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Book of Esther

Why a Canadian archive owns a rescued Purim scroll from WWII

February 23, 2021 Leave a comment

Soldier saved it from bombed-out building in Europe Many Allied veterans brought souvenirs back with them from the Second World…

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Filed under: Book of Esther, Jacob M Lowy Collection, Library and Archives Canada, Megillah, Michael kent, Purim

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  1. The Liberation of Holland and the end of WWll: Ellin speaks to the National Association of Federal Retirees, Peel/Halton branch

    April 29 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT

  2. ‘He wanted to save them all’: How Canadian soldiers liberated Europe + met the Holocaust Liberation75

    May 4 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

  3. Ellin speaks to Orillia’s Lake Country Probus on May 17 about the Liberation of Holland and the end of the Second World War

    May 17 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT

  4. Ellin speaks in Aurora May 26 about the Liberation of Holland in WWII and the Canadian Jewish fighters who were there

    May 26 @ 7:00 pm EDT

  5. Ellin brings the story of Canada’s Hidden WW2 Jewish Heroines to the Lindsay Women’s Probus Club Oct. 26

    October 26 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

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Ellin Bessner, Professor
Centennial College Journalism

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