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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: August 24, 1953 (indexed as 1953)
Level: item
Scope & content: One page. Handwritten letter from Ryszard Pasckowski to Chana (Anna) Zilberbogen (born Wartens) in Montreal. On top left is a header of Ryszard Pasckowski that informs that he is a lawyer. Two holes on top. Narrative: The Zilberbogen were a Jewish family originally from Warsaw (Poland). Mother Chana and daughters Elzbieta (born 1933) and Celinka (born 1937) moved to Belgium in 1939. The father, Szygmundt, an engineer, stayed in Poland. During the Second World War, the mother and daughters were first sent to Brens camp and then to Rivesaltes camp in the South of France before being released. Chana was then hospitalized and spent the war hidden in a Sanatorium in Mazamet from 1940 to 1947. Elzbieta and Celinka were hidden in various locations in the South of France, including a farm and different children's homes run by OSE. Szygmundt was killed in Poland. Chana and her daughters went back to live in Belgium after Liberation until immigrating to Canada in 1951.
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Extent: Letter : paper : beige, black, purple ; Ht: 14,8 cm x W: 20,2 cm
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Text in the image: RD. PASZKOWSKIADWOKATWarszawa, dn. 24.8.1953 rMrs Ch. Zilberbogen7272, Quebec Ave, apt. 8.Montreal, QueCanada.Querbes Ave, apt. 8.Szanowna Pani,stosownie do życzenia przesyłam list Pani z dn. 17.VI.1942 r. Dokumenty wystawiłem dn. 21.3. r.b. potwierdzia odbiorn ich dotychczas nie otrzymałem.-1 załącznik: list.Z poważaniemRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: Polish
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