- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Ottawa Jewish Community Council = Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir = The Jewish Federation of Ottawa fonds
- Shoah (Holocaust) Remembrance Committee
Shoah (Holocaust) Remembrance Committee
series1987-2012Shoah (Holocaust) Remembrance Committee
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- Held by
- Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1987-2012 (indexed as 1987–2012)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- 30 cm textual material; 33 colour photographs; 1 CD; 1 VHS video cassette; 1 DVD
- Scope & content
- Series consist of minutes, budgets, correspondence, material on annual Yom HaShoah commemorations, and material on other educational and community events (i.e. - March of the Living). BOX 34 - Series: Standing Committee Series - Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee: Minutes - 1974-1977, Notices of Meetings and Agendas - 1965-1978; Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee: Minutes - 1980, 1988-1995; Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee 1990 – 1991; Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee – Meetings etc. 1992; Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee: Minutes - 1993-2005; Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee – Meetings etc. 1993; Holocaust Education and Remembrance Committee: Minutes - 1999-2003; Shoah (Holocaust) Committee: Minutes - 2007-2009; Shoah (Holocaust) Committee: Minutes - 2010; Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee: Correspondence - 1960-1968; Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee: Correspondence - 1972-1975; Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee: Correspondence - 1976-1978, 1980; General Correspondence - 1988-2004; Ottawa Holocaust Remembrance Committee: Correspondence - 1989-1995; Yom HaShoah Commemoration: Outstanding Canadian Survivors of the Holocaust Correspondence - 1998; Correspondence - 2000; Budgets - 1998, 2002-2004, 2006; Secretary of State Grant Application 1991 Post Project Grant Applications 1992-1993; City of Ottawa Grant Application 1993; Shoah (Holocaust) Committee, National Holocaust Remembrance Committee: Newsletters, programs, an epic poem written by Benjamin Herson called "Children of the Covenant", a list of artists associated with the Holocaust - 1960, 1982, and other dates unknown; The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims: Information Package - 2000; Israeli Cultural Forum Meeting: Budget – 2006; Press Releases, News Clippings - 1963-1978; Holocaust Committee – Vera Gara, Chaiman, 1989-1990 BOX 35 - Series: Standing Committee Series - Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee: Programs A VHS Tape and Write-up of the Movie "Children of the Storm": A documentary film about the transport of young Jewish European Holocaust survivors in 1947 and 1948 to Canada – 2000, an HMC box 2 Programs; Holocaust Memorial Committee File – Invitations and Programmes, 1962 – 2004; [detailed list in the notes section below.] National Holocaust Project for Small Communities, Waterloo Pilot Project, 1989-1991; Ottawa Jewish Community Holocaust Memorial Project - 1977; Shoah (Holocaust) Memorial Committee, Canadian Gathering of Holocaust Survivors": Programs and related material - 1985; Screening of [documentary film] "Shoah" at the National Arts Centre (NAC) – 1987; Kristallnacht 50th Anniversary: Minutes, correspondence and related material - 1988; Holocaust Remembrance Committee, Teaching the Holocust, 1992; Programming - The March of the Living - 1992; March of the Living 1994 – 1999, 2001; Programs and Invitations - 2000; Jewish Christian Dialogue: Newspaper clippings, Notes - 2003-2004; Holocaust Museum, 1994; Montreal Holocaust Museum Trip from the JCC - 2004; Arie van Mansum Memorial Award - 1991, 2000, 2002; Speakers Bureau - 1994, 2000, 2003; Ottawa Shoah Remembrance Committee – 1198 – 2002; Holocaust (Shoah) Essay Contest Entries - 1976; Massuah – 1989 – 1993; Diary of Anne Franck Exhibition – 1987 – 1991; Anne Frank Grant / Citizenship of Culture and Communication, Province of Ontario – 1991; Citizen Anne Frank – 1992; Ottawa Dutch Community (Anne Frank) – 1992; Hidden Children Conference – 1991; “Hana’s Suitcase” Community Event – 2005; Shoah (Holocaust) memorial Committee, Educational Material – 1976; Holocaust Bibliography; Teaching the Holocaust, August 24-26, 1988, Toronto; Holocaust Teaching – 1990; Holocaust Education – 1992; Video Documentation, How to Oral History 2nd Generation – 1992; Unnoted Bibliography of Shoah Committee Print Resources – 2005; Shoah (Holocaust) Memorial Committee "I Never Saw Another Butterfly", Program and Material for a 1994 Performance. "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" (Ashbury), Grant Application – 1994; "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" – 1994; Holocaust Education Week: Rescue of the Danish Jews - 1996; "Man's Inhumanity to Man": A 300 page information package (maps, history, case studies, assignments, group activities...) prepared by the Ottawa Board of Education on the teaching of Holocaust material, WWII material and genocidal material in secondary schools - 1988; Holocaust Education Week - 2001-2004; Holocaust Education, Mr. Shentow – 2005; Holocaust Education Week: Champion of the Child - Janusy Korczak - 2009 Holocaust Education Week, Brochure – 2010; Shoah Memorial Committee Education Week – 2010; Holocaust Education Month - 2011; Anne Frank, Children of the Holocaust, “Trudi's Story"; Donation of Painting by Egon Marc Lovith: A file with material on the Hercz family's donation of a painting which was made in memory of the Oradea Jews who were murdered during the war, called "The Rock." Includes a photo of the painting and a