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Transcript of Holocaust Research Guide
Research guide to Holocaust-related holdings at Library and Archives Canada
August 2013
Library and Archives Canada
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................... 4
LAC’S MANDATE ..................................................................................................... 5
CONDUCTING RESEARCH AT LAC ............................................................................ 5
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE ........................................................................................................................................ 5
HOW TO USE LAC’S ONLINE SEARCH TOOLS ......................................................................................................... 5
LANGUAGE OF MATERIAL.......................................................................................................................................... 6
ACCESS CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 6
Government of Canada records ................................................................................................................ 7
Private records ................................................................................................................................................ 7
NAZI PERSECUTION OF THE JEWISH BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR............... 7
GOVERNMENT AND PRIME MINISTERIAL RECORDS................................................................................................. 7
William Lyon Mackenzie King Papers ...................................................................................................... 8
Private records ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Published references ..................................................................................................................................... 9
THE HOLOCAUST, 1939–1945 ............................................................................... 10
JEWISH REFUGEES IN CANADIAN INTERNMENT CAMPS ....................................................................................... 10
Government and prime ministerial records ........................................................................................ 10
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF JEWISH INTERNEES IN CANADA ................................................................................. 13
Published references ................................................................................................................................... 14
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE HOLOCAUST ..................................................................................................... 14
A SAMPLING OF PUBLISHED PERSONAL MEMOIRS, EARLY HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS AND EVIDENCE, AND EARLY
ARTISTIC RESPONSES ............................................................................................................................................. 14
EUROPEAN JEWISH PUBLICATIONS DURING THE HOLOCAUST: BOOKS FROM ROMANIA AND HUNGARY PRIOR
TO THE NAZI OCCUPATION .................................................................................................................................... 17
Books from Shanghai, destination of refugees ................................................................................. 18
Published musical and theatrical responses....................................................................................... 19
CONTINUED JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO CANADA .................................................................................................. 20
Government and prime ministerial records ........................................................................................ 20
Private records .............................................................................................................................................. 22
CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF JEWS IN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES ......................................... 23
William Lyon Mackenzie King correspondence .................................................................................. 23
POST WAR ............................................................................................................ 24
LIBERATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 24
Government records ................................................................................................................................... 24
Private records .............................................................................................................................................. 24
Audiovisual accounts ................................................................................................................................... 26
Published references ................................................................................................................................... 27
ARRIVAL IN CANADA .............................................................................................................................................. 30
Government records ................................................................................................................................... 30
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Private records .............................................................................................................................................. 32
ARRIVAL IN CANADA – PUBLISHED REFERENCES................................................................................................. 32
AUDIOVISUAL ACCOUNTS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS ....................................................................................... 32
Published references ................................................................................................................................... 35
Published reminiscences of Holocaust survivors .............................................................................. 36
HOLOCAUST ASSETS AND RESTITUTION .............................................................. 37
GOVERNMENT RECORDS ........................................................................................................................................ 37
Private records .............................................................................................................................................. 37
Looted and heirless books ........................................................................................................................ 38
Canadian Jewish Congress Plates .......................................................................................................... 39
NAZI WAR CRIMINALS IN CANADA AND ABROAD ................................................................................................. 40
Government and prime ministerial records ........................................................................................ 40
Private records .............................................................................................................................................. 44
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON WAR CRIMINALS [DESCHÊNES COMMISSION] ................................................. 45
Government records ................................................................................................................................... 45
Private records .............................................................................................................................................. 46
Published references ................................................................................................................................... 47
HOLOCAUST DENIAL ............................................................................................ 47
GOVERNMENT RECORDS ........................................................................................................................................ 47
Private records .............................................................................................................................................. 48
Audiovisual sources ..................................................................................................................................... 49
Published references ................................................................................................................................... 50
HOLOCAUST STUDIES AND JEWISH RESPONSE .................................................... 50
PRIVATE RECORDS ................................................................................................................................................. 50
PUBLISHED REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 50
RESPONSES IN ART, LITERATURE AND MUSIC ..................................................... 51
PERFORMANCE ........................................................................................................................................................ 51
AUDIOVISUAL SOURCES ......................................................................................................................................... 51
Plays, television dramatizations and feature films about the Holocaust ................................ 51
Documentaries about the Holocaust ..................................................................................................... 52
MUSICAL RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST .......................................................................................................... 53
Classical music .............................................................................................................................................. 53
Popular music ................................................................................................................................................ 54
ARTISTIC RESPONSES ............................................................................................................................................ 54
PUBLISHED REFERENCE: LITERARY, ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST ............. 54
Literary ............................................................................................................................................................. 54
Visual: early Holocaust photo documentation ................................................................................... 55
Visual: livres d’artistes, secondary sources on Holocaust art, etc. ........................................... 56
Educational ..................................................................................................................................................... 57
GENERAL TOOLS AND SOURCES FOR INFORMATION ON THE HOLOCAUST ........... 57
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Introduction
The Research guide to Holocaust-related holdings at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) provides an introduction to our holdings. In keeping with the example set by
such institutions as the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, this guide includes holdings related to the Holocaust in
its widest definition. It includes records related to a broad range of events and decisions before, during and after the Second World War. The records documented in this guide cover the pre-war refugee crisis, the internment of Jewish refugees in
Canada, the immigration of displaced persons, the postwar prosecution of Nazi war criminals and the creative responses that the Holocaust engendered in artists,
writers, filmmakers and others, amongst many other events. This guide includes archival and published sources. It covers both official records
that reflect responses to the Holocaust by the government of the day, as well as personal accounts of the Holocaust and the complex ways in which it affected
society in the post-war decades. Archival records, by nature, are described and arranged according to who created
them, rather than by subject. Due to the amount of records preserved by archival institutions, archival records are also frequently described at a general level, rather
than by individual item. For these reasons, research by subject is rarely comprehensive. Researchers should note that resources relevant to the Holocaust, but not mentioned in this guide, may therefore also be part of LAC’s holdings. To
conduct further research, please consult the LAC website.
Similarly, due to the vast number of publications in LAC’s library holdings that pertain to the Holocaust and its global impact, the published references listed here are also only a sampling of relevant publications, intended to give the researcher an
idea of the types of less commonly found publications available, or those with a Canadian angle such as memoirs of Canadian Holocaust survivors. The focus of the
bibliography is on the holdings of The Jacob M. Lowy Collection, a renowned collection of Hebraica and Judaica comprising of over 3,000 volumes from the 15th to the 20th century. Amongst the works cited in this guide are rare and special
editions either published during the Second World War or in its close aftermath.
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LAC’s Mandate
As set out in the Library and Archives of Canada Act, LAC is mandated to facilitate access to Canada’s documentary heritage, and to make that heritage known to
Canadians and to anyone with an interest in Canada. LAC’s Access Policy Framework (2011) aims to make all of its documentary heritage holdings
discoverable, available, and accessible to the greatest extent possible. This research guide supports LAC’s access objectives by providing an overview of
documentary heritage holdings related to the Holocaust. As a Government of Canada institution however, LAC works within existing federal legislation,
regulations, and policies (e.g., Library and Archives of Canada Act, Copyright Act, Access to Information Act, Privacy Act, etc.). For this reason, access to holdings in this guide may require special permissions or be subject to an access review under
applicable legislation.
Conducting research at LAC
How to use this guide
This guide provides references to resources held at LAC. Most references are linked
to LAC’s catalogues, where further information about the resource will be found. In most cases, you will not be able to access the actual resource without requesting a
copy or by visiting in person.
This guide should be considered as a starting point for research into Holocaust-related resources at LAC, and researchers should note that many more resources do exist in LAC’s holdings. These can be consulted through an in-person visit or by
hiring a freelance researcher to conduct research on your behalf.
How to use LAC’s online search tools
Further resources may be identified by researchers through an extensive search using our online tools.
The principal database for searching for archival references is available at: Archives Search—Advanced.
The more precise a search is, the better the search results will be. For instance, if
you are interested in the case of a Jewish refugee who was in an internment camp in Canada, you may not find his/her name in our search tools. However, if you know where and when he/she was interned (e.g. at Ile-aux-Noix in 1940–1941), a
search of the place name during that time period may give you a starting point for locating relevant records.
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Researchers should note that archival records are usually described in a hierarchical manner, beginning with general descriptions of large groups of records, such as
fonds or collections. Fonds and collections are often divided into smaller groups of records, such as series, that provide additional contextual information. If lists of
files or items (the lowest levels of description, also referred to as finding aids) exist in digital form, they will be linked to higher levels of description in LAC’s database.
To mine LAC’s published references beyond those listed in this guide, it would be useful to use AMICUS, the cooperative online catalogue of Library and Archives
Canada and 1,300 other institutions. Searching AMICUS by standard Library of Congress Subject Headings, in English
(e.g. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945; Holocaust survivors) or standard Repertoire de vedettes-matières, in French (e.g., Holocauste, 1939–1945; Survivants de
l'Holocauste) would be useful, in addition to keyword searches. Most subject headings are analyzed in more depth with geographic or other
subdivisions: (e.g., Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945) -- Hungary -- Personal narratives/Holocauste,
1939–1945 -- Hongrie -- Récits personnels; War Criminals—Canada/Criminels de guerre--Canada). Books represented by AMICUS records often contain relevant
subject headings that would be useful for further searches.
Language of material
Most of the archival resources mentioned in this guide are in English, although some files may contain documents in other languages. A few of the audiovisual
resources are in French. The published references include many Yiddish and Hebrew sources, in addition to English and some French and Polish ones. For the citations of published references in Yiddish or Hebrew in this guide, as well as in the
bibliographic records in AMICUS, the LC-ALA Romanization [PDF 128 KB] table is used. For this guide, some of the diacritics have been omitted. Publications in
English and French from the 1970s onward tend to be listed by author and title, whereas older books, especially those in Yiddish and Hebrew tend to have more complete bibliographic citations. The imprint and publication date are of significance
and a more complete reference will help the reader quickly identify the work. In all cases, a link to the relevant AMICUS record is provided.
Access conditions
Researchers should note that many archival resources are subject to some form of restriction on access and use. LAC works within federal legislation, regulations, and policies, including the Library and Archives of Canada Act, Copyright Act, Access to
Information Act, and Privacy Act. Access to holdings in this guide may require special permissions or be subject to an access review under applicable legislation.
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Government of Canada records
Access to all records created or maintained by the Government of Canada is governed by the specific regulations and exemptions found in the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. If a record is opened, it is marked “code 90:
Open” in the online entries. If the record remains closed, it is marked code 32: Restricted by law. Records that have not previously been requested and therefore
have not yet been reviewed remain closed and marked code 32. Those that are presently closed under the two Acts, with the marking code 32, can still be requested and reviewed for disclosure. For further information on reviewing closed
records, please consult LAC’s website.
Private records
Records donated by private individuals or organizations may also carry restrictions
on access and use. Codes for private records include code 90: Open; 18: code Restricted by creator/donor; or code 10: Closed. A group of records may also
have the code 96: Restrictions vary, when a combination of the first three codes is applicable. When records are restricted or closed, there will be further details on the nature of the access conditions at the fonds or collection-level description of the
records. It may be possible to consult restricted records, either through signing a restricted access form or obtaining permission from donors. For records that are
closed, the fonds or collection-level description will include information on when the records are expected to be open.
Nazi persecution of the Jewish before the Second World War
Government and prime ministerial records
Prior to the Second World War, government files and records reflect the experience of Jewish immigrants trying to enter Canada at the time. The government bodies
referenced here include the Department of External Affairs (RG25), the Immigration Branch (RG76) and the Office of the Governor-General (RG7).
Description File Number Status
Refugees from Austria and Germany United States Proposals – Conference
– Evian, 1938.
RG25 Vol. 1870, 1871 and 1872 File 1938-
327
Open
Jewish Colonization Association,
Montreal, 1920-1951.
RG76-I-A-1, Vol. 82
File 8520, parts 1 to 3, Microfilm C-4749
Open
Immigration to Canada of Jews from
Europe, 1926-1934.
RG76-I-A1 Vol. 391 File 541782 pt 3
Microfilm c-10285
Open
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Immigration to Canada of Jews from
Europe (publications), 1934-1937
RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 391
File 541782 Pt. 4 Microfilm C-10285
Open
United States proposal regarding
refugees from Germany and Austria
(Report of Conference on Refugees)
1938.
RG76 -I-A-1 Vol. 432
File no. 644452 Part
1-2 Microfilm C-10312
Open
United States proposal regarding
refugees from Germany and Austria
(Report of Conference on Refugees)
1938.
RG76 -I-A-1 Vol. 432
File no. 644452 Part 3
Microfilm C-10312; C-
10313
Open
Department of External Affairs -
Confidential telegrams to Prime
Minister at Washington, D.C., United
States, on immigration matters
(German Jews on SS ST. LOUIS).
