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Letter

itemSeptember 10, 1947

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Letter
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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
September 10, 1947 (indexed as 1947)
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Letter : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : off-white, black, purple ; Ht: 16,5 cm x W: 20,5 cm
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1 page. One-sided offical letter receive by Mr. Prussin, Max Mondschein's cousin. The coat of arms of Canada is on the t.l. corner. On the t.r. corner is the reference No. 659007. The document is a letter from C.E.S Smith, the commissioner of immigration of the Departement of Mines and Resources regarding Max Mondschein's immigration to Canada Narrative: Max Mondschein was born in Husiatyn (Austro-Hungarian Empire, later Poland, today Ukraine) on 1908-03-16. He moved to Vienna (Austria) early in life. On 1939-09-11, Max Mondschein was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp as a political prisoner. He was transferred to Auschwitz on 1942-10 where he received the Prisoner Number: 68 585. He was transported to Buna to serve as forced laborer for the I.G. Farben chemical industry from 1942-12 to 1944-12. From 1944-12 to 1945-04, he was confined in a camp near the town for Ellrich, Germany. He was used as forced laborer in the Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg concentration camp in 1945-04 and was liberated on 1945-05-02. After the war, he lived in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany where he met his wife Renia Maszenberg. He came to Canada in October 1947 and settled in Montreal.
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Department of Mines and ResourcesIMMIGRATION BRANCHIN YOUR REPLY REFER TONo. 659007CANADACOMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATIONOTTAWA,September 10th, 1947.Commissioner.Dear Sir,-This will acknowledge your letter of September 5th, concerning the case of Mr. Maier Max Mondschein.Upon reviewing the record of this case I am pleased to inform you the Department is prepared to accept Mr. Mondschein under the provisions of P.C. 2180 as a displaced person. Appropriate instructions are being sent to the Departmental Representative in Germany to enable him to take suitable action subject to the health of this young man.Yours very truly,C.E.S. Smith,S. Prussin, Esq.,Vice-President,TAF Distributing Incorporated,455 Craig Street West,Montreal, 1, P.Q.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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