Oral History
The Legendary Boris Kaplan
A rare recording of Boris Kaplan, a Russian immigrant who arrived in Montreal in the early 1900s without a penny to his name and eventually...
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Business
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Oral History
Part I: Ruth Levy on Escaping the Nazis and Working in the Fur Business in Old Montreal
Listen to Joshua Levy and his grandmother Ruth Levy tell the story of Ruth's last-minute escape from Nazi Germany and her new life in Canada...
Oral History
Part II: Ruth Levy and the Decarie Hotel
Listen to Josh Levy and his grandmother Ruth recount stories from their family's hotel business during Expo 67.
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Alfred Bader – Camp I
Alfred Robert Bader (1924 – 2018) came to Canada a prisoner. By the end of his life, he had become a distinguished chemist, businessman, and...
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Alfred Bader – Wolff Family Home
Alfred Robert Bader (1924 – 2018) came to Canada a prisoner. By the end of his life, he had become a distinguished chemist, businessman, and...
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Martin Wolff – Residence
Martin Wolff (1881-1948) was an engineer, journalist, and an early community historian of Canada’s Jews. Born on December 16, 1881, in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, Wolff was...
