-A- Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives - Collection Guide

 

P0001

ABBEY, Monroe. - 1942-1989. - 0.1 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1904, Monroe Abbey was a barrister/solicitor by profession. He was honourary president of Canadian Jewish Congress, Combined Jewish Appeal, Baron de Hirsch Institute as well as being governor, director or member of many Canadian Jewish and non-Jewish organizations (Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, Zionist Organization of Canada, United Jewish Refugee and World Relief Agencies). He died in 1993.

Scope and Content:
Press clippings. Minutes. Press releases on his activities concerning Canadian Jewish Congress. Biographical information and testaments. Short history of Kristallnacht.

Notes:
Related Materials: Canadian Jewish Congress photos and documents; other Jewish organizations.
General Note: The fonds consists mostly of press clippings and copies.



Monroe Abbey

 

P0176

ABEL, Solomon = Immigration and family documents. - 1904-1940, 2000. - 7 textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Solomon Abel came to Canada from Russia via the United States, entering Canada in 1907. His six children (as of 1914) included daughter Annie, whose school documents are in this collection. Another daughter was the mother of Jack Silverstone, the donor. Mr. Silverstone was the Executive Vice-President of Canadian Jewish Congress. These early immigration and school documents, all originals, are important for their display potential - one includes a photo and describes the subject’s profession and Hebrew marriage.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Mr. Jack Silverstone.

Scope and Content:
6 documents and cards. U.S. Circuit Court certificate, 1904. Circuit Court Montreal, 1914. Naturalization, 1918, affidavit with photo and bio. Annie Abel Protestant school documents, 1909, 1914, vote card 1940. 1 delegate card for the Prime Minister’s delegation to Jerusalem, 2000.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P00/07.



Montreal affidavit for S. Abel, 1918

 

P0002

ABELLA, Irving. - 1969-1991. - 0.1 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1940, Dr. Irving Abella is a professor in the Department of History at York University, a labour historian, director of the New Israel Fund, and editor of Middle East Focus. He was the chairman of the Holocaust Documentation Project as well as of the Canadian Jewish Congress International Affairs Committee; past chairman of Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives Committee (1980-1992); CJC president 1992-1995. Holder of numerous academic honours and fellowships.

Scope and Content:
The fonds contains articles by Abella on antisemitism, the Canadian labour movement, Israel, Canadian Jewish history, refugees, None Is Too Many. Typescript A Coat of Many Colours. Typescript The Line Must be Drawn Somewhere - Canada and Jewish Refugees, 1933-39. C.V. contains bibliography 1969-1981.

Notes:
Related Materials: Archives Dept. Records DA 11.2.
General Note: Fonds consists mostly press clippings and copies.



Irving Abella

 

P0184

ABER, Ita. - 1930s-. - 13 photographs. - 4 artifacts. - 2 videos.

Biographical Sketch:
Ita Aber was born in Montreal in 1932. Ita Aber is an artist who delights in unconventional formats that provide unique and startling insights into Jewish life. Her works are found in almost every major Jewish museum throughout the world. She is a master of the fabric arts, by their very nature an interdisciplinary field. As practiced by Ita Aber, the fabric arts explode in scale to include the diverse skills of embroidering, beadwork, sewing, appliqué, silkscreen, jewelry design, weaving, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. The stunning range of her talents is reflected in the vast array of work and Judaic objects she has produced. From wall hangings, jewelry and sculpture to Torah covers, etrog boxes and Purim masks, there is practically no area of Judaica or three-dimensional art that she has not explored.

Aber’s diverse career is not limited to her work as an artist. She has also been a conservator of textiles, an art historian, a curator, and a teacher and is the author of The Art of Judaic Needlework: Traditional and Contemporary Designs (Scribner 1979).

Custodial History:
This collection was donated by Mrs. Ita Aber.



