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Letter

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
May 11, 1948 (indexed as 1948)
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item
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1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. Paper printed with letterhead of the Judische Gemeinde (Communal Association of Central European Jews) in Shanghai. Document is a letter which certifies that Salomon and Sara Heiss, with their daughter Erika, have lived in Shanghai since January 1939 as political refugees from Austria. The letter also states that the family has a good reputation. Narrative: Salomon and Sara Heiss were the parents of the donor, Erika Bloom. The Heiss family fled Nazi-occupied Vienna in 1938, after Salomon was arrested and detained in Dachau for 3 days. They survived the war in Shanghai, immigrated to Israel in 1949, and eventually settled in Montreal.
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Letter : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple ; Ht: 10 3/4 in. x W: 8 3/8 in.
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textual record
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JUEDISCHE GEMEINDECOMMUNAL ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN JEWSSHANGHAI, May 11th, 1948.416/22 TONGSHAN ROADTEL. 50192To the American Consulate General Shanghai.Dear Sirs,This is to certify thatMr. Salomon HEISS,born in Stanislau on November 20th,1902his wife Mrs. Sara HEISS née HERMANborn in Horylady on July 1st,1904his daughter Erika HEISSborn in Vienna on June 17th,1938residing in Shanghai at 21/12 Wayside Road, arrived in Shanghai in January 1939 as political refugees from Austria.They have been members of the Communal Association of Central European Jews since 1939.We do not know anything detrimental to their reputation.Yours faithfullyJUEDISCHE GEMEINDE Communal Association of Central European JewsSara Dubinski, secretary.COMMUNAL ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN JEWS - SHANGHAIRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
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English
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