the United States. They refused to go, unwilling to leave behind the life they had worked so hard to build. In accordance with his parents’ wishes, Heinz relocated to nearby Italy instead of the US in 1934. He learned Italian and eventually secured a job with an engineering firm.
- Sensing that the political climate in Italy was becoming dangerous for Jewish people, Heinz applied for immigration to the US in early 1939. Eager to leave Italy, he relocated to London to await the approval of his US visa. He left just in time: Britain declared war on Germany less than a week after his arrival. His parents, in turn, managed to escape to Holland. Soon after Britain’s declaration, all immigrants from enemy countries were considered enemy aliens and suspected of being spies.
- On May 12, 1940, the British military arrested Heinz and interned him with other German immigrants and POWs. He believed his detainment was only a precautionary measure and that he would be cleared within a few days. However, the British shipped him to the Isle of Man where he remained for several months. Fearing an invasion, the British shipped 3,000 of the POWs, including Kassel, to Quebec, where he was briefly interned at a POW camp set up at the Plains of Abraham. In October 1940, he was moved with 736 other refugees to an abandoned railway yard (later known as “Camp N”) in Newington, near Sherbrooke, Quebec. While there, he confronted a great deal of antisemitism from the guards.
- While he was interned in Quebec, the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) interviewed him and other Jewish prisoners in order to lobby for their release. Realizing that the internees were not POWs, the Canadian government declared the camp a refugee camp in 1941. By October 1942, the CJC was successful in helping Heinz secure employment with Benjamin Pape & Company in Toronto.
- Heinz met Reta Freeman in Toronto and they were married in November 1944. Reta was born and raised in Toronto. After their nuptials, they were both briefly classified as enemy aliens and had to report to the RCMP on a regular basis. Shortly thereafter, Heinz enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army and was sent to basic training in Manitoba. On January 21, 1946 he was granted landed immigrant status, and in April of that year, he became a citizen.
- After the war, Heinz learned that his parents as well as other relatives had been transported to concentration camps and had not survived. He was certainly one of the few fortunate ones to leave the country, despite the circumstances of his removal. He resented being interned for so long, but did not blame the British for rounding him up with other Germans based on their initial fears regarding enemy aliens. His feelings about Canada's treatment of him during that time, however, were not as sympathetic.
- The couple lived their lives in Toronto. They first resided at 2346 Yonge Street. Heinz legally changed his name to Henry Cassel. He worked as an accountant and later was a controller for the United Jewish Welfare Fund. The couple had two children: Andrew (b. 1947) and Richard (b. 1951). Reta passed away in August 1962 and Henry later remarried Esther Cassel. He passed away at the age of 96 on February 15, 2009.
- Custodial History
- Records were created and accumulated by Henry Cassel. His sons donated them to the OJA after his death.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the life of Henry Cassel, particularly his attempt to emigrate from Europe prior to the Second World War and his internment in Canada as a German prisoner of war (POW). Included is personal correspondence between Cassel and his parents; correspondence written by Cassel to potential employers and Canadian Jewish agencies; legal documents and certificates, such as Cassel's birth certificate and passport; family photo albums documenting the family and lives of Henry Cassel and his wife Reta; Cassel's autobiography; a journal and notebook written by Cassel during his internment; and, other internment records, such as government forms and poems and songs written by internees. Also included are newspaper clippings, articles, financial statements, genealogical research, and antisemitic ephemera collected by Cassel. Of particular note are newsletters that were produced during the 1990s by ex-internees who had kept in touch over the years. Records are arranged into 16 files.
- Notes
- Textual records in the fonds were reduced from ca. 20 cm to 8 cm. Please see accession record for further details about the culled material.
- Associated material notes: for related records at other archives, please see: the UJRA case files at the National CJC Archive in Montreal and the holdings at Library and Archives Canada (such as, the Directorate of Internment Operations series in the Department of National Defense fonds R112-0-2-E)
- Name Access
- Cassel, Henry, 1912-2009
- Subjects
- Europe--Emigration and immigration
- Prisoners of war
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- See: Canadian Jewish Congress case files in RG 282 and accession #2005-10-1.
