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Membership Acceptance Form
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Membership Acceptance Form

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
January 30, 1940 (indexed as 1940)
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Small form with perforated edge along bottom, two holes punched in left side. Application of membership for Isaac Isselbacher to the Order Achei Brith and Shield of Abraham. This document informs Isaac Isselbacher of his acceptance as a member. Herbert Isselbaecher applied for membership in order to receive Medical Insurance. Narrative: Isaac Herbert Isselbacher was born 1919-11-20 in Isselbach, Germany. His brother was Helmut Isselbacher, born 1921-12-20. Their father was Jacob Isselbacher, born 1883-08-05. They had an uncle and aunt, David and Betty Loewenstein, who lived in New York City with their two children. Isaac left Germany on 1939-07-29, hoping to join his relatives in NYC. He only had the time to get to London, England before the war broke out and started working in a factory. He was arrested at his workplace as an ‘enemy alien’ and sent to Canada for internment in 1940. Isaac was interned in Camp N in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was drafted into the Works Program Division for woodworking and net-making. In 1940, he received a last letter from his parents which suggested their imminent deportation. After his release, circa November 1942, Isaac worked as a locksmith. He married Fanny Azeff on 1943-12-26 at the Bnai Jacob synagogue in Montreal. Fanny was born on 1921-12-23 in Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Azeff. Isaac was naturalized as a Canadian citizen on 1946-06-08. Fanny was naturalized on 1946-08-30 (she had lost her citizenship by marrying Isaac). Isaac’s brother, Helmut Isselbacher, was deported with Transport XXII A from Dossin casern in Mechelen (Malines), Belgium to Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland on 1943-09-20. Of the 2,450 people on the transport, 100 men were selected to work –including Helmut- and the remaining prisoners were gassed. Helmut was made to work as a welder, and was soon fitting new pipes for the gas chamber. He suffered a nervous breakdown as a result. As he was a valued welder, he was transferred to a labour camp in Upper Silesia (Poland) where he remained for two years. As the Russian army advanced, the 6,000 prisoners of this camp were evacuated by train. Helmut remembered being forced to march as the other prisoners died from exhaustion. When liberation was announced, the survivors travelled by ship from Luebeck, Germany, to Sweden with the aid of the Red Cross. After recovery, Helmut decided to remain in Sweden as a welder. Upon learning of his brother’s survival, Helmut travelled to New York in April 1946 to meet with him and their Loewenstein relatives. Afterwards, Helmut travelled to Canada bringing with him a washing machine and bras as late wedding presents for his brother and Fanny. By 1946-08-12, their parents were presumed dead and the two sons inquired into their estate. They received a deed for the land and travelled to the estate to discover that the current owner of their house was their old maid and her son had become the town mayor. Various disputes arose with the current ‘owners’ who believed the Isselbacher family dead. Isaac wished to discuss a settlement, but the mayor’s mother –not realizing Fanny understood German- called the neighbours at work to warn them not to come home as the Isselbacher sons had resurfaced. Payment for the land had reportedly been sent to Israel, though no documentation could be provided.
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Membership Acceptance Form : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 12 cm x W: 17 cm
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Order "Achei Brith" and "Shield of Abraham"Registered under the Friendly Societies Act, No. 522 London.Approved under the National Insurance Act, No. 186.H. S. SCHILDKRAUT, GENERAL SECRETARY.Central Office: 11946, COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E.1.TELEPHONE No. ROYAL 6192.30 m Jan 1940Dear Sir (or Madam),Yours faithfully,H. S. SCHILDKRAUT,General Secretary.Name J. H. IsselbacherYour application for membership of the Society for National Health Insurance purposes has been considered, and you have been duly accepted. Please note that your membership number is 18132 and this should be given in all communications.As soon as your membership is registered, the local Insurance Committee will send you a Medical Card.The stamped insurance card should be sent to this office immediately after the expiry of the half-year.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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