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Birth certificate
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Birth certificate

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
November 30, 1950 (indexed as 1950)
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item
Scope & content
One page. One-sided photocopy of an official document. On the t. is the name Kaszemacher, Jacques. The document give the details of his birth. Narrative: Jacques Kasma was born Jacques Kaszemacher on 1935-09-04 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris (France). His father was Uszer Hersz Kaszemacher, also known as Henric Kasmacher, born on 1913-04-05 in Parczew (Poland). His mother was Chaja Sura Bajwelcwajg, born 1915-05-19 in Warsaw (Poland). Jacques had a younger sister, Jeannine, born in 1937. In 1940, Henri Kasmacher was a driver in the French army. He was captured by the German armed forces in Saint-Die-des-Vosges (France) and was deported to the forced labour camp of Brunswiek, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp ( Germany). In 1943, Chaja Bajwelcwajg was arrested and interned at the Drancy transit camp (France). She died in Drancy on 1943-09-02. Jacques was hidden in Normandy (France) during the war. After Liberation, he spent time in an orphanage ran by the OSE in Le Vésinet. He met Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime, who taught him his art. Henri Kasmacher survived the war and came back to France and remarried to Ida Wolnowicz. In 1956, Jacques Kasma settled in Montreal (Canada) where he pursued an artistic career. He acted as a mime named Tit-Bo on the children's television program "La Boîte à Surprise". He worked at the National Film Board as an editor and director. He also worked with the filmmaker Gilles Groulx. He went back to France to fulfill his military service obligations and moved back to Montreal in 1960. He was part of the Douglas hospital psychiatric research team for 20 years.
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Birth certificate : Paper : Ink : beige, black ; Ht: 29,4 cm x W: 20,8 cm
Genre / form
textual record
Format
Document
Genealogy
Birth / baptism
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PREFECTURE DE LA SEINEMairie du 10e ArrondissementKaszemacher JacquesEXTRAIT des Minutes des Actes de NAISSANCEC N° 685010Le quatre septembre mil neuf cent trente-cinq, dix-neuf heures trente-cinq, est né : 2, rue Ambroise Paré : Jacques Albert, du sexe masculin, de : Uszer Herss KASZEMACHER, et de : Chaja Sura BAJWELCHAJG ./.PARIS, le trente Novembre mil neuf cent cinquante ./.L'Adjoint au Maire Officier de l'Etat-Civilcjhn.caRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language
French
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