- Creator
- Cassel, Henry, 1912-2009
- Accession Number
- 2010-4-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 27; File 325
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 325
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Jan. 1978
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (4 negatives) : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and four negatives of an Accountants Division telethon.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Subjects
- Accountants
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 86; Series 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 86
- Series
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938-1942
- Physical Description
- 4 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting JCWA's finances. Included is correspondence regarding JCWA's budget, account with the T. Eaton Company and donations to the agency, and financial reports for the Province of Ontario's Department of Public Welfare.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds
- Jewish Children's Bureau sous-fonds
- Finance and accounting series
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 86-1; Series 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds
- Jewish Children's Bureau sous-fonds
- Finance and accounting series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 86-1
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1932-1936
- Physical Description
- 4 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting the JCB's finances. Included are correspondence, an annual budget, a financial report, and reports analyzing grant allotments.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 87; Series 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933-1943
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting the JFWB's finances. Included are annual budgets, reports, and correspondence regarding the JFWB's budget, donations and other financial matters.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 88; Series 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 88
- Series
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1930-1996, predominant 1958-1992
- Physical Description
- 16 cm of textual records (5 v.)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting Congregation Beth David's financial activities. Included are general ledgers, audited financial statements, a budget, ledgers and lists of membership dues and receipts, a provincial annual return, and correspondence regarding donations both received and given by Beth David. Also included are certificates received by Beth David for various donations and lists of donations made to the Congregation during a crisis fund drive in May 1988. Of note is one certificate for the Congregation's donation of a sefer Torah for the synagogue of a new settlement in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 90; Series 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 90
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1956?]-1973
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records (1 v.)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting the finances of the Sharon Chapter and the Canadian Hadassah-WIZO. Included is a general ledger, a financial report, annual budgets, monthly financial bulletins, remittance forms, financial statements, correspondence, and certificates.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- Finance and accounting sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 52; Series 1-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- Finance and accounting sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 1-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1926-1972
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series consists of records documenting the financial operations of the Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home. The records include correspondence, budgetary and allocation documents and audited finanical reports.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series
- Finance and accounting sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 52; Series 2-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series
- Finance and accounting sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 2-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1982
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series consists of records documenting the financial activities of the Women's Auxiliary. The records include financial statements, budgets, general correspondence and membership notices.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 138; Series 6; File 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 6
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an unofficial account statement of Care and Maintenance Cemetery Funds of the Kiever Cemetery located in Mount Sinai Memorial Park.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 4; Series 4; File 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 4
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1974-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of business cards and invoice stationery from Dodd's Draperies Ltd. as well as some of its suppliers, including Archie Fine and Son Limited, Eastern Textiles, and Barrymore Carpet Distributors Ltd.
- Name Access
- Dodd's Draperies Ltd.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 55; Series 5; File 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 5
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records of accounts payable, accounts receivable and trial balances for the Reliable Tobacco Co. Ltd. for the year 1955.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 55; Series 5; File 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 5
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records of accounts payable, accounts receivable and trial balances for the Reliable Tobacco Co. Ltd. for the year 1956.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 55; Series 5; File 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 5
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records of accounts payable, accounts receivable and trial balances for the Reliable Tobacco Co. Ltd. for the year 1957.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 55; Series 1; File 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1936-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1097
- 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
- 1097
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 27; File 233
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 233
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 19 Oct. 1976
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photocopied photograph and three negatives of Allan Offman.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Offman, Allan, 1938-2017
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Administration series
- Correspondence sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 9; Series 5-2; File 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Administration series
- Correspondence sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 5-2
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Allan Grossman served as JIAS president in 1957-1958.
- Name Access
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2024-3-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2024-3-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 7 scrapbooks
- Date
- [198-]-[199-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of seven scrapbooks, three of which contain newspaper clippings documenting the 1982 Lebanon War, and the remaining four contain newspaper clippings related to the trials of James Keegstra (a high school teacher convicted of promoting hatred against an identifiable group) and Ernst Zündel (a publisher and pamphleteer who was charged twice in the 1980s for publishing literature denying the Holocaust).
- 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.
- Subjects
- Hate speech--Law and legislation
- Holocaust deniers
- Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990
- Name Access
- Keegstra, James, 1934-2014
- Zündel, Ernst, 1939-2017
- Places
- Canada
- Lebanon
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 6; File 266
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 266
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a portrait photograph of Allan Small.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 6; File 73
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 73
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of photographs of Allan Grossman.