Ita Aber

Scope and Content:
Book: Recipes Mother Never Knew by Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from by Mrs. Aber’s mother for Montreal’s Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Child’s Day Appeal. Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Child’s Day, and actor William Shatner, a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreal’s Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.
Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario, Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos.
Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about her artwork and recent exhibitions.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P01/12, P93/08 and subsequent additions (ongoing.)
Related Collection: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum (1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and filed under his name.)
General Note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof, spring 2001.

 

I0001

ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION. - 1935-1987. - 0.125 metres of textual records.

Administrative History:
The Adath Israel Congregation first met in a rented hall in 1930. In 1936, land was bought in Outremont; in 1938 the synagogue was incorporated; by 1940 the building was completed. The Adath Israel, an Orthodox synagogue, also ran the first congregational day school in Canada in the synagogue building; a school was built in 1947. A Hebrew high school, the Adath Israel Academy, was begun in 1952, also with its own building. It was later called Hebrew Academy, and both schools amalgamated with Young Israel Synagogue’s schools in 1965. The Adath Israel has its own cemetery.



Adath Israel logo

It also ran an afternoon school and developed a separate Sephardi service (Adat Yisrael S’faradi). Eventually, due to the shifting Jewish population, the Outremont buildings were sold and the congregation moved to a newly built synagogue in Hampstead in 1980. The Adath Israel had one of the first “contemporary” synagogue designs and was the first large, new synagogue built in the post-Depression era in Montreal.

Scope and Content:
Minutes (1971). Documents about the sale of the building (1976). Agreement with Young Israel. Arbitration hearings documents. Correspondence. Notes. Report to Canadian Jewish Congress and other related documents (1977-1979). Financial reports (1947, 1957, 1966, 1968-1979). Money raised and owed (1963). Members lists (1957). Outremont documents (1974-1978). Building recommendations (1977). Press releases. Correspondence (1935-1936, 1944, 1978-1979). Bulletins (1941-1944, 1947, 1952-1972, 1978). School statistics (Canadian Jewish Congress 1948). Graduation booklet (1948). Dedication/anniversary booklets (1947, 1965, 1980). Fundraising information (1953-1957). Model Seder report (1977). Proposed architectural plans (not used. c.1938). Flyers. Invitations. Clippings (1939-1940, 1944-1956, 1966, 1981, 1986-1987).

 

ALLAN, Ted 1916-

Author, screenwriter, playwright, short story writer.

10 cm. Mostly press clippings. 1963-1991.

Press clippings relating to his literary output as well as biographical.

 

ALLIED JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES - see Federation of Jewish Philanthropies

 

I0088,S20

ALLIENCE - CENTRE DES RUSSOPHONES (see also Russian Jewish Archives Project). - 2004. - 20 photographs.

Administrative History:
The Allience centre is not a Jewish organization but they do a lot of programmatic outreach to include the Russian Jewish community of Montreal.

Custodial History:
Tatiana Jour donated this collection in May 14, 2004.

Scope and Content:
Photos of a Victory Day commemorative event held at the Bibliotheque nationale May 8, 2004, to which many Jewish veterans were invited and participated.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P04/01-14.

 

P0203

ALTER FAMILY = Shanghai Jewish Community. - 1920-1975c. - Ca. 0.03 metres of textual records. - Ca. 438 photographs.

Biographical Sketch:
Isabelle Alter was born in Shanghai in 1940, the only daughter of Isaac and Maria (nee Gloos) Alter. The Alters left Russia for Shanghai circa1938 after Isaac had studied chemistry and tanning in France. He taught science in China. Isabelle came to Montreal in 1952, later studied physiological psychology. She moved to New York to complete her studies and eventually became a Freudian analyst. She died in 1995. Her mother was a dress designer in China. The family came to Canada after the revolution had made life in Shanghai too risky. Maria Alter became Maria Levitan after her second marriage. Isaac Alter died in (circa) 1954 and Maria in (circa) 1994.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated on July 13, 2005, by Ruth Portner, a close friend of Isabelle Alter.