1939, 1941, 1965
RG76 -I-A-1 Vol. 440 File 670224 Microfilm C-10318
Open
National Committee on Refugees and
Victims of Political Persecution (reports). 1938-1940
RG76 -I-A-1 Vol. 438
File 661315 Microfilm C-10316
Open
Assistance to Refugees from Germany. 1938-1941
RG25-A-2 Vol. 779 File 382 Microfilm T-1794
Open
Immigration - Deportation - Departure from Canada – Jewish
Refugees and Others. 1936-1945
RG7-G-26 Vol. 90 File 2085-A Part 1
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
William Lyon Mackenzie King Papers
MG26 –J1 Correspondence
Brief description: Several references to Jewish immigration before, during and after the war can be found in his correspondence.
MG26-J13 Diary
Brief description: King also recorded his opinions and attitudes to events in his personal diary. Some examples are provided in the links below.
Entries from William Lyon Mackenzie King’s personal diary, MG26-J13
29 March 1938 13 November 1938 20 November 1938
23 November 1938 1 December 1938 26 April 1938
5 July 1938 6 July 1938 9 June 1939
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Private records
Within Canada, organizations such as the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada and
the Canadian National Committee on Refugees made significant efforts to bring Jewish refugees into the country. Individuals who left Germany in the late 1930s and were ultimately successful in making Canada their home, such as Rabbis Emil
L. Fackenheim and W. Gunther Plaut, contributed immensely to Canadian society in the second half of the 20th century.
Description File Number Status
Jewish Labour Committee of Canada fonds
MG28-V75/ R3286 Open
Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada Collection: Records of the
Jewish Immigration Aid Services - Western Division
MG28 V114/R4547, Microfilms M4581-
4593, M4595-4599
Restrictions vary
Alphabetical Files - Canadian National Committee on Refugees and Victims of Political Persecution - Pamphlets
on refugees and address on Jewish refugees. 1938-1939
MG30-D115/R1887 Vol. 17 File 8
Restrictions Vary
W. Gunther Plaut fonds Emigration from Germany and
settlement in USA
MG31-F6/R5917, Vols. 1-3, 410
Restricted by creator/
donor
Emil L. Fackenheim fonds
Personal records and correspondence
MG31-D74/R4535 Restricted
by creator/ donor
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Published references
The Bible listed here was published during the first year of the Nazi Party’s rule in
Germany, and its celebrated publication that includes Deuteronomy 33:29 printed in red, “Your enemies shall dwindle away before you…,” signifies an early
perception of the threat posed to Jews by the Nazi rise to power. For further context, see the Library of Congress’s virtual exhibit, Words like Sapphires: 100
years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912–2012. Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. Hebrew. Soncino Gesellschaft.1933. .Hamishah .humshe
Torah : meduyakim al pi ha-masorah ve-al pi mahadurat Gintsberg .../mugahim al yede Shemuel Meir Yudovitsh ... ha-otiyot tsuyeru bi-yede Markus Behmer al pi
temunat ha-otiyot bi-defuso shel Gershom Kohen be-Prag Berlin:.Hevrat Sontsino, 690 [1929 or 1930] - 693 [1932–1933].
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Margoles Da.vidzon, Khaim. Bay.tshland: dertseylungen fun Idishn lebn in Natsi-
land = Baitchland: stories of Jewish life in Nazi-Germany. Nyu York: Aroysgegebn funem Da.vidzon bukh-.komi.te.t durkhn farlag "Signal", bam "Prole.tpen",
February, 1939.
The Holocaust, 1939–1945
Jewish refugees in Canadian internment camps
Some Austrian and German Jews successfully fled Nazi persecution to Britain. In
1940, the British government asked Canada to house these refugees. Due to their nationality, they were classed as “enemy aliens.” The Jewish refugees were interned in Canada’s enemy alien camps. Between 1940 and 1943, more than
2,000 Jewish refugees were interned in Canada. These camps, run by the Department of National Defence, included those at Fredericton, New Brunswick;
Farnham, Quebec; Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec; Sherbrooke, Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Quebec; Cove Fields, Quebec; St. Helen’s Island, Quebec; and Red Rock, Ontario. The records of these camps are found in the Department of National Defence fonds
(RG24).
Some references to these camps have been included below. For more extensive references on files related to these camps in LAC’s holdings, researchers may wish
to consult LAC’s guide on Second World War internment [PDF 8.15 MB].
Government and prime ministerial records
Description File Number Status
Treatment of civilian internees sent to Canada from U.K. on the S.S. "ETTRICK" in July 1940.
RG25-A-3-b Vol. 2767 File 621-AU-40 Pt. 1
Open
Segregation of Jews and other refugees and German civilians loyal
to their country in Canadian refugee camps - Inquiry re. 1942-1945
RG25-A-3-b Vol. 2768 File 621-BM-40 Pt.1
Restricted by law
Directorate of Internment Operations, file relating to Camp N at Newington, Quebec
RG24 -C-5 Vol. 11253 Open
No. 40 Internment Camp, Farnham. 1940-1942
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15397 File 2282
Open
No. 40 Internment Camp, Farnham. 1942-1946
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15398 File 2282
Open
No. 41 Internment Camp, Île-aux-Noix. 1940-1943
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15399 File 2283
Open
No. 42 Internment Camp, Sherbrooke. 1940-1941
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15399 File 2284
Open
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No. 42 Internment Camp,
Sherbrooke. 1941-1944
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15400
File 2284
Open
No. 42 Internment Camp,
Sherbrooke. 1944-1946
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15401
File 2284
Open
No. 70 Internment Camp,
Fredericton. 1940-1942
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15404
File 2287
Open
No. 70 Internment Camp,
Fredericton. 1942-1945
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15405
File 2287
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
File number “7236” in the Subject Files Sub-series of the Department of National Defense Headquarters Central Registry contained the files related to the treatment
of enemy aliens. The following is a sampling of those files as they related to some of the camps holding Jewish refugees:
Description File Number Status
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, Intelligence Officer 2 - Ile-aux-Noix. 1940
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-6-41 Microfilm C-5369
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, Intelligence Officer 3 - Returns of
transfers - Sherbrooke. 1940-1946
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-7-42 Microfilm C-5371
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns,
Intelligence Officer 3 - Returns of transfers - Fredericton. 1940-1945
RG24-C-1 File 7 236-
1-7-70 Microfilm C-5371
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, Intelligence Officer 4 - Returns of admission and discharges - Outside
hospitals - Ile-aux-Noix. 1940-1943
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-8-41 Microfilm C-5371
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns,
Intelligence Officer 4 - Returns of admissions and discharges - Outside
hospitals - Sherbrooke. 1940-1946
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-
8-42 Microfilm C-5371
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns,
Intelligence Officer 4 - Returns of admissions and discharges - Outside hospitals - Fredericton. 1940-1945
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-
8-70 Microfilm C-5372
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Intelligence Officer 7 - Weekly
reports of admissions and discharges, camp hospitals - Ile-aux-Noix. 1940-
1943
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-9-41 Microfilm C-5372
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens -
Intelligence Officer 7 - Weekly reports of admissions and discharges,
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-
9-42 Microfilm C-5372
Open
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camp hospitals - Sherbrooke. 1940-
1945
Treatment of Enemy Aliens -
Intelligence Officer 7 - Weekly reports of admissions and discharges, camp hospitals - Fredericton. 1940-
1945
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-
9-70 Microfilm C-5372
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Monthly
report of employment of Prisoners of War for which they receive pay -
Fredericton. 1940-1945.
RG24-C-1 File 7236-
34-1-70 Microfilm C-5379
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens -
Accommodation - Exhibition grounds, Three Rivers. 1940
RG24-C-1 File 7236-8
Microfilm C-5376
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Accommodation, Cove Fields. 1940-1942
RG24-C-1 File 236-9 Microfilm C-5377
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Internment camp B, Little River
Camp, Colters Siding and Camp 70, Fredericton. 1940-1945
RG24-C-1 File 236-11 Microfilm C-5377
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Red Rock internment camp. 1940-1943
RG24-C-1 File 7236-12 Microfilm C-5377
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Ile-aux-Noix. 1940-1944
RG24-C-1 File 7236-18 Microfilm C-5377
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Ile-aux-Noix. 1940-1944
RG24-C-1 File 7236-18 Microfilm C-5378
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Camp N, Newington, Quebec (Sherbrooke). 1940-1947
RG24-C-1 File 7236-32 Microfilm C-5379
Open
Treatments of Enemy Aliens - Monthly reports of employments of Prisoners
of War for which they receive pay - Ile-aux-Noix. 1940-1943
RG24-C-1 File 7236-34-1-41 Microfilm C-
5379
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns to Britain and releases. 1940-1948
RG24-C-1 File 7236-47 Microfilm C-5392
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - International Officer 32 - Parcels and
letters received in internment camps in Canada - Reports to External Affairs, International Red Cross and
Swiss Consul - Fredericton. 1941-1945
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-11-70 Microfilm C-
5376
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Intelligence Officer 32 - Parcels and
letters received in internment camps in Canada - Reports to External
RG24-C-1 File 7236-1-11-42 Microfilm C-
5376
Open
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Affairs, International Red Cross and
Swiss Consul - Sherbrooke. 1942-1946
Treatments of Enemy Aliens - Monthly reports of employments of Prisoners of War for which they receive pay -
Sherbrooke. 1941-1948
RG24-C-1 File 7236-34-1-42 Microfilm C-5379
Open
Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Releases
in Canada. 1943-1948
RG24-C-1 File 7236-
47-3 Microfilm C-5392
Open
Transfer of internees from United
Kingdom to Canada - German prisoners of War in Canada. 1940-
1942.
RG25-A-2, Vol. 824
File 713
Open
Intergovernmental Committee on
Refugees - Admission to Canada - General file. 1943-1945.
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3195
file 5127-40C
Restricted
by law
William Lyon Mackenzie King fonds
Correspondence with T.A. Crerar and N.A. Robertson regarding internees
and refugees, including Arturo Vivante. May 1941.
MG26 J4 Vol. 303
Pages 256355 to 256360 Microfilm C-
4861
Open
Correspondence with Ruth Draper regarding the case of interned Italian immigrant Arturo Vivante. 1941
MG26 J4 Vol. 303 Pages 256870 to 256879 Microfilm C-
4862
Open
World War II- Internees. 1940-1942 MG26 J4 Vol. 359 File
3843 Page C248508 Microfilm H-1535
Open
Entry from William Lyon Mackenzie King’s personal diary
7 November 1940
MG26-J13
Open
Interned Civilian Refugees and
Jewish Refugees (Nominal Roll from United Kingdom). 1942-1946
RG18-F-3 Vol. 3566
File C11-19-4-1 Supp. B
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Personal accounts of Jewish internees in Canada
Description File Number Status
Eric Koch fonds MG30-C192/ R2408, Vols. 1-3
Open
Heinz Warschauer fonds MG31-D129/R4561, Vol. 1 Open
Bernhard Pfundt fonds MG31-H174/R12048, Vol. 1 Open
Gerald Frey fonds MG30-C252/R10003, Vol. 1 Open
Erik Exton fonds MG31 H116/R4250, Vols. 1, 5 Open
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William Walsh fonds MG31-B27/R4771 Restrictions
vary
Max Gamper
collection Internment Camp "B" Canada,
Little River Camp, New Brunswick
R14195 Accession 1983-099
box A086-02
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Published references
Jones, Ted. Both sides of the wire: the Fredericton internment camp.
Koch, Eric. Deemed suspect: a wartime blunder.
Ma.hazor le-Rosh ha-shanah = Form of prayers for the feast of New-Year, with English translation. New York: Hebrew Publishing Co. [1940?] Contains dedication
to Cantor Ferdinand
Schlesigner from “Jewish Community Camp “A” in Farnham, Que., Canada”, signed by Manfred Saalheimer and Heinz Abraham
Personal experiences of the Holocaust
Description File Number Status
Anna Heilman fonds
R11520, Vols. 1-3 Additional resources can be
found here
Restricted by creator/ donor
John Hirsch fonds
“I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings
and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp”
MG31, D81/R5005, Vol. 64
File 4
Additional resources can be found here
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
A sampling of published personal memoirs, early historical accounts and
evidence, and early artistic responses
Auerbach, Rachel. Oyf di felder fun .Treblin.ke: repor.tazsh. .Varshe; Lodzsh; .Kro.ké: Oysgabe fun der Tsen.traler Yidisher his.torisher .komisye baym Ts. .K. fun
Poylishe Yidn, 1947. Brief description: Early report on Treblinka and the memoirs of a survivor of that
camp
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Ble.ter .vegn .Vilne: zamlbukh. Lodzsh: Farband fun .Vilner Yidn in Poyln bay der
Tsen.traler Yidisher his.torisher .komisie, 1947. Brief description: Documentation on Vilna ghetto containing texts, photographs, a
fold-out map and model of the Vilna ghetto, and a list of survivors from Vilna living in Poland and elsewhere
Dvorzetsky, Mark Meir. Yerusholayim de-Li.ta in .kamf un um.kum. Paris: Aroysgegebn durkhn Yidishn natsionaln arbeter arband in Ameri.ke un Yidishn
fol.ksfarband in Fran.kraych, 1948. Brief description: A detailed early eye witness account of the Vilna Ghetto
Elberg, Simcha. A.keydes-.Treblin.ke: gedan.ken un refle.ksn. Akedath = Treblinke: Essays. Shanghai: [s.n.], 1946 (North China Press).
