Research guide to Holocaust-related holdings at Library and Archives Canada August 2013 Library and Archives Canada 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 2 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 ........................................................................................................................................