Scope and Content:
This collection has rare images of the Jewish population of Shanghai during and after World War II as well as immigration documents of visual and historical interest and also documents from various Montreal Protestant schools and Jewish neighbourhoods. It consists primarily of photographs of a Russian Jewish family and their friends, mostly other refugee Jews in China, between 1938 and 1952. There are also photos



Maria Alter
in Shanghai

taken in France before the war and in Montreal and the U.S. after the family’s immigration to Canada. Most of the Shanghai photos are in albums. The identity documents include a passport and school documents for the father in Lille, France, and the daughter Isabelle in Shanghai and Montreal.

Notes:
Physical Condition: Some documents are in fragile condition. One photo album was disassembled due to water damage.
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P05/10.
Language: Mostly English, with some Russian, Yiddish, and Chinese.
Related Groups of Records: Mrs. Portner donated poems and other writings by Isabelle Alter at McGill University to McGill’s Rare Book Department. She donated architectural drawings by Bruno Levitan, Isabelle's stepfather's family, to the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.

 

P0003

ANCTIL, Pierre. - 1983-2009. - 5.97 metres of textual records. - 7 videos. - 11 sound elements. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).

Biographical Sketch:
Born in Quebec City in 1952, Pierre Anctil is an anthropologist by profession as well as being a Yiddish scholar, translator of J.I. Segal's poetry and several Yiddish memorialists published in Montreal; authority on Canadian ethnic minorities, and author of several books about Jews in Quebec. He was on staff of l'Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture (1980-1988). As well, he was a lecturer on Quebec Jewish history at McGill University, and was on staff of McGill University French-Canada Studies Program (1988-1991) and Dept. of Jewish Studies (1988-1991). He was on staff of the Ministère de l'Education (1991-1993) and Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration (1993-2004). He was then attached to the Musee Pointe-à-Callière (1999-2000) and he was the Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa (2004-2008.) He is currently on a Killam Fellowship for a research project on Montreal Yiddish poet Jacob-Isaac Segal (2008-2010).

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Pierre Anctil on Feb. 23, 1988. Addtions were made to the collection in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2009.



Cover of “Tur Malka”

Scope and Content:
Selected typescripts from his works on French-Canadian-Jewish relations. Clippings of book reviews and ecumenism. C.V. contains bibliography to 2000. Complete typescript of Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Predominant language of material is French
Added in 1998: Video of Silent Witness. Centre Justice et foi: Soirée Relations du 20/11/95 Rapport Comm. à la Soc. Québécoise (video). 2 tapes of interview with Sylvia Segal Lustgarten (1988). The Family in Canada; Yiddish du Mein (tape, e/y, 1986). Dialogue Qc (2 tapes, part II & III). Dialogue St-Urbain (2 tapes, Sept. 1989 & June 1998). "Simply Speaking" interview with P. Anctil (1998). "Radio Noon" interview with Jack Wolofsky & P. Anctil (1998). "L'oiseau de Minerve" interview with P. Anctil (1998, f). Interview with Sholem Shtern (1988). Manuscript of Tur Malka; Flâneries sur les cimes de l'histoire juive Montréalaise (1997, f). Correspondence about the publication of Tur Malka. Manuscript of Le mouvement ouvrier juif au Canada; 1904-1920 translation of S. Belkin's book on labour movement in Canada (1997, f). Manuscript of Shulamis; Une enfance juive à Montréal translation of Shulamis Yelin's book about her youth in Montreal (1998, f). CD-ROM of interview for Labour Zionist Alliance (circa 1998). Manuscript of Le Montréal juif d'autrefois/ translation of I. Medresh's memoir (1997, f)
Added in 2000: Papers related to the book Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Notes on classes given on Jewish Montreal at McGill, 1988-1991. Personal papers (newspapers clipping, research papers, correspondence, etc.), 1982-1988. Manuscript of H. Wolofsky Mayne Lebns Rayze (2000, f)
Added in 2001: 1 box of documents pertaining to Dialoque St-Urbain (PA was co-president.) Also 5 videotapes, mostly interviews with Pierre Anctil on Jewish cultural topics/ Rendez-vous Théatral/Theatrical Encounter, 1992, Michel Tremblay & Dora Wasserman; Pierre au Point sur L'antisémitisme; 50ième anniversaire de la liberation de Auschwitz, Pierre Anctil interview à RDI, 1995; Steinberg, émission sur les Juifs Hassidiques, Fev. 1998; Entreview de Pierre avec Louise-Josée Mondoux, 1990. Manuscript of the translation of Elberg. 1 book signe by Sam Bronfman, 1941. Manuscript of the second volume of Medresh.
Added in 2004: 2 binders of annotated typescript of translation to French of Fuks Lexicon of Canadian Jewish Writers, 1981. Also introduction to translated volume.
Added in 2008: Notes pertaining to the translation various books from Yiddish to French: Medresh, Claim Leib Fuks, Wolofsky. Material pertaining to book promotions, Christian-Jewish dialogue, intercultural programs. Research notes and correspondence relating to publications and articles.
Addition 2009: 2 course sylabbi from University of Ottawa Canadian Jewish studies courses taught by P.A., one file on the dissolution of Dialogue St-Urbain and one file on the Association of Canadian Jewish Studies, in which P.A. is a board member. 8 additional files totalling 8 cm. added July 18, re: publishing project with Ghitta Caiserman, Sholem Shtern translations, Harry Joshua Stern, and Belkin archives.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P88/14, P88/30, P99/02, P00/02, P01/05, P01/07, P04/14, P08/12, and P09/03..
Language: French, English and Yiddish.
Restrictions: Correspondence file.
Related Materials: Taped interview.