- Name Access
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Subjects
- Politicians
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1992-12-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-12-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm
- Artifacts
- Date
- 1929-1991
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of several artifacts including: Life member for Baycrest plaque awarded to Allan Grossman, 1981; American Israel Numismatic Association plaque awarded to Allan Grossman, November 1972; Minister of Revenue framed golden seal, ca. 1970s; Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada Award of Service plaque presented to Allan Grossman; Quinte Regional Detention Center plaque presented to Allan Grossman, 1971; B'nai Brith Convention guest badge, 1-4 June 1969; Grey Cup badge,1980; Jigsaw puzzles from the Allan Grossman Campaign; Federal-Provincial Conference of First Ministers delegate badge, 15-17 November 1991; Yellow and blue Davis sign; Yellow and blue Davis hats; Yellow and blue Davis jackets; plaque commemorating the new bridge in Toronto opened December 23, 1953; plaque commemorating 1956 visit with the Pope, 25 April 1956; Framed certificate given to Allan Grossman on his 70th Birthday from the Premier of Ontario, 4 March 1974; Harold King Farm plaque given to Allan Grossman; shovel from the Ground Breaking ceremony of the new Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 30 June 1983; B'nai Brith Distinguished Citizen Award plaque given to Allan Grossman, 3 March 1974; Small plaque from Premier William Davis honouring Allan Grossman, 1972; Memorial Groves plaque.
- Photographs include a collage of portraits of members (including Allan Grossman) of the Toronto Boy Municipal Council 1929, and a photo of William McIntyre, acting clerk of the Executive Council, administering the oath of office to Allan Grossman, Minister Without Portfolio, at the Ontario Parliament on November 21, 1960. Also picured are Leslie Frost and Keiller McKay. A third photograph was taken at a visit in 1965 to the Ontario Legislature with ohn Robarts, Premier of Ontario, and Menachem Begin of Israel.
- Name Access
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-4-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-4-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 m of textual records and graphic material
- 1 badge : felt and metal, blue, silver and white ; 10.5 x 10.5 cm
- 1 pin : metal, white, blue and gold ; 1 cm.
- Date
- [ca. 1922]-[194-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records and graphic material documenting the life and career of Allan Grossman. Also included is a Jewish Boys in Training Crest of Merit badge (ca. 1922-1924), a white felt badge with a blue Magen David in the middle and in the four corners with metal plates attached to the material, each one with a different symbol, and an Ostrovtzer Independent Mutual Benefit Society pin (ca. 1940s).
- Subjects
- Politicians
- Name Access
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2.4 m of textual records and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the political life and community involvment of Allan Grossman. The records include a number of photographs and scrapbooks.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-4
- Material Format
- text
- Physical Description
- 1 text
- Date
- 2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one self-published memoir written by Allan Weiss.
- Administrative History
- Allan Weiss (1929-2017) was born in the small town of Botiz, a small farming village in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. He was one of four children to Izidor and Gizella Weisz. His father owned a general store. At the age of 14, he, his younger sister Magda, and their parents were taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau. His parents and sister were killed but Allan, old enough to be useful, was forced into slave labour as the assistant to a mason building Nazi industrial projects. He was able to survive the Holocaust and at the war's end made his way to a displaced persons camp. Allan was brought to Canada as a war orphan in 1947 under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress. He travelled on the ocean liner the Aquitania. His plan was to eventually join his surviving brother and sister in the United States but instead he met and married his wife Grace Levine and had four children: Jason, Cari, Gerald and Russell.
- Upon arrival in Canada he first boarded with the Montagnes family and worked at various jewellry stores. He later worked seven days a week selling aluminum windows door- to-door in the suburbs of Toronto. Eventually, he and a partner opened up a small window shop on Bathurst St. Ten years later, by the age of 29, he and his partners had factories across the country producing aluminum windows and related products. Following Grace's death in 1990, Allan remarried Lila (Shiner) Roher in 1991. Allan passed away on 2 Jan. 2017.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. See administrative notes for details.
