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Take a “virtual tour” of Normandy’s WW2 graveyards + “meet” Canada’s Jewish soldiers buried there

January 14, 2021 Leave a comment

Join Ellin LIVE on Friday January 29, 2021 at 9 a.m. Toronto time, when she is the special guest on…

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The Watchmaker of Normandy: Murray Jacobs

November 25, 2015 Leave a comment

Murray Jacobs, (Ellin Bessner photo). I had the honour to interview Murray Jacobs last December, 2014 at his Toronto home…

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Filed under: bayeux, Falaise, Jewish war veterans, Lt. Gen Guy Simonds, Murray Jacobs, normandy, Operation Totalize, Royal Canadian Legion, second world war, Wingate branch

Hometowns of Canadian Jewish Military Graves in Normandy, France from the Second World War

May 28, 2014 Leave a comment

                        Name Age Rank Death /burial TORONTO 1. George Meltz Son of Nathan and Rachel…

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Filed under: bayeux, beny sur mer, bretteville sur laize, calais, canadian jewish casualties, dday, hautot sur mer, normandy, ranville, RCAF, second world war
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Biographies by Cemetery of Canadian Jewish casualties in northern France during the Second World War

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Updated Sept. 2020 It was a chance visit to the grave of Bdr. George Meltz in 2011 at the Beny-sur-Mer…

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Filed under: bayeux, beny sur mer, biographies, bretteville sur laize, bubis, calais, canadian jewish casualties second world war, d-day, Dieppe, george meltz, gold, harris, juno beach, normandy, pascal, ranville, RCAF, spevak

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