 

P0004

ANSELL, David Abraham. - 1877-1940. - 0.1 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in London in 1834, David Abraham Ansell was educated in England and Germany. He came to Canada in 1860. He was an ardent British imperialist and was acquainted with John A. MacDonald and George-Etienne Cartier from pre-Confederation times. In his Welding the Lines of Union, he unfolded a scheme similar to the one later advocated by Joseph Chamberlain. Appointed Consul-General for Mexico in Canada, he resigned in 1913 due to age. He was deeply involved in Jewish educational and philanthropic work and was the first chairman of the Canadian Committee of Jewish Colonization Association. He was a charter member and for 17 years president of Baron de Hirsch Institute and was instrumental in the passage of legislation giving equal rights to Jewish children in public schools in Montreal. He died in Montreal in 1914.



David A. Ansell
(The Jew in Canada, 1926)

Scope and Content:
Correspondence from prominent Canadians, including several relating to immigration and expressing sympathy for Jews massacred in Russia. Notes for speeches on finance, Jews and conservatism. Press clippings relating to politics, various Jewish causes, religion, finance and trade with Mexico. Biographical articles in Yiddish.

Notes:
Language: English and Yiddish.
General Note: Fonds consists of mostly originals.

 

I0002

APEX PANTS COMPANY. - 1900-1968. - 0.33 metres of textual records. - 1 photograph.

Administrative History:
There is very little information on the Apex Pants Company, other than that it was one of many businesses in the textile industry. It manufactured pants, probably in Montreal, and sold them all over Eastern Canada. It is no longer in existence.

Scope and Content:
Journal of pants sales (1942-1959). Ledger (1959-1964). Accounts receivable binder (1961-1968). Payroll sheet (1962). Photo of Harry Hertz (early 1900s).

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P90/02.



Harry Hertz

 

P0005

ARCAND, Adrien (collection). - 1931-1986. - 0.54 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1899, Adrien Arcand was the leader of a French-Canadian antisemitic movement in the 1930s, the Parti National Social Chrétien (National Social Christian Party), which, under his leadership, later merged with other fascist groups to form the National Unity Party. He published and/or wrote for numerous antisemitic publications such as Le Miroir, Le Goglu, Le Fasciste Canadien, L'Unité Nationale, and Serviam. He fought against Jewish rights in education and was interned by the Canadian government during WWII, from 1940-1945. After his release he continued his antisemitic and political activities. He died in 1967.