Brief description: Essays by Rabbi Elberg lamenting the death of the six million Jews.
Fenigstein, H. .Varshe.ver Yid. shpi.tal: be.tn Natsi-rezshim. [Munich?]: Aroysgegebn durkh Farlag “Ibergang” bay der Federatsie fun Poylishe Yidn in
Day.tshland, Ameri.kaner zone, 1948 (Frankfurt a. M.: Buchdruckeri Joh. Wagner & S. Söhne).
Brief description: Report on health statistics of Jews in Warsaw from 1939–1943 by a Warsaw Ghetto hospital doctor, who later immigrated to Canada
Fens.ter, Hersh. Undzere farpanyi.k.te .kins.tler. Pariz: H. Fens.ter, 1951. Brief description: Commemoration and biography of Jewish artists from France
who were killed during the Nazi regime Fun lets.tn .hurbn. Minkhen: Tsentraler his.torishe .komisie baym Tsentral .
komi.te.t fun di bafray.te Yidn in der Ameri.kaner zone, 1946– Brief description: Early historical and literary serial on the Holocaust
Goldkorn, Dorka. Mayne zikhroyne funm oyfsh.tand in .Varshe.ver Ge.to. Lodzsh: .Koopera.ti.ver arbe.ter-farlag “Prasa”, 1948.
Brief description: Memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Goldstein, Bernard. Finf yor in .Varshever ge.to. New York: Farlag “Unzer Tsayt”, 1947. Brief description: Memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto
Grossman, .Vasilii Semenovich. Treblin.ker genem. Mosk.ve: Ogiz, Melukhe-Farlag
"Der Emes,"1945. Brief description: Reportage about Treblinka, perhaps the earliest after liberation
Hemshekh: shrif.tn far li.tera.tur, .kuns.t, .kri.ti.k un .kul.tur-gezelshaf.tlekhe frages. Minkhen: Dire.k.torium far dertsiung un .kul.tur: Shrayber-farband fun der
sheyre_s-ha-pley.teh, 1948 (gedru.kt in Farlag “Bafrayung”). Brief description: Early artistic response
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Hirschprung, P. Fun Natsishen yomertol: zikhroynes fun a poli.t = From the Nazi
Vale of Tears. Montreal: [s.n.], 1944 (Eagle Pub.). Brief description: Holocaust memoirs of late Chief Rabbi of Montreal
Kahanovich, Moshe. Der Yidisher on.teyl in der partizaner-bavegunn fun Sovet-Rusland. Roym: Oysg. fun der Tsentraler historisher .komisye baym Partizaner-
farband P.h.h. in I.talye, 1948. Brief description: Jewish participation in partisan groups during the Second World
War, with emphasis on the situation in the Soviet Union Kaplan, Yisrael. Dos fol.ks-moyl in Natsi-.klem: reydenishn in ge.to un .katse.t.
Minkhen: Aroysgegebn fun der Tsen.traler his.torisher .komisie baym Ts. .k. fun di bafray.te Yidn in der Ameri.kaner zone in Daytshland, 1949.
Brief description: On Yiddish terms and phrases from the Ghetto and the concentration camp
Kaczerginski, Szmerke. .Hurbn Vilne. Nyu Yor.k : Bikher-Farlag, 1947. Brief description: On the destruction of Jewish community of Vilna
Kaczerginski, Szmerke. Par.tizaner geven.[Bamberg : Unzer Weg, 1948].
Brief description: On Jewish partisans Mark, Bernard, Der oyfsh.tand fun .Varshe.ver ge.to. Pariz: Aroysgegeben durkh
der Organizatsie fun Poylishe Yidn bay dem Poylishn .komi.te.t fun natsyonaler bafrayung, April, 1945.
Brief description: Early account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Mazor, Mark. La cité engloutie: souvenirs du ghetto de Varsovie. Paris: Éditions du
Centre, 1955.
Noy, Melech. Di .kemfer fun .Varshe.ver ge.to dertseyln. Tel-Aviv: .Vel.t-i.hed Poyle-tsiyen (Ts. S.)-Hisa.hdes, 1945. Brief description: Personal narratives and reports of fighters in the Warsaw
Ghetto
Noy, Melech. .Hurben un oyfsh.tand. Tel Aviv: Executive Committee of the General Federation of Jewish Labour in Palestine, 1948. Brief description: “Jews in Warsaw: a collection of reports and biographical
sketches of the fallen” (t.p. verso)
Ringelblum, Emmanuel. No.titsn fun.Varshever ge.to. Warszawa: Idisz Buch, 1952. Brief description: Publication of notes that had been recorded by Polish-Jewish historian during the Warsaw Ghetto
Ryczywól, Ber..Viazoy ikh hob ibergeleb.t di Day.tshn. .Varshe: Tsen.traler Yidisher
his.torisher .komisie, 1946. Brief description: Memoirs of a Polish Jew
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Sommer, Ernst. Der ofsh.tand fun di farur.teyl.te. Mos.k.ve: Ogiz, Melukhe Ferlag
"Emes," 1945. Brief description: Yiddish translation of Revolte der Heilingen, written in 1943 by
Czech Jew, possibly the earliest literary text to deal in detail with the Holocaust, in particular the topic of Jewish resistance
Szajewicz, Sim.hah Bunam. Lekh-lekho/Sh. Shaye.vi.tsh; araynfir un bamer.kungen fun Na.hmen Blumen.tal. Lodzsh: [Oysgabes fun der Tsen.traler
Yidisher his.torisher .komisie baym Tsen.tral- .komi.te.t fun Poylishe Yidn], 1946. Brief description: Letters and poetry from the Lodz Ghetto
Varshe.ver ge.to oyfsh.tand: 19.ter April 1943–19.ter April 1947. [Landsberg: Aroysgegebn fun Ts. .K. “Poaley-tsiyen” (Ts. S.) un merkaz “Dror” in Day.tshland,
1947?] Brief description: On the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by two of the Zionist youth groups who had fought in it
Weissbrod, Abraham. Es sh.tarb.t a sh.te.tl: megiles S.kala.t. Skalat Destroyed.
Minkhen: Aroysgegebn fun der Tsen.traler his.torisher komisie baym Tsen.tral .komi.te.t fun di bafray.te Yidn in der Ameri.kaner Zone in Day.tshland, 1948.
Brief description: History and demise of the Ukrainian town, Skalat Zylberberg, Lejb. A Yid fun . Klemento.v dertseylt. Varshe: Tsen.traler Yidisher
historisher . komisye baym Ts. K. fun Poylishe Yidn, 1947. Brief description: Personal narrative of a survivor from Klimontów, Poland.
Theresienstadt currency [Theresienstadt: Theresienstadt Concentration Camp], 1943.
Brief description: Artifact
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
European Jewish publications during the Holocaust: books from Romania
and Hungary prior to the Nazi occupation
Books primarily on Jewish law, printed from 1939–1943, were among the last
published before the destruction of the communities in these countries. Since Responsa and other works of Jewish law reflect current day concerns, they are
potential sources for insight. Al.tman, Yehudah. She’elot u-teshuvot Me Yehudah. Bal.kani: nidpas bi-defus shel
Yits.ha. k Aizi.k .Hayim, c694 [1933 or 1934]–[1943]. Brief description: Responsa literature
Hoffmann, Mosheh Shimon Segal. Sefer Tiferet Mosheh : ... kolel 1. toldot R. T. .ve-tahalukhota.v ha-ru.haniyot be-safah berurah, 2. Berur ha-halakhot ha-shayakhot
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la-t. de-R. T. Budapesh.t: nidpas be-Vet defus shel Meshulam (Zalman) Kats b. David Tsevi .Katsburg, 703 [1942 or 1943].
Brief description: Responsa literature
Katzburg, David. Sefer Pir.he kehunah : .hidushim u-filpulim ... al ... Masekhet Pesa. him uve-sofo .Kuntres Keter kehunah she’elot u-teshuvot la-halakhah be-inyanim ha-nog¬im li-. kedushat kehunah ... Budapes.t : Meshulam (Zalman)
Kats .Katsburg, 600 [1940]. Brief description: Commentary of the Talmudic tractate Pesa.him and discussion
of laws pertaining to priests in Temple service Pinhas, mi-Shusburg. She’elot u-teshuvot Maharaf Shusburg ... Pin. has mi-
Shusburg ... .ve-ito ... od sheloshah sefarim ... Gelile zahav ... Sh. u-t. .Talele orot ... Kanfe nesher .. .asata ... Yoel Kats. Gross.vardain: Binyamin Zeev Rubinsh.tain
702 [1941 or 1942]. Brief description: Responsa literature, including discussion of the Agunah
Taitelboim, Hayim Tsevi. Sefer She’elot u-teshuvot Atse .Hayim : al 4 .helke Sh. a. Bound with Al .hilkhot Mik.vaot. Siget: Yaakov Grin.vald, Yosef Hayim Adler, 699
[1938 or 1939]. Brief description: Responsa by Rabbi Taitelboim, Head of the Rabbinical Court of
Sighet, includes his work on the laws of mikvah
Books from Shanghai, destination of refugees
Many German Jews fleeing Nazism in the 1930s found refuge in Shanghai, China,
where there was an already existing Jewish community. During the Second World War, Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat in Kaunas, Lithuania, issued
thousands of transit visas for Jews escaping Europe, including those of the Mir Yeshivah, many of whom also found a relatively safe haven in Shanghai. The refugees numbered around 20, 000 and had been interned by the Japanese in the
Hongkew section of the city. Publication of Jewish books and serial publications in various languages continued nonetheless, and reflected the broad range of interests
and ideology. With the exception of one published reference to a Shanghai imprint in the Liberation section of this guide and another in the Visual, Early Holocaust Photo Documentation section, the scope of this list extends to postwar in order to
keep the Shanghai section an integrated whole.
Danzig, Abraham ben Jehiel Michal. Sefer .Hokhmat adam ... dine Shulkhan arukh Yoreh deah, mi-reshito ve-ad sofo ... Shanghai: be-hotsaat Bet otsar ha-sefarim "Ezrat-Torah" she-a.y. Yeshivat Mir ha-.k, 705 [1944 or 1945] (printed by Mr. Chow
Si-Tsing). Brief description: Commentary on a section from Shulkhan arukh, major code of
Jewish law Fishman, J. H. Far.vogl.te Yidn: dertseylungen, Shankhay: aroysgegeben fun a
gezelshaf.tlekhn .komi. te.t, 1948. Brief description: Short stories reflecting the state of refugees and their search
for a resting place
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Hertsman, Elhanan Yosef. Sefer Gadlut ha-adam: yahil maamar R. Yaakov Emden
u-veurim be-inyene gadlut ha-adam a. pi. d. ha-musar. Shanghai: Elhanan Yosef ben Shemuel Hertsman, Nisan, 705 [1945] (Chow Si-Tsing, Tung Hwa Book
Company). Brief description: On Jewish ethics and teachings of Rabbi Jacob Emden
Levovitz, Yeruchom. Maamarim,.hoveret 9. Shanghai (.Hinah): Maamarim, Sivan, 706 [1946].
Brief description: Students of Rabbi Levovits, spiritual guide of the Mir Yeshiva in Europe, collected some of his teachings in this work
Rapoport, O. Der mehus fun dikh.tung un ir sotsiale fun.ktsie. Shangkhai: [s.n.]. 1941.
Brief description: On the social value of poetry [Talmud Bavli: im perush Rashi, Tosafot ...] Shanghai: .Vaad ha-hadpasah "Torah-
Or", 702 [1941 or 1942]–708 [1947 or 1948] Brief description: Lowy set: 22 tractactes in 10 v. Vol. 1, 4-10 signed by L.
Barano.vits. Vol. 3. Stamp in Hebrew on title page: Otsar ha-sefarim "Ezrat Torah", de-Yeshivat Mir kha-et be-Shanghai"
Signature of [Aryeh] L[eib] Baranovits, Mir Yeshiva student, on some volumes. Rabbi Baron, as he was known in Canada, was a prominent Rabbi and educator in Montreal for over half a century.
Unzer .vor.t. Shankhay: [s.n.], 1946 (Centurion Printing Co.).
