Canadian Jewish Casualties in the Armed Forces
Our data on Canadian Jewish casualties in the Canadian Armed
Forces consists of records of servicemen who died while serving in
World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. In addition to the
date of death and place of burial, these records often include
additional biographical details such as war stories and
photographs.
This information is now available through the Canadian Jewish
Heritage Network's Family History
database.
To view all 578 records, link here.
To search the database by name, cemetery, or country, link
here. To ensure that only results pertaining to
casualties are retrieved, after entering your general search term,
narrow your search using the "Refine Results By" options on the
left of the screen, by checking "Canadian Jewish Military
Casualties" in the "Collections" tab and clicking on the blue
button below to apply the filter.
The information in this database was compiled and assembled by
Hélène Vallée, Archives Assistant at the Alex Dworkin Canadian
Jewish Archives (formerly the Canadian Jewish Congress CC National
Archives), with the help of volunteers Abe Bonder and Willie Glaser
in Montreal, and Gordon Jenkins in Ottawa. Additional technical
assistance was provided by Janice Rosen, Archives Director, and
Shirley Brodt (CJCCC Publications Department). The idea for the
project originated with Larry G. Rosenthal of Montreal and Ron
Singer, then-Director of Communications for the Canadian Jewish
Congress national office in Ottawa. Sources for this information
include the Archives' CJC War Efforts Department chaplaincy
records, series DA 18, Canadian Jews in World War II,
compiled by David Rome for Canadian Jewish Congress, 1947; The
British Jewry Book of Honour, published in 1926; The Jew
in Canada, by A. D. Hart, Jewish Publication Society,
Montreal/ Toronto, 1926; as well as these three web sites: the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), the
Canadian Virtual War Memorial, and Soldiers of the First World War (Library and
Archives Canada).