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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: August 31, 1949 (indexed as 1949)
Level: item
Scope & content: Pre-printed information card. Black ink circular postal ink stamp with date and place on top right corner; brown postal stamp with image of a church and number 4 on top right corner. Purpple ink stamp for IRO on bottom left side. Addressed to Emil Kroo in Fürth regarding his status as refugee and informatoin on how to get help from the International Refugee Organization. Narrative: Donor Emil Kroo is a Holocaust survivor originally from Munkacz (Czech Republic). Emil was in terned in a slave labour cmap in Hungary until 1944. He later met his wife Rosa Magien in Romania. After the war they were in a displaced persons camp in Fürth, Germany. Emil Kroo was the Vice-President of the Central Committee of liberated Jews in the American Zone of Germany. They immigrated to New York in 1950 before settling in Montreal.
In the picture: Clerk Document Envelope Handwritten Immigration Jewish Community Letter Postage Stamp Postcard Postmark Printed StampTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Extent: Postcard : Paper ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 5 3/4 in.
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Postcard; Document
Text in the image: Für den Briefträger:Falls verzogen, bitte nachsenden.Falls unbekannt, bitte zurück anden Absender.WÜRZBU31.6.49DEUTSCHE POSTMrKroo EmilJewish CommunityFürthIROInternationale Flüchtlings OrganisationControl CenterWürzburg-ZellNorthern Caserne31.8.494Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: German
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