Brief description: On the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Published musical and theatrical responses Blakher, Shabtai. Eyn un ts.vantsi.k un-eyner: 22 ophandlungen .vegn di
umgebrakh.te Yidishe ar.tis.tn in ersh.tn yor fun der Natsi-hershaf.t in .Vilne, 1941–1942. Nyu Yor.k: .Vilner farlag, 1962.
Fol.kslider: vegn der fo.terlandisher milkhome/gezaml.t fun Sh. Kupershmid Brief description: Songs of Jewish refugees from Nazism to Tashkent and other
parts of the Soviet Union collected by Kupershmid
Gebirtig, Mordecai. S’bren.t: 1939–1942. .Kro.ke: Tsen.trale Yidishe historishe .komisie baym Ts. .K. fun Poylishe Yidn op.t .Kro.ke, 1946. Brief description: Poetry/lyrics by a now iconic poet, Gebirtig, who was shot in
1942. His poem S’bren.t, which inspired youth to take up arms against the Nazis, became an anthem that was adopted by the fighters of the underground.
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Continued Jewish immigration to Canada
During the War some Jews found refuge and escape from Nazi occupied Europe.
Although immigration to Canada was still limited, some Jewish refugees did gain entry.
Government and prime ministerial records
Description File Number Status
Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees. 1943-1948
RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2112 File AR 408/1, Parts 1-9
Open
Refugees – Admission to Canada of
Jewish Children from France 1942-
44
RG25-B-1-k, Vol. 2113
File AR 408/2
Open
Department of Mines and Resources
– Co-Operation of United Kingdom
and Allies – Refugees and
Evacuation of Children –
Immigration. 1940-1945.
RG2-B-2 Vol. 46 file D-
17-1
Open
Entry into Canada of Jewish children
from France, 1942-1943.
RG25-G-2, Vol. 3107
File 4300-40C.
Restricted
by law
Refugee immigration to Canada
(lists). 1940-1941
RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 441,
File 673931, Pt 2.
Microfilm C-10318
Open
Refugee immigration to Canada
(I.R.O.), 1943.
RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 441, file 673931, part 4.
Open
Refugee immigration to Canada (I.R.O.) (lists), 1943-1944.
RG76-I-A-1 Vol.442, File 673931, part 7
Open
Admission of Jewish children from
unoccupied France. 1942-1948.
RG76-I-A-1, Vol. 477, file 739325, parts 1 -3 Microfilms C-10412 and
C-10413
Open
IMMIGRATION - DEPORTATION -
DEPARTURE FROM CANADA - JEWISH REFUGEES AND OTHERS.
1947-1964
RG7-G-26 Vol. 90 File
2085-A Part 2 and 3
Open
Resolutions and protests by various persons re: treatment of Jews by
Germany - Resolution re: admission of refugees to Canada [pocket].
[1940-1963]
RG25-A-3-b Vol. 3121 File 4626-40
Restricted by law
Movement of Jewish refugees from
Denmark to Sweden. 1943-1944
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3246
File 5879-40 Part 1
Open
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Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
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Entries from William Lyon Mackenzie King’s personal diary, MG26-J13
13 February, 1944
27 March, 1944 11 June, 1944
Private records
Description File Number Status
Robert James Manion fonds
Immigration - Canadian National
Committee on Refugees. 1938-1940
MG27 III B7/R4383 Vol.
48 File 11
Open
Refugees - Jewish. 1938-1939 MG27 III B7/R4383 Vol.
67 File 1
Open
Refugees - Jewish. 1939 MG27 III B7/R4383 Vol.
67 File 2
Open
Archie B. Bennett fonds MG30-D223/R10023
Vol. 1
Open
Canadian National Committee on Refugees collection 1934-1948
MG28 V43/R3396 Vols. 1-9
Open
Samuel Zacks fonds World War II refugee work. 1939-
1970
MG30 C144/R2686
Vols. 19-20
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
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Canadian concerns about the treatment of Jews in occupied countries
Description File Number Status
U.N. declaration re: treatment of
Jews by Germany. 1942-1946
RG25-A-3-b Vol.3122,
file 4637-40C
Restricted
by law
William Lyon Mackenzie King correspondence
Description File Number Status
Concerning the Vichy government’s deportation of Jews
Correspondence with Etienne
Mantoux. January 16, 1942 -
September 14, 1942
MG26-J1 Vol. 329 Page
280559 to 280563
Microfilm C-6809
Open
Correspondence with Clement
Attlee. September 15, 1942
MG26-J1 Vol. 334 Page
286203 Microfilm C-
6813
Open
Correspondence with Leighton
McCarthy. September 28, 1942
MG26-J1 Vol. 327 Page
278882 Microfilm C-
6808
Open
Correspondence with Peter
Bercovitch. September 25, 1942 -
October 06, 1942
MG26-J1 Vol. 321 Page
272460 to 272464
Microfilm C-6804
Open
Correspondence with Clement
Attlee. December 22, 1942
MG26-J1 Vol. 334
Pages 287064 to
287065 Microfilm C-
6813
Open
Concerning government policies around Jewish Immigration
Correspondence on Jewish
immigration. May 28-29, 1940.
MG26-J1 Vol. 283 Pages 239627 to
239628
Open
Correspondence with F.C. Blair
regarding refugee children. June 27,
1940
MG26-J1 Vol. 283 Page
239629 Microfilm: C-
4566
Open
Correspondence with Grote Stirling,
N.A. Robertson, Dept. External
Affairs. June 21-23, 1943
MG26-J1 Vol. 352 Pages 305891 to
305895 Microfilm C-7046
Open
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On Jewish immigration. May 28-29,
1940.
MG26-J1 Vol. 283
Pages 239627 to 239628
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Post War
Liberation
Canadian troops contributed to the liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands,
countries that did not contain concentration camps, but did contain transit camps
where Jews were held before being sent to death camps in the East. The Second
Canadian Infantry Division did liberate Westerbork, a transit camp in the Northeast
Netherlands, which was holding about 1,000 Jewish men and women.
Government records
Description File Number Status
War Diary entry, 8th Canadian
Reconnaissance Regiment, 14th Hussars, the Netherlands, 12 April 1945
RG24-C-3 Vol. 14226
File 581 Microfilm T-12689
Open
War diary entry, South
Saskatchewan Regiment, the
Netherlands, 12 April 1945
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15264 File 191
Open
War Diary entry, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, the Netherlands, 12
April 1945
RG24-C-3 Vol. 15217 File 182
Open
Reports re: Bucherwald
[Buchenwald], Cewiecim [Oswiecim], Bergen-Belsen concentration camps in Germany
RG25-A-3-b Vol. 4171
File 1426-P-40 Pt 1.
Open
Brief description: Speech by George Vanier, Canadian Ambassador to
France 1945-1953
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Private records
Description File Number Status
Peter Stursberg fonds
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Despatches - Daily Herald & CBC (1
of 3), April 23, 1945
MG31 D78/R5637 Vol.
20, Files 12-14
Open
Despatches - Daily Herald & CBC (2
of 3)
MG31 D78/R5637 Vol.
20, Files 12-14
Open
Despatches - Daily Herald & CBC (3
of 3)
MG31 D78/R5637 Vol.
20, Files 12-14
Open
Aba Bayefsky fonds
Transcripts of the C.M. Donald interviews with Aba Bayefsky in
1995-1996, including mention of his experience in the displaced persons
camps.
R3940 vol. 20, files 20-30 to 32
Open
Clippings from Jewish Life and Canadian Jewish Weekly where Bayefsky describes his experience in
Bergen-Belsen.
R3940 Vol. 21, file 21-7 Open
Alex Colville fonds MG30-D292/R2111,
Vol. 1; 1984-014 BK-023
Open
Smart, Tom Alex Colville: return. Open
Brief description: Curator and author, Smart, argues that Colville’s
experiences as a war painter, admitted to Bergen-Belsen, as it was being
liberated, had an everlasting impact on his life and art.
Tobie Steinhouse fonds, Personal material and memorabilia series
R11208, Vol. 1 File 7 Open
Diary of Ethel Ostry MG30-C184/R1756, Vol. 1
Open
Herbert Steinhouse fonds R8082 Vols. 1-19 [PDF 63.73 KB]
Open
Mary Agnes Craig McGeachy and Erwin Schuller fonds
United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation Administration series,
1943-1946
R9369 Vols. 2-3
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
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Audiovisual accounts
Description File Number Status
Calder, Al – Interview. 1986-09-23
Acc. 1988-0514 ISN 110638 Consultation copies:
C09713(2) C09714(1) A1 9909-0027
Open
[Guernesey, camp de concentration] 1945-05-30
Acc. 1968-0033 ISN 155495. Consultation copy: C02609
Open
[Concentration Camp Near Zutphen Captured by a Canadian Regiment] 1945-04-
07.
Acc. 1967-0032 ISN 140272 Consultation copy: C10487(2)
Open
[German Concentration
Camps] 1944-09-30
Acc. 1967-0032 ISN 142942
Consultation copy: C10018
Open
[German Concentration
Camps] 1944-09-30
Acc. 1989-0453 ISN 139938.
Consultation copy: A1 2003-11-0059
Open
Halton, Matthew – Report 1945-04-08.
Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 251803 No existing consultation copy
Open
Halton, Matthew – Report. [World War II, Germany, and
German responsibility for Dachau] 1945-05-04
Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250233 No existing consultation copy
Open
Herbert, Bill – Report. [Story of the Royal Canadian Air Force Officer Boss Walter, who
helped a mother and her son to meet again in a concentration
camp] 1945-06-06
Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250347 No existing consultation copy
Open
Lafleur, Benoit – Reportage.
[La défaite de l'Allemagne et des impresssions sur les horreurs de Buchewald,
Dachau et les camps de concentration] 1945-05-01
Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250213.
No existing consultation copy
Open
Lafleur, Benoit – Reportage. [Camp de concentration
d'Alderney] 1945-05-30
Acc.1978-0014 ISN 250321 No existing consultation copy
Open
Ouimet, Marcel - Reportage.
[L'Allemagne et d'un camp de concentration, près de Deventer et Oske] 1945-04-08
Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250087
No existing consultation copy
Open
[Georges-P. Vanier à Buchenwald]. Déclaration du
major-général Georges-P. Vanier, ambassadeur du
Acc. 1968-0033 ISN 155480. Consultation copy : C02609
Open
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Canada en France, sur sa visite
au camp de concentration de Buchenwald: son témoignage des atrocités. 1945-04-30.
Vanier, Georges P. – Talk. 1945. Talk by Major-General
Georges P. Vanier, Canadian ambassador in France, about
World War II and German prison camps at Buchenwald.
Acc. 1971-0033 ISN 136210 No existing consultation copy
Open
Vanier, Georges P. – Talk. 1945. Talk by Major-General Georges P. Vanier, Canadian
ambassador in France, about World War II and German
prison camps at Buchenwald. Part 2.
Acc. 1972-0002 ISN 136492 Consultation copy: A1 9809-0020
Open
[World War II Report and Comment]. Report by Bill Herbert followed by comments
by General Georges P. Vanier. 1945-05-01
Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250217 No existing consultation copy
Open
Rideout, Sue. Victory 1945 [videorecording]
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Published references
This section contains works that reflect the continuity of Jewish life following liberation, in addition to other aspects of liberation listed above.
Antologhie fin der naier Idis¸er dihtung/oisgheklibn un ¸tunoifghes¸telt fin I.
Panner un E. Fränkel ; mit an hakdume fin Iakov Groper. Ias: Farlag Idis¸er Kultur kraiz "I. L. Peretz", 1945. Brief description: A collection of Yiddish poetry world-wide including the work of
Canadian writer and Holocaust survivor: Rachel H. Korn
Grin.vald, Mosheh ben Amram. Kun.tres hakhanah de-rabah: .ve-hu sefer ha-tsa.vaah. [Fernwald, Germany]: Amram Tsevi Grin, [1948]. Brief description: Jewish ethics
he-.Haluts ba-"Beri.hah" uva-hapalah: peulot .ve-hesegim, .hoveret sikum le-
Histadrut "he-.Haluts ha-e.had" ben tsibur ha-peli.tim be-I.talyah. Roma: be-hotsaat Mercaz "he-.Haluts ha-e.had" be-Roma, .Tevet, 709 [1949].
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Brief description: A collection of reports from Zionist groups in Italy, and their efforts to organize aliya (immigration to Palestine) from Europe
Hagadah le-Fesah : im perush Derekh .Hayim .../me-et Yaakov mi-Lisa. Minkhn
[Munich]: Nidpas a. y. ha-.Vaad le-hotsaot sefarim etsel .Vaad ha-hatsalah, 1948. Brief description: On the fly leaf, there is a printed dedication to Mr. Isaac Shalom, one of the leaders of the Vaad Hatzala, the Rescue Committee of European
Jewry, which was an umbrella organization based in New York. It was established in November 1939 by the Executive Committee of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis in the
United States and Canada. Heilprin, Jehiel ben Solomon. Sefer Seder ha-dorot: .kore ha-dorot mi-rosh yemot
olam ..., .hele.k 1. Bergn Belzn: nidpas a.y. ha-avrekh Nisan Lezer mi-Brigel, [1945-1949?].
