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- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- September 20, 1951 (indexed as 1951)
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- item
- Scope & content
- Letter folded in half vertically and twice horizontally. Blanket letter from American Embassy re: application for immigration to United States of America for Liselotte Goldhill. Letter informs Liselotte that her application for American residency has been put in a list, but it will be some time before it is reviewed. She is ordered not to continue with her application until instructed. Narrative: Charlotte Urban, originally called Liselotte Goldberger, was born in 1919 in Vienna, Austria. Her parents were Yaakob and Franzi Goldberger. She lived with her family in an apartment on Staudinger Gasse in Brigittenau, which was a mostly-Jewish area. She considered herself more Viennese, and her first language was German. In a statement she says she remembers when the Germans invaded Austria during the Anschluss. One day, she and her mother were ordered out of their building by the SA and forced to scrub the pavement in front of a crowd. Afterwards the commander wrote them a receipt for their work on a piece of cigarette paper. Charlotte kept it until her death. Her father had made it to England, and was working to get her and her mother visa. He was away during the Kristallnacht. They remained safe because their land lady, Frau Grabner, had a son in the Nazi party and would use that to discourage troops from coming into their room. When Charlotte got her papers her mother decided to stay with her family. They parted at the station, and Charlotte never saw her again. Liselotte later discovered that her mother had been deported to Theresienstadt in October 1942. Charlotte changed her name to Charlotte Goldhill and married Joseph Urban in 1951. She became a Canadian citizen in 1959.
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- DocumentGovernmentImmigrationLetterLetterheadSignatureTypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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- Letter : Paper : Typewritten ; Ht: 25,2 cm x W: 20,2 cm
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- EJC/aisAMERICAN EMBASSYCONSULAR SECTION1 Grosvenor Square, London, W. 1.Miss Liselotte ColdhillSeptember 20, 1951.Very truly yours,American ConsulSir/Madam:Reference is made to your application for registration for an immigration visa to enter the United States for permanent or indefinite residence.As you are chargeable to a quota which is over-subscribed, which means that many years some time may elapse before consideration may be given to your case, your name has been placed on the waiting list of persons waiting the issuance of visas under that quota:Your quota is: AUSTRIANDate of registration: August 29, 1951.When it appears likely that your turn will be reached within a reasonable period of time, you will be informed of the documentary requirements. Do not submit any documents until requested.Notify this office immediately of any change of address, of any change in your marital status, birth or death in your family, or postponement or abandonment of your desire to emigrate to the United States.Your priority is established by your date of registration on the waiting list. Consular officers are required by law to adhere strictly to the dates of registration, which cannot be changed. You will therefore understand that a request for consideration before your turn is reached cannot, under any circumstances, be considered.It is not possible to indicate, even approximately, how long you may have to wait before your turn is reached.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Language
- English
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- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
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