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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

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Program : Paper : Printed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 21,5 cm x W: 28 cm

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1 page, single-sided. Folded once vertically to create two distinct panels, then folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document is the program, most likely for a theatrical presentation. Left panel contains four advertisements, text mainly in English. Right panel is in Yiddish, contains information about the presentation with a numbered list, divided into 2 sections. Left side contains the names of the actors; Mayer Abramovitch appears four times. Narrative: Bella (Beila, Bela) Herling and Mayer (Majer, Meyer, Meir) Abramovitch (Abramovitz, Abramowicz, Abramowitz) were the parents of the donor, Toby Herscovitch. Bella was born in Suchedniów, Poland on September 25, 1925, the youngest of a family of ten children. Her parents and five siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. Bella and three of her sisters survived the war working as slave labourers in an ammunitions factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna. They were liberated by Russian troops on January 16, 1945, and made their way to the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, where they reunited with a brother who had survived Auschwitz. Bella volunteered for nursing training by a Jewish refugee agency, and worked as a nurse in the camp from 1946 to 1948. In 1948, she joined her sister Paula in Toronto, where she worked as a nurse's aide and married Mayer, a fellow survivor who she had known from Feldafing. Born November 10, 1914 in Vilna (Vilnius), he was the sole survivor of a family of six children. He lived in the Vilna ghetto and worked in a factory making window panes for German barracks; he was later sent to a labour camp in Tallin, Estonia, and then to Stutthof concentration camp. In the final days of the war, he escaped from a subsequent transfer to Dachau concentration camp and was liberated. He spent three months sick in a hospital and ended up in Feldafing, where he was active in the "Amchu" or "AMCHO" theater group, part of the Jewish Labour Committee. He lived for a year in France, and immigrated to Canada in May, 1949. Bella and Mayer moved to Montreal in 1950 and opened a fabric store. Mayer passed away in 2001, and Bella in 2014.

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AdvertisingClothing StoreDocumentInsuranceJewish CommunityJudaismPhotographerPrintedProgrammeTailorTheatreWeddingTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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INSURANCE FOR ALL YOUR NEEDSM. KASIMERSPECIAL AGENTTHE NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO.Office: PL. 4126Res.: VI. 2650Compliments ofSAMUEL RESPITZ FUR CO.1435 BLEURY ST. HA. 7233I. REISMANLadies & Men's Tailor4632 HUTCHISON TA. 1130WEDDING PORTRAITS & CANDIDS - BAR-MITZVAHSMOVIES - COLOR - BLACK & WHITE - BABY PORTRAITSBESSER STUDIOPORTRAITS OF DISTINCTION5656 PARK AVE.MONTREAL, QUE.GRavelle 6729CERTIFICATE5656 Park Ave. - Tel. GR. 6729ביבליאטעק אוידיטאריום120 מאנטרעאלפראגראםThis certificate entitles you to a portrait of your child (6 months to 6 years) to the value of $2.50, for a 5 x 7" (not mounted) portrait.(Not valid after December 31, 1954)שבת און זונטיק דעם 30טן און 31טן יאנואר 1954א רום צו פארנענטRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

English

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