Brief description: Published in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Persons Camp, after 1945.
Lewin, O . (ed.) Almanac-Shanghai, 1946-1947. Shanghai: Shanghai Echo, [1946 or 1947].
Brief description: Includes topics such as UNRRA in China, repatriation of emigrants as well as a directory of Jews in Shanghai that also lists city of origin as a
way to aid survivors to locate friends and family Maimonides, Moses. Mishneh Torah hu ha-yad ha-.hazakah. Minkhn: Sinai shel ha-
a.him Langer, 1947 (nidpas be-Vet ha-defus ha-Universi.tah shel .K. .Volf u-veno). Brief description: Reprint of a miniature edition of Maimonides’s classic on Jewish
law for the layman. Printing authorized by Headquarters, European Command Civil Affairs Division, the United States Command in Europe, “EUCOM” [15 March 1947–1 August 1952]
Oyf der fray. Free Again. Sh.tu.tgar.t: Aroysgegebn in Tsen.ter fun di Bafray.te Yidn
in Sh.tutgar.t, Adar-Si.van, 606; Februar-Yuni, 1946. Brief description: Holocaust survivors in Germany and their re-building of all aspects of community life, published in Displaced Person Centre Stuttgart
Passover Seder Service: Deutsches Theatre Restaurant; Munich, Germany, April
15-16, 1946. Musaf le-hagadah shel Pesah; sider ve-tsiyer Y.D. Sheynzon Minkhen: Histadrut tsiyonit a.hidah .ve-No.ham. be-Germanyah, 1946. Brief description: This hagadah, described as a supplement (musaf), to the
traditional text was written by Y. D. Sheynzon, who later became a Jewish educator in Montreal. He also illustrated the vignettes and borders.
A survivors' Haggadah/written, designed, and illustrated by Yosef Dov Sheinson; with woodcuts by Miklós Adler ... edited and with an introduction by Saul Touster.
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1999. Brief description: An annotated edition of the above hagadah that also has an
English translation. The woodcuts depict conditions in labour camps during the Holocaust.
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Parshes "Ekzodus - 1947". [s.n.]: Aroysgegebn durkh der "Haganah" in goles
Eyropa, [1947?] Brief description: After the Second World War, illegal immigration to Palestine
increased and the British authorities decided to stop it by sending the ships back to the ports of embarkation in Europe, of which Exodus was the first.
Blumentfeld, I. Pessach-Buch, 5706-1946: zum ersten Befreiungs und Frühlingsfest der Überreste Israels in Europa. Marburg: "Jüdische Rundschau", 1946.
Brief description: Another early hagadah published for survivors in Germany Rabinowich, Solomon, ha-Kohen, of Radomsko. Sefer Tiferet Shelomoh al ha-
zemanim u-moadim … Fern.vald [i.e., Fernwald]: Shaul Hu.t.terer, [1946?] (defus Efrayim ben Shalom).
Brief description: Jews who found themselves in the Displaced Persons Camp for Jews in Fernwald began printing Hebrew books. This printer dedicated book in memory of his parents and others who perished in the Holocaust.
Seder tefilah .ve-ta.hanunim be-maamar ha-melekh yar. h. li-teshuat tsivaotenu u-
tsevaot anshe britenu, Yom 1. Ki Tavo, hu .hamesh shanim meet partsah ha-mil.hamah= Order of service during the war for the National Day of Prayer and
Dedication on the fifth anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities, Sunday, September 3, 1944-5704. London: Office of the Chief Rabbi, 704, 1944.
Sefer otiyot de-Rabi A.kiva ...: me.habroha-hu Rabi A.kiva, ha-doresh ... kitre otiyot sheba-Torah ...Marghi.ta: Tsevi Mos.ko.vits, 707 [1946 or 1947].
Brief description: Book on mysticism and religious aspects of Hebrew alphabet Siddur.1945. Seder tefilah Tik.vat Yisrael: kolel tefilot .ve-khol yemot ha-shanah
.ve-tefilot ke-sidran le-shabat Yo.t. ve-yamim noraim, ha-kol be-otiyot gedolot. Cleveland: hotsaah meyu.hedet meet Mosad .Keren Shapira, 706 [1945 or 1946].
Brief description: Printed dedication in Hebrew stating that this prayer book is a present of American Jewry to Holocaust survivors through the agency of the Joint Distribution Committee]
Talmud Bavli: im kol ha-mefarshim ke-asher nidpas mi-.kedem ve-im hosafot
.hadashot ke-mevoar ba-shaar ha-sheni. Minkhen [Munich]-Haidelberg: .Vaad Agudat ha-Rabanim be-ezor ha-Ameri.kai be- Ashkenaz, be-siyua shil.ton ha-tsava de-Artsot ha-Berit veha-Dzoyn.t be-Germanya., 570, 1948.
Brief description: First complete Talmud printed in postwar Europe. Special edition published in the American zone in Germany for the benefit of Jews in
Displaced Person camps. The illustrated title page depicts the Holocaust and slavery of Israelites in Egypt to the Redemption of the Jewish people and the Return to the Land of Israel. There is also a printed dedication in English to the US Army thanking
them for their role in the rescue of the Jewish people.
Talmud. Nedarim. Masekhet Nedarim min Talmud Bavli: im kol ha-mefarshim kaasher nidpas mi-.kedem ve-im hosafot .hadashot ke-movoar be-shaar ha-sheni.
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Minkhen-St. O . tilien: .Vaad agudat ha-rabanim be-ezor ha-Ameri.kai be-Ashkenaz be-siyua .Vaad ha-hatsalah a.y. Agu. ha-r. de-Ar.ha-B. .ve-.Kanadah, 1946.
Brief description: This edition appears to be the trial edition for the complete set, printed two years later and listed above. It has a similarly illustrated title page. The
introduction describes the longing of survivors for the Jewish books and the location of this tractate, upon which this photo-offset edition was based.
Undzer .veg. Our Way. [Munich]: Ts. .k. fun di bafray.t Yidn in der Ameri.kaner zone, 1947. 246. (LAC holding: nr. 48 (III), Yuli, 1947)
Brief description: Holocaust survivors Yidishe shrif.tn: literarish zamlbukh/[reda.ktor Leo Fin.klshtayn]. Lodzsh: Farayn
fun Yid. li.tera.tn un zshurnalis.tn in Poyln, 1946. Brief description: First Yiddish literary miscellany post Second World War, with
contributions by Canadian writers and Holocaust survivors: Rachel Häring Korn and Yehude Elberg. The latter wrote an article on the Warsaw Ghetto.
Di Yudishe froy: broshur ge.vidme.t der heyli.kay.t fun Yudishen familien leben (.tahares ha-mishpokheh). Roym: tsuzamengesh.tel.t un redagir.t durkh hanhalat
Yeshivat Meor ha-golah in Roym bay der finansieler mi.thilf fun .Vaad hatsoleh, 706, 1946.
Brief description: This brochure, produced by the re-established Yeshivat Meor ha-golah in Rome, 1946, aimed to re-establish traditional Jewish life by discussing the holiness of family life and the laws pertaining to the ritual immersion of women
in the mikveh.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Arrival in Canada
Working with the International Refugee Organization, Canada accepted large
numbers of survivors, whose integration made significant contributions to post-war Canadian society.
Government records
Description File Number Status
Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees. 1943-1948
RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2112 File AR 408/1
Open
Admission to Canada of certain classes of Emigrants from Western Europe – Intergovernmental. 1946-
1951
RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2113 File 408/4
Open
Refugees – General. 1946-1948 RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2113
File 408/5
Open
Revised regulations governing
Canadian Immigration Policy. 1947
RG25-B-1-k, Vol. 2119
File AR 444/1
Open
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UN organizations - Committee on
Refugees and Displaced Persons established by Economic and Social Council.
RG25-G-2 File block
5475-T
Restrictions
vary
Department of External Affairs, files on refugees and displaced persons
RG25-G-2 File block 5127
Restrictions vary
International Organization for placement of war orphans – Plans
re. 1945-1956
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3805 File 8373-40 Pt. 1
Restricted by law
Liaison Division, Department of
National War Services. 1941-1961
RG26-B-1 Vols. 10-12 Open
Committee records, Department of
Citizenship and Immigration. 1947-1958
RG26-A-2-c Vols. 72-73 Open
United Nations General File [Press releases from United Nations Press Division, United Nations General
Assembly releases re: migration of displaced persons and refugees…
related material]. 1947-1957
RG26-A-1-Vol. 81 File 1-24-13
Open
Reception and Care of Canadian
Deportees from the United States and from Other Countries. 1948-1957
RG26-A-1-c Vol. 121
File 3-29-3
Open
Jewish Immigration [with pamphlet by the Jewish Immigrant Aid
Society]. 1947-1957
RG26-A-1-c Vol. 123 File 3-32-14
Open
Admission to Canada from Poland
[with some lists of Polish immigrants]. 1946-1957
RG26-A-1 Vol. 129 File
3-33-26
Open
Immigration from Austria. 1958-1968
RG26-A-1 Vol. 124 File 3-33-4 Part 2
Open
Displaced Persons - Skilled craftsmen for the Clothing Industry.
1946-1948
RG27-Q-1 Vol. 278 File 1-26-5
Restricted by law
Displaced Persons - Skilled
craftsmen for the Clothing Industry. 1948-1953
RG27-Q-1 Vol. 279 File
1-26-5-1
Restricted
by law
Skilled Craftsmen for the Clothing Industry. 1947-1953
RG27-Q-1 Vol. 279 File 1-16-5-2
Restricted by law
Immigration to Canada of Jews from Europe, 1937-1940
RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 391 File 541782, Pt. 5
Open
Immigration to Canada of Jews from Europe (Pamphlets). 1940-1949.
RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 390 File 541782, Pt. 6
Open
Canadian Jewish Congress 1947-1953
RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 660 file B65714, Microfilm C-10595
Open
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Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required. Private records
Description File Number Status
Jewish Immigrant Aid Services fonds
MG28-V38 Restrictions vary
Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada, Canadian Council on Social
Development fonds
MG28-I110/R1463 Vol. 186 File number 17
Open
Jewish Family Services of the Baron
de Hirsch Institute fonds
MG28-V86/R3288 Restrictions
vary
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Arrival in Canada – published references
Abella, Irving and Harold Troper. None is too many: Canada and the Jews of
Europe, 1933–1948.
Martz, Fraidy. Open your hearts: the story of Jewish war orphans in Canada.
Audiovisual accounts of Holocaust survivors
Description File Number Status
Canadian Jewish Congress fonds
Voices of Survival.1988
Acc. 1998-0102 ISN 282522
Open
Emil L. Fackenheim fonds
Don Harron's Morningside. Interviews with Emil Fackenheim,
Regina Eisenstein, Paul Trepman. 1978
Acc. 1978-0188 ISN
435881 No existing consultation copy
Open
Interview of Emil Fackenheim by Eric Koch. 1978
Acc. 1979-0057 ISN 435453
No existing consultation copy
Open
CBC
Return to Buchach. [Documentary about Mina Fosner]
Acc. 1992-0197 ISN
200461 No existing consultation copy
Open
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The Fifth Estate. [Includes interview with Henry Morgentaler]
1977
Acc. 1985-0397 ISN 6450
Consultation copies: V1 8510-0029; v1 9309-
0042
Open
Take 30. [Interview with Henry Morgantaler] 1974
Acc. 1978-0316 ISN 171823
Consultation copy: V1 7905-0021
Open
Man Alive. [Includes interview of Jack Kuper] 1967
Acc. 1986-0810 ISN 79732 No existing consultation
copy
Open
Tom Fulton fonds Sunday Edition : On the Arts.
[Interview with Jack Kuper] 1989
Acc. 2000-0038 ISN 315743
Consultation copy: 315743-2000-0038-
1290.mp3
Open
Colin Strayer fonds
Iskowitz. [Documentary about Gershon Iskowitz] 1982/1987
Acc. 1992-0097 ISN 194563 No existing consultation
copy
Open
Anna Heilman fonds Unlikely Heroes : [excerpt] 2002
Acc. 2006-0013 ISN 370725
No existing consultation copy
Open
Heilman, Anna – Interview. 1994 Acc. 2006-0013 ISN
370729 Consultation copies: V1
2008-10-0025 V1 2008-10-0051
Open
Heilman, Anna - Interview
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. 1996
Acc. 2006-0013 ISN
370726 No existing consultation
copy
Open
Heilman, Anna – Reminiscence.
