- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Ottawa Jewish Historical Society fonds
- Interview with Frania and Israel Rubinek
Interview with Frania and Israel Rubinek
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- Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1986 (indexed as 1986)
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- item
- Scope & content
- Subject: Israel Rubin and Frania Rubinek Interviewer: David ? Date: 1986 Interview Location: Ottawa, ON Length: 31:10 - From Pincowz, Poland, formerly ran a store - Came to Canada from Germany in 1949, lived in Montreal for 6 years, then went to Ottawa - Details how they escaped from Poland to Bratislav in 1945, Czechoslovakia, and eventually to Germany in 1945, smuggled 60 people with them by posing as Greeks - Stayed in Vienna briefly as displaced persons (DPs) in 1945, told British DP committee volunteers they wanted to go to Palestine, from Vienna went to Hungary, then Munich, were put in refugee camps in Munich from 1945-1949, Israel went to university there - Son Saul Rubin was born in the camp outside Munich - Immigration was closed to Palestine, so decided to go to Canada because there was some distant family in Montreal on Frania’s side - Before war in Poland, Israel went to yeshiva and participated in theatre, became professionally interested in theatre while in Germany DP camp - In Montreal, worked in a factory, moved to Ottawa to open a clothing store called Engels Limited, ran from 1956-69 - Returned to Poland in 1986 to make a documentary about their survival of the war in Poland and the Polish couple that sheltered them - Discuss their personal experiences and feelings about telling their story of survival Audio Ends Link to article about the couple’s experience hiding https://www.thestar.com/life/acts_of_kindness/2009/12/20/a_simple_act_of_kindness_saved_lives.html Link to information about the documentary about their survival- “So Many Miracles” https://jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/somanymiracles.html (So Many Miracles is also a book which can be found in the Greenberg Families Library)
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