photo of the artist - 2001; Box 36: Shoah (Holocaust) Memorial Committee- War Crimes, Denial, Survivor Stories Holocaust Memorial Committee: Holocaust Denial: David Irving – 1986-1989; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Fromm, CFAR, Library- 1990-1991; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Keegstra Decision- 1990-1992; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Holocaust Revisionism- 1991; Holocaust Memorial Committee: David Irving- 1990; Holocaust Memorial Committee: David Iriving File- 1991; Holocaust Memorial Committee: David Iriving- 1992-1993; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Ernest Zundel- 1992; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Heritage Front- Apr 1993; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Coalition for Racial Harmony: Boys and Girls Club Incident- June 1993; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Polish Currency and ID card from Lodz Ghetto-1940; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Majdanek Concentration Camp Slides, Robert Patterson- 1993; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Auschwitz and Warsaw- 1993-1994; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Dachau Concentration Camp Album, Mrs. Milan- Oct 2014; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Visas for Life Exhibit- 1996-1997, 2000-2001; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Holocaust Survivor’s Book-1991; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Testimony of Fania Pazt; Holocaust Memorial Committee: The Voice of Survivors-1964; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Chana Szenes Film-1989; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Raoul Wallenberg-1980, 1985; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Wallenberg and Anger-1986; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Raoul Wallenberg-1987-1990; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Raoul Wallenberg- Jan-Aug 1993; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Raoul Wallenberg- Sept-Apr 1994; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Simon Wiesenthal- 1990-1991; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Arie Van Mansum-1991; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Krell-1992; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Faye Schulman-1992; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Ruth Hall-MacMillian-1994; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Ernest Diamond-2011; Holocaust Memorial Committee: Misc. Ottawa Material; BOX 37 - Series: Standing Committee Series - Holocaust (Shoah) Memorial Committee: Yom HaShoah Yom HaShoah – 1983, 1987-1988; Yom HaShoah – 1989-1990; Holocaust Remembrance – 1989-1991; Yom HaShoah – 1991-1994; Yom HaShoah Programs – 1992; Yom HaShoah Publicity – 1993; Yom HaShoah Remembrance Day – 1994; Yom HaShoah Commemoration 50th Anniversary - 1995; Holocaust Memorial Day – 1998; Yom HaShoah – 2000; Bill C-459: Passage of Holocaust Remembrance Day - 2002-2003; Yom HaShoah – 2002-2003; Yom HaShoah – 2004; Yom HaShoah: 60th Anniversary, Event Planning, Newspaper Clippings - 2005; Yom HaShoah Commemoration – 2009, and 2017 Commemorative Program: Keynote Speaker Ada Wynston - 2011; Shoah, Hendel and Valerie Good Tribute – 2001-2002; 1. The records contain material from the 1990's and 2000's with only one letter from 1987. 2. Biographical History taken from the annual report 2008 of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. 3. The March of the Living DVD was compiled by a father of one of the participants and is stored in Multimedia Box 1 within the vault. Files that were removed/transferred from Boxes 34 to 37 Testimony of Fania Paszt - An English translation of a Holocaust testimony originally in Yiddish. Fania was a resident of the Hillel Lodge who died in 2009 and this is her story. It was submitted to the Archives by her daughter, Rachel Schachter; to be moved to new box. Auschwitz and Warsaw: Correspondence, Articles, Restitution, Etc... - 1993-1994; to be moved to survivor box Boonstra Holocaust Story Newspaper - 2004; to be moved to survivor box Display Items - 1994; Holocaust Education Week: Raanana Symphonette - 2010; Two Oaths/Poems: "The Legacy" and "The Acceptance"; Holocaust Education Event: David Shentow visits the Arnprior High School to talk about his experiences during the Shoah. Includes student write-ups on the experience and an envelope of photographs - 2005; "The Voice of Survivors": A Shoah survivor's magazine with related articles and information. Contains Prime Minister's remarks from Ottawa - 1964; to be moved to survivors box Lodz Ghetto Currency and German/Polish ID Card - 1940; to be moved to survivors box A File of Information and two Sheets of Slides on Majdanek Concentration Camp - 1983; Dachau Concentration Camp Album; Print Resources - A 44 page list of Holocaust related books and diaries that could be used as resource material - 2005; Ernest Dimand Autobiography: A 49 page typed autobiography from Holocaust survivor Ernest R. Dimand. He talks about his flight from Austria to Italy to France to Spain to Portugal to Canada. File includes a photograph of him - 2011; to be moved to survivors box "Visas for Life: Diplomats who Rescued Jews" - a booklet published by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs that lists a number of diplomats who are listed as Righteous among the Nations. The following people are discussed: Raoul Wallenberg, Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara, Per Anger, Giorgio Perlasca, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Jan Zwartendijk, Feng Shan Ho, Hiram (Harry) Bingham IV, Carl (Charles) Lutz - 2000? List of Materials in Holocaust Memorial Committee File – Invitations and Programmes: [1962 to 