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Burstyn family collection
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1 cm of textual records. -- 3 photographs
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Issy (Isadore) Burstyn, born Jakubek (Jacob) Burstyn, was born in Poland ca. 1930 to Shlama and Necha Burstyn, the owners of a bakery in Otwock, sixteen miles from Warsaw. Burstyn's parents and his brothers, Chaim and Meyer, were interred at Treblinka ca. 1942 and Burstyn lived in hiding in the village of Zawadzka, sheltered by a farmer named Glupianka. Burstyn's family died at Treblinka and in 1948, with the aid of the Canadian Jewish Congress, he immigrated to Canada, settling in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He moved to Lethbridge, Alberta soon after and began working as a salesman for Maurice Green. In 1951 he moved to Edmonton to manage the company's new store, and in 1955 he married Florence Garbuz. Garbuz was born on May 21, 1930 in Pinsk, Poland and immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta with her mother and brother in 1948. Issy and Florence Burstyn had three children, Shawn, Nora, and Lily. In 1956 the Burstyns opened Quality Shoes, and in 1960 they opened Vogue Shoes, eventually having several stores in Edmonton. The stores were sold ca. 1995 and Issy Burstyn switched to real estate, purchasing several residential developments in Calgary, Alberta and commercial property in Edmonton. He also founded the Auschwitz Awareness Society along with Polish Catholic survivor Sigmund Sherwood Sobiliski in 1987. The Burstyns travelled to Israel on a number of occasions, and Florence Burstyn joined the Israeli Army as a volunteer in 1996. She died in a traffic accident in 2001, survived by her husband.
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The collection consists materials collected by JAHSENA dating from [19?-}-2006, including newspaper clippings about the Burstyn family, a condolence card, and photographs of Issy Burstyn.
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The material was collected by JAHSENA..
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- The material is in English.
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Record No. BUR.01.1<br><br>
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- Burstyn (family) (Subject)
- Burstyn, Florence (Subject)
- Burstyn, Issy (Subject)