1997
Acc. 2006-0013 ISN
370727 Consultation copy: V1 2008-10-0023
Open
Heilman, Anna – Interview. 1997 Acc. 2006-0013 ISN 370727
Open
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Consultation copy: V1 2008-10-0023
Henry Morgentaler fonds
Morgentaler, Henry – Entrevue. 1995
Acc. 2001-0019 ISN
324943 No existing consultation
copy
Open
Kati Vita fonds
Morgentaler, Henry – Interview. 1966
Acc. 2002-0094 ISN 337227
Consultation copy: A1 2005-06-0068
Open
Rosenfarb, Chava – Interview. 1968 Acc. 2002-0094 ISN 337274
Consultation copy: A1 2005-07-0024
Open
Treblinka Feature. 1965 Acc. 2002-0094 ISN 337343
Consultation copy: A1 2005-09-0016
Open
Charles G. Roland fonds
Pernal, Eugenia – Interview. 1987
Acc. 1989-0379 ISN 136059 Consultation copies:
136059-1989-0379-28-S1.mp3; 136059-1989-
0379-28-S2.mp3
Open
Wygodzka, B.J. – Interview. 1988 Acc. 1990-0135 ISN
154781 Consultation copies:
154781-1990-0135-17-S1.mp3; 154781-1990-0135-17-S2.mp3;
154781-1990-0135-18.mp3
Open
Sol Littman fonds
Rauchwerger Abraham – Reminiscence. 1987
Acc. 2006-0008 ISN
370609 Consultation copies: 370609-2006-0008-34-
S1.mp3; 370609-2006-0008-34-S2.mp3
Restricted by creator/donor
A.M. Klein fonds
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Martyrs and Heroes. [Speech by
A.M. Klein]
Acc. 1973-0081 ISN 228615
Consultation copy: C09809(3)
Open
Ethnicity and Sculpture. [Featuring sculptors Gina Tannenbaum and Misha Frid.] 1986
Acc. 1993-0300 ISN 218497 No existing consultation
copy
Open
Voice of the Pioneer. Mandelkern,
Ben – Interview. 1988
Acc. 1989-0460 ISN
142813 Consultation copy: A1 9812-0018
Open
Jaworski, Tadeusz – Reminiscence. 1985
Acc. 2006-0008 ISN 370607
Consultation copies: 370607-2006-0008-31-S1.mp3; 370607-2006-
0008-31-S2.mp3
Restricted by donor
Life and Times: Encounters with
Moses. [Documentary on Moses Znaimer] 2006
Acc. 2008-0044 ISN
427342 No existing consultation copy
Open
John Hirsch Fonds
War Orphan Project
MG31 D81/R5005 Vol.
13
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
This section contains publications by or about individuals listed in the above section
of audiovisual archival material as they pertain to the Holocaust. Where applicable,
some published references are listed elsewhere – e.g. Fackenheim’s works are in
the Holocaust Studies and Jewish Response section. A search under the name in
AMICUS will yield the complete works by the author in LAC’s holdings.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Kuper, Jack. Child of the Holocaust. Mandelkern, Benjamin; with the assistance of Mark Czarnecki. Escape from the
Nazis.
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Martz, Fraidy and A. Wilson. A fiery soul: the life and theatrical times of John Hirsch.
Rackover, Suzanne Beth. The Holocaust art of Gershon Iskowitz, Isaac Applebaum
and Yehouda Chaki [PDF 6.92 MB] Brief description: MA thesis
Rosenfarb, Chava. Exile at last. Brief description: Electronic resource
Rosenfarb, Chava and Goldie Morgentaler (translator). Survivors: seven short stories.
Schwartz, Sheldon (ed.). Never far away: the Auschwitz chronicles of Anna
Heilman.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Published reminiscences of Holocaust survivors
This section contains some published reminiscences of Holocaust survivors in Canada not mentioned elsewhere in this guide. In the case of a series or a publisher
specializing in Holocaust memoirs, a search in AMICUS under the series title or name of publisher would yield the complete holdings, whereas only one or two
citations from each group are listed below.
Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. Toronto: Azrieli Foundation
Collection Azrieli des mémoires de survivants de l'Holocauste. Toronto: Azrieli Foundation
The majority of the Azrieli titles are available in English and in French.
Dick, Tommy. Getting out alive.
Dick, Tommy. Objectif: survivre.
Memoirs of Holocaust survivors in Canada. Montreal: A publication of the Concordia University Chair in Canadian Jewish Studies and the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, c1999– .
Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada.
Fondation canadienne du patrimoine judéo-polonais à Montréal Montreal publisher of memoirs published in English, French or Polish.
Below is an example of one its publications:
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Epsztein, Maria. Macierzy´nstwo za drutami: wspomnienia, 1940-1980. Montreal:
Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada, 2005.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required
Holocaust assets and restitution
Government records At the end of the War, by international agreement, assets belonging to individuals persecuted by the Nazis were to be returned to their rightful owners or heirs. It is
well documented that the enormity of the Holocaust, followed by the subsequent nationalization of property in Eastern Europe, presented serious obstacles to the
fulfillment of this agreement. Nevertheless, many files within the Records of the Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property, now preserved by LAC, document the theft of property by Axis powers and the efforts by owners and heirs to seek
compensation.
The challenge for the researcher is that the organization of these files by the Custodian does not differentiate between Canadians and foreign nationals, or those
holding Canadian property and those holding property in enemy territories. The claims of many Jewish families are documented in these files, including the Ephrussis, the Rothschilds, and the Bloch-Bauerss. Therefore, the researcher needs
to identify the name of the property holder and search this fond by that name.
Description File Number Status
Claims files, War Claims Branch. 1933-1977
RG117-D-2 Vols. 285-615
Restricted by law
Case files, Headquarters. 1939-1976 RG117-A-3 Vols. 616-1541, 1782-2300, 2376-2830
Restrictions vary
International Claims series relating to the War Claims Commission, the
Foreign Claims Commission and the Custodian of Foreign Property.
1916-2001, predominant 1942-1988
RG19 Vols. 7048-7117 Restricted by law
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Private records
Description File Number Status
James Duncan
Hyndman fonds, files
MG30 E182 Vols. 15-16 Files 60-72
Restrictions
vary
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on War Claims
Commission
Online finding aid [PDF 84.38 KB]
Manfred Saalheimer
Fonds
MG31-H171/R4880 Vol. 1 Open
Looted and heirless books
The Nazi’s seizure of Jewish books and religious articles began in the late 1930s in Germany and this wasy extended to the occupied territories. In 1940, Alfred
Rosenberg was appointed by Hitler to develop a library to collect “enemy” materials “for the planned educational and research institute of the Party, Hohe Schule, to be located in Chiemsee in Bavaria.” Seized books designated for collection were often
kept in storage in Germany such as the Archival Depot in Offenbach.
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the Offenbach Archival Depot was a central collecting and distributing point of books and other cultural materials in the American Zone of Germany. Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, an umbrella
organization, that included leading Jewish Studies scholars, identified collections and, where possible, returned them to institutions that continued to exist such as
the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, in Amsterdam. The heirless cultural materials, many of which had belonged to individuals, were distributed to institutions and Jewish communities worldwide, including to the Canadian Jewish Congress. The Canadian
Jewish Congress, in turn, distributed materials within Canada, such as the Winnipeg Jewish Public Library, which were later donated to the Lowy Collection.
Stamp of Bibliothek Reichsinstitute für Geschichte des neuen Deutschland, with Reichsadler and Swastika
Kabuli, Solomon ben Menachem [ed.] She’elot u-teshuvot shel ha-geonim. Kustandinah [Istanbul]: David .Kashati ben ve-Eliezer Yitsha.k Ashkenazi, 335
[1575].
Stamp of Offenbach Archival Depot Gezeres Ta.h. Vilne: Bibliote.k fun Yivo, 1938.
Kinot le-Tishah be-Av ke-minhag Polin im Taytsh ketav ivri ve-ne.kudot ... Vilna:
bi-defus Menahem Man b.R. Barukh ve-Simhah Ziml b.R. Mena.hem Na.hum, 604, 1844.
Stamp of Offenbach Archival Depot and Canadian Jewish Congress Plate
Wolff, A. A. A.teret shalom ve-emet = Die Stimmen der ältesten glaubwürdigsten Rabbinen über die Pijutim . Leipzig: Durk und Berlag von L. Schnauss, 1857.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
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Canadian Jewish Congress Plates
Bible. O.T. Former Prophets. Hebrew. 1814. Sefer .kiryah neemanah kolel
neviim rishonim … Fiorda [Fürth]: be-vet uve-defus ha-Torani Itsi.k ben David Tsirendorf, 5565 [1814 or 1815].
Bible. O.T. Hebrew. 1817. Kitve .kodesh: nidpas me-hadash u-mahadurim be-tosafot rabot … .Vin [Vienna]: gedru.kt bay An.ton Shmid, 1817.
Bible. O.T. Hebrew. 1832. Sifre .kodesh im targumim u-veurim mi-me.habrim shonim. Prag [Prague]: gedru.k.t und verlag des M.J. Landau, [693-699, i.e. 1832
or 33-1833-39]
Crescas, .Hasdai. Sefer Or. H. Vilna: bi-defus Shraga Faivl Garber, 665, 1904.
Harkavy, Elhanan. Sefer Dor yesharim :kolel seder ha-yahas le-mishpahat Harkavi (Harkavi) : korot yeme ha-anashim ha-metsuyanim be-doroteha ha-rishonim, ve-toldot hakhameha ... ha-baim aharehem, pe¬ulotehem ¬al sede ha-sifrut ...
Nuyork [New York]: [Elhanan Harkavy], 661 [1900–1901], 1903.
Ibn Zahav, Ari. Yeme David: roman histori, sefer 3. Shemesh ad meveo-o. Yerushalayim: Mitspeh Yerushalayim, [1928 or 1929].
Hilkhot Rav Alfas. helek 6 [Masekhet Yevamot] : hen hineh halakhot pesukot ha-nikhlalot ba-Talmud Bavli ha-gadol asher asfan ... ve-hibran le-talmud katan.
nidpas be- Amsterdam: [s.n], 581 [1820 or 1821]. Hirsch, Samson Rahael. Sefer Horev: yekhalkel koshet ve-dadat u- metav higayon
be-hovot ha-Yisreeli … Vilna: bi-defus ha-almanah veha-ahim Rom, 653, 1832.
Meyouhas, Joseph. Yalde Arav: [sefer agadot]. Tel Aviv: Devir, [687]–689, [1927]–1929.
Rossi, Azariah ben Moses dei. Sefer Maor enayim. Vilna: Yitshak Aizik ben Yaakov veha-nilkvim alav, 1863–1865.
Rubinshtain, Shemuel Mosheh ben Yitshak. Sefer Torat ha-kabalah kolel yesode Torah shebe-al peh ...im mavo ha-Talmud veha-sefer be-shem ha-Midrash, helek 1.
Varsha: bi-defus ha-hashmali a.y. Ari. Yehudah Leb Lifshits, 672 [1932 or 1932].
Smolenskin, Perez. ha-Toeh be-darkhe ha-hayim, o, Toldot Yosef ha-yatom me-ir Madmenah : sipur be-arabaah halakim, helek 3. Vilna: be-hotsaat Bet mishar ha-sefarim Mordekhai Katsenelenbogen, 565, 1905. (Varsha: bidefus ha-Tsefirah. 665
[1905].
Tsifroni. A. (ed.) Leshonenu : rivon le-¬inyne ha-lashon ha-Ivrit. Tel Aviv: Vaad ha-lashon ha-Ivrit be-Erets Yisrael, 692-693 [1932-1933].
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Wohlgemuth, Juda Ari. Yesodot hinukh ha-dat le-dor. Rigah: Vogemut, 1937.
Young, Grace (Chisholm). Der kleyner geometer: ershter kurs fun geometrie/ibergezetst oyf Yidish fun E. Alshvonger. Drezden: Farlag "Vostok",
1921.
Nazi war criminals in Canada and abroad
Government and prime ministerial records
Description File Number Status
War Criminals. 1942-1945. RG2-B-2 vol. 12 File W-41 Open
War Criminals. 1942-1948. RG2-B-2 vol. 120 File W-41 Open
Bulgarian and German atrocities in Yugoslav. 1942-1948
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3034 File 4079-40
Open
German atrocities in Czechoslovakia. 1943-1960
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3034 File 4079-B-40
Open
German atrocities in Poland. 1942-1948
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3034 File 4079-E-40
Open
German atrocities in Lithuania. 1944
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3034 File 4079-G-40
Open
War criminals trials – reaction from the public. 1946.
