Obituary: Stanley Diamond, 91, a Montreal businessman-turned-genealogist whose research changed lives
His index of Polish Jews connected families who were separated during the Holocaust.
Amateur genealogists can now contribute to Holocaust records thanks to Stanley Diamond’s JRI-Poland working with Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem—the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem—and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland (JRI), a non-profit organization co-founded and headed by Stanley Diamond of Montreal, announced a landmark agreement to partner through technology. The partnership recognizes the importance of amateur genealogists in advancing Yad Vashem’s mission when their contribution is supported by hard data and does not […]
The Canadian behind an unlikely family reunion
The meeting in Israel last month between 102-year-old Holocaust survivor Eliahu Pietruszka and the nephew he had never seen has a Canadian connection.
Montrealer receives medal from Governor General
Stan Diamond received the Meritorious Service Medal for his role in genealogical project.
Montreal genealogist had key role in case of world’s oldest man
The designation earlier this month of a 112-year-old Israeli Holocaust survivor as the world’s oldest living man by Guinness World Records would not have been possible without the sleuthing of Stanley Diamond
