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A Finding Aid to the Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors in Canada Collection. 1906-1984.
Manuscript Collection No. 645
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Title: | Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors in Canada Collection. |
| Dates: | 1906-1984 |
| Quantity: | 0.8 linear feet (2 Hollinger boxes) |
| Abstract: | The Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors in Canada detail concentration camp experiences by Holocaust survivors who settled in Canada. Each volume tells a separate story. |
| Collection Number: | MS-645 |
| Language: | Collection material in English. |
Project Sketch
This project originated in the early 1990s when faculty members at the Canadian Jewish Studies Department of Concordia University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada set out to collect unpublished memoirs of Holocaust survivors living in Canada. The memoirs focus on the war period (1939-1945) but contain information about the survivor's post-war experience. Some memoirs were written in Yiddish but were later translated into English. With support from a grant from the Concordia University in Canadian Jewish Studies, limited numbers of published volumes were distributed to Canadian university libraries and Holocaust centers in other countries. These memoirs have also been distributed on the Internet <http://migs.concordia.ca/survivor.html>
Scope and Content Note
This material consists of a single series of bound and numbered memoirs. Volume 9, Memoirs from Hungary, and Volume 15, Witnesses Speak, An Anthology, contain an anthology of memoirs.
Conditions of Access and Use
Terms of Access
The collection is open for use; no restrictions apply.
Terms of Reproduction and Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce, with exceptions for fair use, may be obtained through the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio. Please address queries to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information, see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors in Canada Collection and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-645. Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors in Canada Collection. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors in Canada were donated to the American Jewish Archives by the editors (Kurt Jonassohn and Mervin Butovsky) of the Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Project, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1999-2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Melinda McMartin and updated by Kevin Proffitt, June 2000 and October 2002.
Box and Folder Listing
| Series A. Collection, 1999-2000. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 1 To Sobibor and Back: An Eyewitness Account | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Kalmen Wewryk.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 2 Five to Ten: Story of a Hidden Child | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Marcel Braitsten.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 3 From Slavery to Freedom | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Nahum Halpern.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 4 A Survivor's Memoir | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Jacob Gutman.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 5 I Remember | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Marcus Lecker.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 6 Forces of Darkness | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Rose Ickovits Weiss Svarc.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 7 Remnants | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Charles Kotkowsky.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 8 Nightmares | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of K. Charmatz.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 9 Memoirs from Hungary | ||||||||||
| [Contains accounts of Gisele Schwarts-Somlo-Foti, Irene Romer, Pat Romer, Agnes Simon, and Dolly Tiger.] | |||||||||||
| 1 | Volume 10 Remember Your Heritage | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of David Jacobs.] | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 11 Out of the Ghetto | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Marian Finkielman.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 12 This I Remember | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Perec Zylberberg.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 13 Buchenwald 56466 | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Sam Smilovic.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 14 Through the Eyes of a Needle | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Meyer Kron.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 15 Witnesses Speak, An Anthology | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Minna Aspler, Hyman Gutman, Myra Gutman, Rachel Phillipson-Levy, Miriam Reich, Andrew Savin, Konieh Schacter-Rogel, Veronika Schwartz, and Babey Wildutschinsky-Trepman.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 16 How I Survived the Wars and Peace | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Michael Zimmerman.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 17 The Last Chance to Remember | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Helen Rodak-Izso.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 18 Occupation and Liberation; Aftermath; Post- War Years Remembrances | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Emery Gregus.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 19 Childhood in Times of War | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Andrew Salamon.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 20 From Holland and Back | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Guenther Zilversmit.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 21 Can You Stop the Wind? My Autobiography | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Leslie Vertes.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 22 50 ans de Ma Vie | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Alexandre Citrome.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 23 My Long Road to Freedom | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Benjamin Kujawski.] | |||||||||||
| 2 | Volume 24 The Violin Shtibel, Rachel | ||||||||||
| [Contains account of Rachel Shtibel.] | |||||||||||
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