RG24 -C-1-a Vol. 2053 File HQS-54-27-1-93
Open
No.1 War Crimes Investigation Unit. 1945-1946
RG24-C-26, Vols. 5300-5301
Open
Privileged Documents [… affidavit of W.E. Harris in case of Jacques
Duge de Bernonville v. J.M. Langlois; -… other materials]. 1942-1951
RG26-A-2-a Vol. 70 File 37 Open
Prosecution, conference and regulation case files of the Department of Justice
See the following references:
Jacques Dugé de Bernonville –
Board of Inquiry Under Immigration Act. Proposed deportation to France for alleged
collaboration with the Germans during World War II – Conviction
in France of treason par contumace. Statutes: Immigration Act RSC 1927, C93, S3(d)&(r);
Quebec Habeas Corpus Act RSQ 1941, C340, S3, S4, S6, 1948-1953
RG 13 BAN 2000-01038-5
Boxes 20-21 File 154708
Restricted
by law
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Jacques Dugé de Bernonville – Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
to contest the validity of the Department of Immigration order for his deportation to France.
Previous sentence in France for collaboration with the Nazis - War
Criminal. 1951-1952
RG 13 BAN 2000-01038-5 Box 22 File 160576
Restricted by law
William Lyon Mackenzie King
correspondence re Jacques de Bernonville. 1948
MG26-J4 Vol. 236 Page
C159415 Microfilm H-1473
Open
William Lyon Mackenzie King correspondence re Jacques de Bernonville. 1948
MG26-J1/R10383 Vol. 443 Page 405959 Microfilm C-11052
Open
Louis St. Laurent correspondence: Immigration – cases. 1947
MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 13 File 73-1
Open
Louis St. Laurent correspondence: Department of External Affairs -
General - Mr. St-Laurent's signature - Count Jacques De
Bernonville. 1948-1949
MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 43 File D-12-D
Open
Louis St. Laurent correspondence: Department of External Affairs -
Secret - Count Jacques de Bernonville. 1948-1949
MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 43 File number D-12-D
Open
Louis St. Laurent correspondence: Nominal: Bernonville, Jacques.
1951
MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 237 Open
Louis St. Laurent correspondence:
Immigration – Mr. St-Laurent’s signature – French Collaborators. 1949-1951
MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 115
file I-20-f
Open
United Nations War Crimes Commission. 1944-1947
RG25-E-2-a Vols. 952-954 Restricted by law
Open
War Crimes documents, 1945-1946 RG25-E-2-b Vols. 1001, 2607-2709
Restrictions vary
War Crimes Tribunal, 1936-1945 RG25 Acc. 1977-78/O87 Vols. 1-14
Restrictions vary
United Nations – War Crimes Commission (UNWCC). 1942-1949
RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2108 File AR 405/4
Open
United Nations War Crimes Commission – National Offices
Conference. 1945
RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2109 File AR 405/4/6
Open
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Status of Jacques de Bernonville.
1948-1950
RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2122 File
AR 1179/1
Restricted
by law
Dr. Ferdinand Durcansky - ex-Vice-
Chairman of the Slovak-German Society. 1950-1951
RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2123 File
AR 1231/1
Restricted
by law
War Crimes and Criminals – General. 1946-1950
RG25-B-2 Vol. 2143 File 852 Part 1
Open
United Nations - International Court of Justice, 1948
RG25-B-2 Vol. 2155 File Part 1
Open
War Crimes - Secret Files, 1944 RG25-B-2 Vol. 2459 Open
Establishment of International Court for the trial of war criminals
and International Military Tribunal for trial of major war criminals -
Proposals. 1946-1952
RG25-G-2 Vol. 620 File 4896-40
Restricted by law
War - Proposals for Atrocities
Commission. 1941-1945
RG25-A-2 Vol. 821, File
696
Open
Suspected war criminals – General,
1962-1963
RG25-A-3-b Vol. 2487 Restricted
by law
INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS -
SUSPECTED COLLABORATORS. 1945
RG24-C-1-a Vol. 2269 File
HQS-11-2
Restricted
by law
Trials of collaborationists in France - Reports re. 1945-1950
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3751 File 7233-40
Open
Trials in Belgium of collaborators with enemy forces - Information provided by Canadians for use in
trials. 1945-1948
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3809 File 8384-40
Open
Service in enemy forces-status,
assistance immigration of persons who have been in services of
enemy govts - Policy & regulations. 1947-1951
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3556 File
939-C-40
Restricted
by law
Service in enemy forces - Status, assistance, immigration, etc., of persons who have been in the
services of enemy governments - Policy and regulations file. 1952-
RG25-G-2 Vol. 6341 File 939-C-40
Restricted by law
U.N. War Crimes Commission – Establishment and activities. 1942-
1959 Brief description: See link for more
complete references
RG25-G-2 Restrictions vary
Establishment of international
court for the trial of war criminals and international military tribunal
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3182 File
4896-40
Restricted
by law
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for trial of major war criminals -
Proposals. 1943-1946
Establishment of international
court for the trial of war criminals and international military tribunal for trial of major war criminals –
Proposals [pocket]. 1943-1946
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3183 File
4896-40
Restricted
by law
Investigation of I.G. Farben. 1945-
1962
RG25-G-2 Vol. 3793 File
8216-40
Restricted
by law
Deputy Minister's registry files:
immigration (block 3)
Brief description: See link for lower level descriptions and more complete references
RG26-A-1-c Restrictions
vary
Example of file in above series:
Enemy Aliens - Admission to Canada of. 1940-1951
RG26-A-1-d Vol. 151 File
3-32-11
Open
Censorship rpts - 21 A Gp 16 Apr/31 Jul45 (3 vols.) 153/Censor
Reports/1/3). 1945
RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10548 File 215A21.023 (D2)
Open
ATROCITIES & WAR CRIMES, Enemy (Nov 45) - Misc infm re:
including, Instrs for Firing Squads; Reports of atrocities - "Wanted"
persons, etc.; Alleged murder of Brit Paratroops on "D" Day at
Herouvillette, Calvados, France, etc. (104/SECURITY/1-2) 1945
RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10566 File 215C1. (D13)
Open
ENEMY NATIONALISTS (Oct/Nov
45) - Infm re War Crimes, "Wanted" Persons Lists.
(104/SECURITY/1-4) 1945
RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10566
File 215C1. (D15)
Open
PW CAMPS - Lists of Forced Labor,
PW and Internment Camps in Germany, Austria & Poland, also
Camp strengths and Locations, 1944-45 (59-17-1/Int) 1944-1945
RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10717
File 215C1.98 (D408)
Open
WAR CRIMINALS - Corresp, msgs,
instrs, lists of wanted persons, policy etc war criminals - May/Nov
45 various sources. - (145/War Criminals/1) 1945
RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10738
File 219C1.009 (D217)
Open
Report of Special Investigations [Reports on investigations into travel bureau and agents dealing
with immigration and persons
RG26-A-1-a vol. 85 File 1-37-8
Open
44
assisting with immigrationl
transcripts of interrogations of persons involved in immigration irregularities]. 1953-1955
RCMP Surveillance Intelligence, War Criminal Gestapo. 1974-1979
RG73-A Vol. 903 File 11-97 Pt. 1
Restricted by law
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Private records
Description File Number Status
Fonds Marie-Claire Daveluy “Rumilly, Robert.” 1935-1952 Correspondance qui touche sur
Jacques de Bernonville.
R11856/LMS-0009, Vol. 6 file 39
Open
Herbert S. Levy fonds MG31-H156 /R4193,
Vols. 6-8
Restricted by
creator/
donor
Sol Littman fonds
Brief description: Consult finding aid for more detailed references
R2958 Restricted by creator/
donor Textual
records:
microform
Open, no
copying
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
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Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals [Deschênes Commission]
The Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals, also known as the Deschênes Commission, was an independent Commission of Inquiry established in 1985 to
investigate the charge that a considerable number of Nazi war criminals had gained admittance to Canada through a variety of illegal or fraudulent means. The
Commission was headed by Mr. Jules Deschênes, a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Quebec, and it was given wide powers to conduct its investigation, including the power to travel outside Canada.
The report of the Commission was submitted to the government at the end of 1986,
and the Government tabled the public portion of the Report [Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals, Part 1: Public] on 12 March 1987 together with its response to the recommendations.
The Report recommended amendments to the Criminal Code to make prosecution
possible in Canada, amendments to the Extradition Act and treaties of extradition to facilitate removal of individuals sought by foreign countries for war crimes, and amendments to laws and procedures governing denaturalization (removal of
citizenship) and deportation.
Government records
Description File Number Status
War Crimes Section, Department
of Justice fonds. 1939-2010
RG13/R188-119-6-F Restricted by
law
War Crimes and Special
Investigations Unit. 1985-1995
RG18/ R196-192-9-E Restricted by
law
Military Actions – War Crimes and
Criminals- Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals – Mutual
Cooperation in the prosecution of War Criminals. 1963-1994
Brief description: See link for more complete references
RG25 -A-3-C File block
21-10
Restricted by
law
NAZI War criminals in Canada: The historical and policy setting
from the 1940s to the present- prepared for the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals by Alti
Rodal: September 1986 – Rodal, A.
RG25-A-4 Vol. 21930 Restricted by law
Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals fonds . 1985-1986
RG33-144/R1079 Open
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Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Private records
Description File Number Status
John Turner fonds
“Deschenes Commission”
MG26 Q7/R106904 Vol.
4 File 8
Closed by
creator/donor
Ukrainian Canadian Student Union
fonds Deschenes Commission. 1985-1986
MG28 V103/R9107 Vol.
52 Files 11-12
90: Open
B’nai Brith Canada fonds “League Studies” on the
Deschenes Commission and War Criminals. 1981-1987
MG28 V133/R6348 Vols. 107-108
Restricted by creator/
donor
German Canadian Congress fonds Deschenes Commission and
Criminal Code Amendments - correspondence. 1985-1991
MG28 V 160 Vol. 39 File 21/R4459
Open
David Matas fonds War crimes series. 1946-1991
MG31 E109/ R5053 Vol. 54-60
Restricted by creator/ donor
John Sopinka fonds [86-20-B] Deschênes Inquiry -
"Deschênes Commission" Address – Ukranian [sic] Professional &
Busines [sic] Club - L'Hôtel - 24 January 1986 - 6:30pm
MG31-E120/R1312 Vol. 23 File 2
Open
W. Gunther Plaut fonds CJC - Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals - Correspondence –
Reports. 1985-1986
MG31-F6/R5917 Vol. 219 File 18
Restricted by creator/ donor
File Deschênes Commission -
Correspondence – Information. 1986-1987
MG31-F6/R5917 Vol. 224
File 7
Restricted by
creator/ donor
Deschênes Commission Report. 1987
MG31-F6/R5917 Vol. 224 File 8
Restricted by creator/
donor
Donald Mazankowski fonds
“Priorities and Planning Committee and Planning Sub-Committee,” 1987.
MG32 B57/R8096, Vol.
267 Files 3-7
Closed by
creator/donor
Michael Wilson fonds R1360, Vol. 159, file 9 To be determined
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Deschenes Commission. 1985-
1987
Canadian Civil Liberties
Association fonds, Criminal Law
R9833 Vol. 63 File 4 Restricted by
creator/ donor
Paul Yuzyk fonds, Files received in 1986 from Senate
MG32-C67/R6782, Vols. 63-68
Restrictions vary
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
Littman, Sol. War criminal on trial: Rauca of Kaunas.
Margolian, Howard. Unauthorized entry: the truth about Nazi war criminals in Canada, 1946–1956.
Matas, David with Susan Charendoff. Justice delayed: Nazi war criminals in Canada.
Rodal, Alti. Nazi war criminals in Canada: the historical and policy setting from the 1940s to the present, prepared for the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Holocaust denial
Government records
Description File Number Status
Supreme Court of Canada
See the following references:
case files
Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the
Queen
RG 125 Vol. 7755 File
31775
Closed
Ernst Zundel v. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, et al.
RG 125 Vol. 7268 File 30720
Open
Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the
Queen
RG 125 Vol. 7131 File
30427
Open
Ernst Zundel v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, et al.
RG 125 Vol. 7092 File 30360
Open
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Ernst Zundel v. Sabina Citron, et
al.
RG 125 Vol. 6150-6151
File 28009
Open
Ernst Zundel v. Sabina Citron, et al.
RG 125 Vol. 6150 File 28008
Open
Ernst Zundel v. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, et al.
RG 125 Vol. 6141 File 27977
Open
Ernst Zundel v. Don Boudria, et al.
RG 125 Vol. 6041 File
27655
Open
Ernst Zundel v. Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration
RG 125 Vol. 5661 File
26417
Open
Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the Queen
RG 125 Vol. 3998-4000 File 21811
Open
Her Majesty the Queen v. Ernst
Zundel
RG 125 Vol. 3635 File
20310
Open
Her Majesty the Queen, et al. v. James Keegstra, et al.
RG 125 Vol. 4975 File 24296
Open
James Keegstra v. Her Majesty the
Queen
RG 125 Vol. 4417 File
22455
Open
Her Majesty the Queen v. James Keegstra
RG 125 Vol. 3822 and 3823 File 21118
Open
Ross v. New Brunswick School District No. 15 (aka Attis v.