Custodial History:
This material was collected by CJC staff and concerned persons in the Jewish community.

Scope and Content:
Fascist newspapers, pamphlets and newsletters. Press clippings by and about Arcand. Canadian Jewish Congress correspondence relating to Arcand and antisemitism.



Adrien Arcand

Notes:
Restrictions: 12 cm., mainly correspondance.
Related Materials: photographs file PC1-3-77.

 

I0088,S02,SS1

ARCHIVES JUIVES DE MONTRÉAL = MONTREAL GENIZAH. - 2004-2006. - 9 compact discs (CD-ROM) (photographs). - 170 photographs. - 0.3 metres of textual records.

Administrative History:
Archives Juives de Montréal was founded by Tatiana Jour in 2005 with similar collecting aims to CJCCCNA, but since 2007 Mrs. Jour has been depositing here the materials collected for this project. Montreal Genizah, a Canadian intellectual journal in the Russian language, was founded by Tatiana Jour in 2005, and one edition has appeared to date.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated on December 7, 2006.

Scope and Content:
170 print photos (colour, 4" by 6") of various Russian Jewish community activities and people. 3 Jewish calendars issued by the 2 Russian congregations in Montreal, led by Rabbis Sirota and Reichman. Other documents - a folder of Russian memoirs, in Russian and some English, by Lev Bilich, a poem by A. Rucshine, clippings from Lev Shiff’s newspaper. 6 printed colour images from CDs of artworks. (total papers 2 cm.) 2 videos (one of Alexander Saidov’s synagogue restoration project in Europe, one of the Cummings centre choir) Total of 9 CDs, mostly digital images from previous donors to RJA Project: Artists’ works: (Chapiro 11 images, Golod 10 images, Tischler 13 images, Shmayv 12 images, Yefman, 14 images, Volshov 24 images.) Others: Slutsky-Kohn family photos 198 images, Vandalofsky photos 14 images on 2 CDs. Also preliminary documents on a new donor artist, Leonid Puliye. Most of this material adds to existing collections. The materials pertaining to individuals already in the Russian Jewish Archives collection will either be integrated with their files or cross-indexed.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P07/02.2.

 

P0006

ARNOLD, Abraham, J. - 1957-1997. - 01.4 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1922, Abraham Arnold is a writer and journalist. He was editor and publisher of the Jewish Western Bulletin in Vancouver. He was public relations director of the Federation of Jewish Community Services and Combined Jewish Appeal in Montreal. He was Western regional director of Canadian Jewish Congress and is the author of numerous articles on the history of Canadian Jews.

Scope and Content:
Published articles and press clippings on the history of Jewish immigration to Canada with emphasis on the western provinces. Finding Aid (1993) to Arnold papers at the Provincial Archives of Manitoba (includes some CJC Western Region material).
Addition 2003: 4 boxes, transferred from the Provincial Archives of Manitoba. Research notes, Jews in Quebec, Western settlements, Baron de Hirsch Institute, Mtl, etc. Typescripts of articles includings BdH.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P93/10, etc.
Related Materials: Canadian Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada, Canadian Jewish Historical Society (A. Arnold President 1990-1992).
General Note: Fonds consists of mostly press clippings and copies of articles.



Abraham Arnold

 

P0189

ASPLER, Minna = Holocaust memoirs, Poland. - 1981. - 14 sound elements.

Biographical Sketch:
Minna Aspler was born in Russia circa 1911 or 1914 and moved to Warsaw with her family at the age of 9 or 12. She was in the Warsaw Ghetto and escaped to go into hiding as a Christian. She came to Canada after surviving World War II.

Custodial History:
Donated by Minna Aspler in May 2003.

Scope and Content:
14 cassette tapes copied from Minna Aspler of interviews done by her son in 1981, with accompanying notes. Autobiographical recollections and Holocaust testimony. Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, and German camp. Life in hiding as Christian during the war.