1978] 1962 Invitation /Programme, Evening of commemoration marking the 19th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim - April 29, 1962; 1963 Letter from Hy Hocheberg, Exec. Director Ottawa Vaad Ha’ir, announcing special program marking the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim on April 21, 1963; Agenda, program marking the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim on April 21, 1963; Invitation /Programme, Evening of commemoration marking the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim - April 21, 1963; 1964 Letter from Hy Bessin, President Ottawa Vaad Ha’ir, announcing special program marking the 21st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim on April 5, 1964; Agenda, special program marking the 21st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim on April 5, 1964; Invitation /Programme, special program marking the 20thanniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim - April 5, 1964; Invitation, “Special Appeal to Young People” to attend special program marking the 20thanniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim - April 5, 1964; Script (12 pages), entitled “Resistance and Redemption” for performance presented during the program - April 5, 1964; (2 narrators, chorus and soloist). 1965 Textual document, outlining announcements to be made during 1965 Warsaw Ghetto Commemoration. Speech, entitled “Prime Minister’s remarks at the ceremony sponsored by the Association of Former Concentration Camp Inmates marking the 20th Anniversary of their liberation. Parliament Hill, May 9, 1965.”(3 pages) Agenda, special program marking the 22nd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim on April 29, 1965; also textual document outling head table seating arrangement and program of songs to be performed by Hillel Academy Students. Invitation /Programme, special program marking the 22nd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim - April 29, 1965; 1966 Booklet, “The Children of Terezin: An Exhibition of their drawing from the Concentration Camp 1942-1944.” Exhibit arranged by the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Canadian Council of YMHA’s and Jewish Community Centers, min co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Culture of Czechoslovakia, the State Jewish Museum in Prague and the Embassy of Czechoslovakia in Ottawa –April 17 to 25, 1966 in Ottawa; March 9-27, 1966 in Montreal. Invitation, memorial service marking the 23rd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim – April 17, 1966; Programme, Agenda, Operating memo, memorial service marking the 23rd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim – April 17, 1966; Agenda, Terezin Exhibit Opening – April 17, 1966; Expenditures, Warsaw Ghetto Memorial and Terezin Exhibit – 1966 1967 Invitation, memorial service marking the 24th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 6 million K’doshim – May 7, 1967; Letter from Hy Hocheburg, Executive Director Ottawa Vaad Ha’ir, to participants of Memorial Service for the Six Million Martyrs – May 5, 1967; Agenda, Programme, Order of Service and Draft Remarks for the President of the Vaad, Memorial Service for the Six Million Martyrs – May 5, 1967; 1968 Invitation/ Flyer for Memorial Service for the Six Million K’doshim on the 25th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – April 21, 1968; Memo from Hy Hocheburg, Executive Director Ottawa Vaad Ha’ir, to Community Rabbis/Spiritual Leaders, regarding Memorial Service for the Six Million K’doshim on the 25th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – April 21, 1968; Agenda and Production Notes, Memorial Service for the Six Million K’doshim on the 25th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – April 21, 1968; Expenditures, Memorial Service for the Six Million K’doshim on the 25th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – April 21, 1968; Programme, Order of Service, and Draft Remarks for the President of the Vaad, Memorial Service for the Six Million Martyrs – April 21, 1968; 1973 Invitation, Memorial Service marking the 30th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – April 29, 1973; 1974 Invitation, Memorial Service marking the 31st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – April 21, 1974; 1975 Invitation, Memorial Service marking the30th anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Death Camps – April 6, 1975; Programme, Order of Service, Memorial Tribute to the Six Million K’doshim on the 30th anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Death Camps – April 6, 1975; 1976 Invitation, Memorial Service marking the31st anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Death Camps – April 25, 1976; Programme, Order of Service, Script / Poetry and Candle lighting Ceremony, Memorial Tribute to the Six Million Martyrs of the Nazi Death Camps – April 6, 1975; Flyer, Holocaust Memorial Observance and City Hall Exhibition – April 19-22, 1976 Proclamation Letter, written by Mayor Lorry Greenberg declaring April 19, 1976 as the date marking the beginning of Holocaust Memorial Observances in the City of Ottawa . Agenda, Photography Exhibition Opening at Ottawa City Hall – April 19-1976; Announcement, for Ottawa Jewish Bulletin regarding Holocaust Exhibit at City Hall; Press release City of Ottawa, regarding Holocaust Exhibit – March 31, 1976; 1977 Invitation, Cocktail Reception to launch The Holocaust Memorial Project – December 19, 1977; Agenda, Dedication of Memorial Project at Jewish Community Cemetery – May 7, 1978; List of attendees, Dedication of Memorial Project at Jewish Community Cemetery – May 7, 1978; Souvenir Booklet, Dedication of Memorial Project at Jewish Community Cemetery – May 7, 1978;
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