Human Rights Commission of New Brunswick, et al.)
RG 125 Vol. 4873 File 24002
Open
Malcolm Ross v. Minister of
Labour, et al.
RG 125 Vol. 3951 File
21638
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Private records
Description File Number Status
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John Sopinka fonds
Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the Queen, et al. (Crim.) (Ont.) (21811) August 27, 1992 [pt 1].
R1312 Vol. 12, file 21 Closed by
creator/donor
Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the Queen, et al. (Crim.) (Ont.)
(21811) August 27, 1992 [pt 2].
R1312 Vol. 12, file 22 Closed by
creator/donor
Sol Littman fonds, Holocaust Denial and Historical Revisionism series
R2958, Vols. 45-50 Restricted by creator/ donor
Bert Raphael fonds, Jewish Civil Rights Educational Foundation
series
MG31-H189/R4877, Vols. 3-5
To be determined
Herbert S. Levy fonds, Race
relations and subject files series
MG31-H156/R4193 Vols.
6-8
Restricted by
creator/ donor
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Audiovisual sources
Description File Number Status
Charles McLean Show. David
Irving and Bernie Farber . 1990
Acc. 2006-0008 ISN
370604 Consultation copies:
370604-2006-0008-26-S1.mp3
370604-2006-0008-26-S2.mp3 370604-2006-0008-27-
S1.mp3 370604-2006-0008-27-
S2.mp3 370604-2006-0008-28-
S1.mp3 370604-2006-0008-28-S2.mp3
Restricted by
donor
W5 – Case of Malcolm Ross. 1988 Acc. 1998-0214 ISN 87359
No consultation copy
Open
Forgetting the Holocaust.
Canadian Association of Broadcasters. 1994
Acc. 1996-0463 ISN
265594. Consultation copy: 265594-1996-0463-
06.mp3
Open
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Zündel, Ernst - Press Conference.
1998
Acc. 2000-0010 ISN
331575 No existing consultation copy
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Published references
Hoffman, Michael A. The great holocaust trial.
Weimann, Gabriel and Conrad Wim. Hate on trial the Zundel affair, the media, public opinion in Canada.
Holocaust studies and Jewish response
Private records
Description File Number Status
Emil L. Fackenheim fonds MG31-D74/R4535 Restrictions
vary
B’nai Brith Canada fonds, League
studies
MG28 V133 vol. 107 and
108
Restricted by
creator/ donor
W. Gunther Plaut fonds MG31-F6/R5917 Restrictions vary
Reuben Slonim fonds MG31-F7/R6284 Restrictions vary
Reuven P. Bulka fonds MG31-F14/R4259 Restrictions vary
Dow Marmur fonds MG31-F19/R3641 Restrictions vary
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
Search Amicus under Emil Fackenheim for complete listings:
Fachenheim, Emil. An epitaph for German Judaism: from Halle to Jerusalem.
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Fackenheim, Emil. To mend the world: foundations of post-Holocaust Jewish thought.
Fackenheim, Emil. The human condition after Auschwitz: a Jewish testimony
a generation after.
Fackenheim, Emil. L. The Jewish return into history: reflections in the age of
Auschwitz and a new Jerusalem. Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Responses in art, literature and music
Performance
Description File Number Status
Gretl K. Fischer fonds MG31-D99 Vol. 1 Open
Poster for theatre performance of
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
MG31-F14/R4259, Box
2000949805
Open
Poster for Shoah: a film by Claude
Lanzmann
RG149/R854-35-0-E
1989-482-59
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Audiovisual sources
Plays, television dramatizations and feature films about the Holocaust
Description File Number Status
The Paranormals. Part 2, The Throw of the Dice. CBC Playhouse. 1978
Acc. 1980-0106 ISN 256297 No existing consultation
copy
Open
A Moment in the Light, Midweek
Theatre. 1965
Acc. 1985-0268 ISN
2150 No existing consultation
copy
Open
Emotional Arithmetic. 2007 Acc. 2007-0113 ISN
382552 No existing consultation copy
Open
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Fugitive Pieces. 2007 Acc. 2008-0017 ISN
388331 No existing consultation copy
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Documentaries about the Holocaust
Description File Number Status
Raoul Wallenberg Buried Alive.
1984
Acc. 1989-0438 ISN.
138611 Consultation Copy: V1 9801-0003
Open
To Mend the World. Rasky's Gallery: Poets, Painters, Singers
and Saints. 1988
Acc. 1988-0372 ISN 101778
No existing consultation copy
Open
A Day in the Warsaw Ghetto - A Birthday Trip in Hell. 1991
Acc. 1992-0197 ISN 200462
No existing consultation copy
Open
Hate and Heroism : The Holocaust 50 Years Later. 1994
Acc. 1996-0463 ISN 265593 Consultation copies:
265593-1996-0463-05-S1.mp3; 265593-1996-
0463-05-S2.mp3
Open
Zyklon Portrait. 1999 Acc. 2001-0184 ISN
329906 Consultation copy: V1 2002-01-0019
Open
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The Boys of Buchenwald: From
Darkness into Light. 2001
Acc. 2004-0022 ISN
350655 Consultation copy: V1 2004-07-0024
Open
Le Coeur d’Auschwitz. 2008/2010 Acc. 2011-0020 ISN 431588
No existing consultation copy
Open
Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story. Part 1 of 2. 2003
Acc. 2005-0253 ISN 367224
Consultation copy: V1 2005-11-0003
Open
Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story. Part 2 of 2. 2003
Acc. 2005-0253 ISN 367226 No existing consultation
copy
Open
Silent Song. 2001 Acc. 2003-0015 ISN
340664 No existing consultation
copy
Open
The Walnut Tree. 2000 Acc. 2001-0184 ISN
329907 Consultation copy: V1 2002-01-0019
Open
Inside Hana’s Suitcase. 2007 Acc. 2009-0072 ISN 419977
Consultation copy: V1 2009-09-0117
Open
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Musical responses to the Holocaust
Classical music
Description File Number Status
Brian Cherney fonds Shekhinah. Manuscript, musical
score for solo viola
R12812 Vol. 41 file 6 Open
Oskar Morawetz fonds
From the Diary of Anne Frank
R4538 Open
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Brief description: Published annotated musical score for voice and
orchestra, see pdf file, nos 262 and 263
From the diary of Anne Frank sound recording
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
I never saw another butterfly [music]: a cycle of songs to children's poems (1942–1944) from the concentration camp at Terezin
by Srul Irving Glick
CBC commissioned Glick to write this work for Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester. Published reference: published vocal score
Popular music
Red Sector A, a song written and performed by the Canadian rock band Rush. The
Holocaust song, included on the band’s 1984 album Grace Under Pressure, was
written after hearing the story of the liberation of lead-singer Geddy Lee's mother,
Manya Rubenstein, from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Published reference: sound recording
Lunatic Fringe, a song written and performed by the Canadian band Tom
Cochrane and Red Rider, was inspired by the Holocaust and included on the band’s
1981 album release As Far As Siam.
Published reference: sound recording
Artistic responses
William Kurelek sketchbook
MG31-D231/R4640 Vol. 16 Items 28.1 -- 28.14
Open
Published reference: literary, artistic and educational responses to the
Holocaust
Literary
Berlinski, S. A dor fun Bereshis. Minkhen: [s.n.], 1947.
Brief description: Early fiction about the Holocaust in Yiddish
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Bialer, Leib. Oysge.trif.te likh.t: a matseyveh ...[Paris]: Aroysgegebn durkh a grupe
frayn.t, [1949].
Brief description: Poems mourning the losses inflicted upon survivors because of
the Holocaust
Blumental, Nachman. Shmuesn .vegn der Yidisher li.teratur un.ter der Day.tsher
o.kupatsye. Buenos-Ayres: Tsentral-farband fun Poylishe Yidn in Argentine, 1966.
Brief description: On Yiddish literature written under Nazi occupation
Charney. Daniel. Lider/illustrated by Benn. Pariz: Farlag fun A. B. Tserata, 1950.
Brief description: Limited edition of plated drawings by Benn, a Holocaust
survivor
Kiyem: .hoydesh zshurnal far li.teratur, .kul.tur un gezelshaf.tlekhe problemen,.
Pariz: aroysgegebn durkh .Kul.turtsen.ter bay der Federatsye fun Yidish
gezelshaf.tn in Frankraykh, 1948–
Brief description: Includes works by Yehude Elberg, Rachel H. Korn
Knapheys, M. Megiles Yid: blider, baladn, poemen. .Varshe: Farlag "Dos Naye Lebn,
"1948.
Brief description: Poetry and personal narrative of survivor
Rosenfarb, Chava. Ge.to un andere lider: boykh fragmen.tn fun a tog bukh.
Montreal: H. Hershman, 1948.
Brief description: Poetry and fragments of a diary
Za.k, Avraham. Mit ash oyfn .kop. Lodzsh: Farlag “Dos Naye Leben,” 1947.
Brief description: Holocaust poetry
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Visual: early Holocaust photo documentation
Undzer .hurbn in bild. Our Destruction in Pictures. Bergn-Belzn: Aroysgeber
Tsen.tal .komi.te.t fun di bafray.te Yidn in der Britisher zone, 1946 (Farlag “Undzer
sh.time”).
Brief description: Early photo documentation of the Holocaust. Text in Yiddish,
Hebrew, English and German
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Zaglada Zydostwa Polskiego: Album Zdje’c. Extermination of Polish Jews: Album of
Pictures. Lódz: Centralna Zydowska Komisja Historyczna w Polsce, 1945.
Brief description: Early photo documentation of the Holocaust
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
Visual: livres d’artistes, secondary sources on Holocaust art, etc.
Allied Jewish Community Services (Montreal, Quebec) and Montreal Holocaust
Memorial Centre Résistance spirituelle, 1940–1945: l'art dans les camps de
concentration et les ghettos = Spiritual resistance, 1940-1945: art from
concentration camps and ghettos
Fournier, Jacques. Le 6 avril 1944/[original photography by Edward Hillel;
[Montréal]: Éditions Roselin, 1999.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/livres-d-artistes/026001-2080-
e.html?PHPSESSID=m54hf6dereku7v0jgtr2c2kh40 (image on archived LAC
website)
Kashetsky, Herzl. A prayer for the dead the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 16 March – 11
May 1997: the New Brunswick Museum, 17 May – 4 August 1997.
Lerner, Loren L. & C Garayt (tranlator). Afterimage: evocations of the Holocaust in contemporary Canadian arts and literature= Rémanences : évocations de l'Holocauste dans les arts et la littérature canadiens contemporains.
Lewis, Stephen (interviewer). Art out of agony: the Holocaust theme in literature,
sculpture and film. Montreal: CBC Enterprises, 1984.
Mendzshitski, Moris. Dem onden.k fun di mar.tirer un kemfer fun .Varshever ge.to: eyn-un draysi.k tseykhenungen. Pariz:Oyfsnay, 1950.
Musiol, Marie Jeanne. In the shadow of the forest: Auschwitz-Birkenau. [Hull, Quebec: M.-J. Musiol, 1998]
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive
list. Further research may be required.
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Educational
Peli. Moshe. Gibore ha-geto: pirke kriah le-kitolt ha-nemukhot. New York: Histadruth Ivrith of America; Montreal: Canadian Association for Hebrew Education and Culture, 1963.
Brief description: School book on the Warsaw Ghetto intended for elementary
school children learning Hebrew]
General tools and sources for information on the Holocaust
Berenbaum, Michael and Fred Skolnik (editors). Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. [computer file]
Berenbaum, Michael and Fred Skolnik. (editors) Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed.
Candian theses = Thèses canadiennes. Canadian universities participate in a program voluntarily by submitting approved theses and dissertation to Theses Canada. They exist in microform or digital
formats. Please consult Theses Portal:
Search AMICUS according to the key word “Canadian theses = Thèses canadiennes”
as well as another keyword such as “Holocaust” for listing of holdings. Below is an
example:
Ravvin. Norman. Countering the concentration camp world [microform]: ethical response to the Holocaust in Canadian and American fiction.
Edelheit, Abraham J. Bibliography on Holocaust literature
Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of the Holocaust.
Hilberg, Raul. The destruction of the European Jews.
Hundert, Gershon David (ed) The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Kremer, Lillian (ed.). Holocaust literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work
Holocaust literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work.
Marrus, Michael R., The Holocaust in history.
Menkis, Richard and Ronnie Tessler and Frieda Miller. Canada responds to the
Holocaust 1944 to 1945. Brief description: electronic resource
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Rudin, Claire (ed.). Children's books about the Holocaust: a selective annotated
bibliography.
Tyrnauer, Gabrielle. Gypsies and the Holocaust: a bibliography and introductory
essay.
Klein, Ruth (ed.) Nazi Germany, Canadian responses: confronting antisemitism in
the shadow of war.