Minna Aspler

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P03/07.
Associated Material: 3 interview cassettes with Minna Aspler done in the late 1980s by Eiran Harris.

 

I0003

ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES, Montreal Chapter. - 1986-2006. - 0.13 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs.

Administrative History:
After Montreal hosted the Association of Jewish Libraries convention in 1986, the impetus was gained to form a Montreal chapter, which occurred in 1987. (The AJL was founded in the United States in 1965). Its goals include promoting Jewish library services and librarianship through education, establishing Judaic library collections, and providing technical assistance to these collections. The members also act as liaisons between Judaic and general libraries, and promote awareness of Judaic collections and their resource people.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Carol Katz for the Association of Jewish Libraries, Montreal Chapter, on February 27, 1997. Addition 2007 was donated by Sol Katz, Tresurer for the association, on March 22, 2007.

Scope and Content:
Constitution and by-laws of AJL and Montreal chapter’s version. AJL meeting minutes and other member information (U.S.A.). Montreal membership lists. Correspondence (1986). Conference information and handouts. Flyers advertising lectures. Publicity. Stationery. Clippings.
Addition 2007: Minutes. Newsletter. Correspondence. Membership lists. Membership registration forms. 1 photo and 1 contact sheet for an event with Sol Katz and Marsha Lustigman. Administrative, programming and financial records, 1990s to 2006.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P97/03, P07/09.
General Note: CJCCCNA was a founding member of this organization, of which the Archives Director is still currently co-president. These records add to the existing collection here.


I0090

ASSOCIATION OF SURVIVORS OF NAZI OPPRESSION. - 1960s-2004. - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 8 artefacts.

Administrative History:
The Association was founded circa 1960 in Montreal. It was an active organization typical of several founded by post-war Jewish immigrants in order to memorialize the losses sustained by Jews during the Holocaust. The collection includes copies of striped prison uniform jackets, which are still worn in demonstrations and are potential display items. The Association ceased operations in 2004. Some of its former members now operate through the Association of Romanian Survivors.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Issie Weisfeld and Lou Zablow on April 25, 2005. The collection had been stored in the house of Mr. Zablow, the organization’s president. At the time of donation the collection contained 4 large boxes (approximately 1.6m). With the help of Mr. Weisfeld the boxes were sorted and stringently weeded, as many records were moldy and had to be discarded. In some cases photocopies were made of historical documents which could not be kept in their damaged condition. Much of the discarded information pertained to membership dues and other financial documentation.



Commemoration of the
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Montreal, 1961

Scope and Content:
The earliest of these records dates back to the founding of this association. Only a quarter of the original donation was retained, due to the deteriorated condition of the records. Much of the discarded information pertained to membership dues and other financial documentation. The retained records consist of one box of documents which includes the constitution, some minutes, selected membership forms, clippings, posters, and publications (including information on USA neo-Nazis). Also donated: 5 replicas of concentration camp uniform jackets and 3 concentration camp-style hats, made circa 1961 for use in commemorative events.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P05/07.
General Note: The commemorative uniforms were donated on condition that they be lent back to Issie Weisfeld as needed for Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) and related events. This was done in May 2005, after which they were returned. One jacket and cap were removed from the collection on a permanent basis August 2, 2005, so the present total is 4 uniform jackets and 2 caps.

 

I0004

ASSOCIATION OF WARSAW JEWS. - 1953-1970. - 0.13 metres of textual records.

Administrative History:
There is very little material available on this Montreal organization. The earliest documents date from 1953. It was one of many landsmanschaften that tried to both commemorate as well as aid the people of their communities of origin. They concentrated mostly on memorial (yizkor) work, such as assemblies to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Scope and Content:
Minutes of meetings, 1953-1978 (with some gaps). Membership list (1960). Some clippings.

 

I0069

ASSOCIATION OF ZAGLEMBIE JEWS OF MONTREAL - see Zaglembie Association

 

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