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Posing with wartime letter

How a Jewish RCAF airman’s wartime love letter was restored to his Toronto sons, 74 years after it was written

August 3, 2017 Leave a comment

Two sets of cufflinks. Some WWll service medals. A watch. A few photographs. Until now, these were all the physical…

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Filed under: Abe Colman, canadian jewish news, Eleanor Maxwell, Gene Colman, Jack Colman, Jewish War Veteran, Martin Maxwell, Neil Colman, North York, Palmerston Boulevard, RCAF

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  1. Ellin speaks at Flashback February in Picton, Ontario Monday Feb. 17, 2020 about the Fighting Fascism and the Nazis in WWII

    February 17, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST

  2. Ellin speaks to the Canadian Club at Century Village East about the end of WWII and Liberation of Holland and Bergen Belsen

    February 24, 2020 @ 12:00 am - 7:00 pm EST

  3. Ellin speaks about the Liberation of Holland and the end of WWII at a Jewish women’s club March 22, 2019

    March 22, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

  4. Ellin brings the story of Canada’s fighting WWII Jewish soldiers to Sarnia on Tuesday March 31, 2020

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