- Name Access
- Weiss, Allan, 1929-2017
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 138; Series 5; File 39
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 5
- File
- 39
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-[1987?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Physical Condition
- The account book shows signs of water damage.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Nathan Cassels
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 7 Nov. 1988
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Nathan Cassels
- Number
- OH 207
- Subject
- Jewish musicians
- Interview Date
- 7 Nov. 1988
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Carol Rosenthal
- Total Running Time
- Side 1 30 minutes 30 seconds Side 2 13 minutes 30 seconds
- 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
- Nathan Cassels was born in Montreal in 1903. When he was a child, his family moved to Toronto. He studied clarinet with Mr. Glass and performed with the Russian Juvenile Concert Band for two years. He left school after grade three and started working as a plumber at age thirteen. He played clarinet with the 110th Regimental Band during the First World War. His music career spanned sixty years. He moved to Detroit in 1926 because of the many big band opportunities. He returned to Toronto in the 1930s, where he played with the Romanelli Band for eighteen years and freelanced as a studio musician. He later divided his time between work as a travelling textile salesman and musician. He was married and had one daughter, who was born in 1937.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 207 Cassels\OH 207 notes.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Nathan Cassels recalls a trip taken by the Russian Juvenile Concert Band to Detroit, Michigan.
In this clip, Nathan Cassels reminisces about his early career as a musician with various bands.
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 1; Series 1; File 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 1
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1917-1930
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Vanek family moved back and forth from the Newmarket/Oak Ridges area to Toronto many times until the 1930s. Jacob Vanek had business and personal interests in both country and city, as reflected in the contents of this file.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of statements, receipts,and correspondence concerning Jacob Vanek's business transactions. Included is a "subscription blank" from the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto.
- Physical Condition
- records are in fair condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, notes and a list of Toronto machal members in connection with Dunkelman's attempt to research his involvement in the Arab-Israeli War. Of note are letters in which Dunkelman discusses Buzz Beurling, the Canadian fighter pilot who volunteered for the machal.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
- Financial records sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 47-5; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
- Financial records sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 47-5
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-1951
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records of refugee assistance accounts as well as farm and urban loan accounts.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Research Records sub-series
- Advocacy, General sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-4-9; File 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Research Records sub-series
- Advocacy, General sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-4-9
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with regard to an invitation to Canadian Accountants to attend a conference in Nazi Germany
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 4
- 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
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File documents responses to antisemitic comments expressed in "The Voucher", a publication put out by the International Accountants & Executives Corporation. It contains a series of letters and a memorandum relating to the article in which the comments were made.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Source
- OJA Website
- Source
- OJA Website
of sacrifice and survival, the OJA is highlighting the life story of Henry Cassel (previously Heinz Kassel). Henry was a
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 1
- 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
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of detailed documentation about the public meeting and demonstration by the Canadian Nazi Party at Allan Gardens, 30 May 1965. This event provoked a a much larger same-day counter-demonstration at the park by members of Toronto's Jewish community, actions sometimes referred to as the Allan Gardens riot. Documentation of these events and the reactions of Toronto's Jewish community and the general populace are also contained within this file.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Riots
- Places
- Allan Gardens (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 3
- 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
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports regarding the "Allan Gardens Incident" and subsequent sentencing neo-Nazi and anti-Nazi participants.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Neo-Nazis
- Related Material
- See Fonds 17, series 5-3, file 1.
- Places
- Allan Gardens (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28-1; Series 7; File 258
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 258
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning the plenary session of Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 6; File 72
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 72
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a photograph of Allan Grossman as he gives a speech to the Toronto Zionist Council. Seated at the table is Max Goody.
- Name Access
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Max Goody
- Subjects
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 21; File 13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 21
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956-1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Louis J. Zuker was a lawyer and president of the board of Yeshivah Torath Chaim from 1948 until at least the early 1970s.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains correspondence from Louis J. Zuker, Barrister and Solicitor, who acted as Yeshivah Torath Chaim's lawyer. It documents real estate transactions, mortgages, etc. which Zuker undertook on behalf of the yeshivah.
- Name Access
- Zuker, Louis J.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 2; File 724
- 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
- 724
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds
- Administrative records and foundational narratives series
- Strategic planning, advocacy, finances, accountability file
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 130; Series 2; File 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds
- Administrative records and foundational narratives series
- Strategic planning, advocacy, finances, accountability file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 130
- Series
- 2
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1998-2000
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports and memos concerning a professional analysis of operational issues at Na'amat.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2019-3-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 27; File 195
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 195
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 8 Jan. 1976
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs and four negatives of Jack Gwartz and Allan Offman.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 649
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 649
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Allan Lugen as a young child in Wardsville, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired on 20 May 1976.
- Name Access
- Lugen, Allan
- Subjects
- Children
- Places
- Wardsville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker, PC, QC, MP file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 37; Series 1; File 6; Item 30
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker, PC, QC, MP file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 6
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions