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Letter

itemMay 1, 1940

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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 1, 1940 (indexed as 1940)
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Letter : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue ; Ht: 8 7/8 in. x W: 6 in.
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1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. Printed on letterhead of Ernest Oury, in Brussels. Document is a letter to Tuwja Bercovicz (spelled Bercovitch here), regarding his naturalization. Mr. Oury asks that they meet so that he can examine Mr. Berkowicz's file. Narrative: Tuwja (Tuwyas, Tuwia, Tuvia, Tobias) Bercowicz (Berkowicz) was the father of the donor, Jack (Jacques) Berkowicz. Born in Vilna, Tuwyas immigrated to Belgium in 1933 and when Belgium fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, he fled to France, hoping to reach Morocco by boat from Marseilles. The donor's mother, Chana (Chane, Annie) (Trompeter) Berkowicz, born in Mielec, Poland, was living in Vienna, Austria with her parents and two sisters. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, the family fled, driving to France via Belgium. Tuwyas and Chana met in Lyon, France in 1941 and married. Their daughter Dorothée was born in 1942. The family attempted to flee France by boat in Marseilles, but were stopped by Vichy police. They fled Marseilles and went south, into the Pyrenees region, living in various small vilages. Their son Jack was born in Bernac-Dessus in 1944. The family survived the war and returned to Brussels from 1945-1948, and then immigrated to Canada with the help of the American Joint Distribution Committee. They were sponsored by Tuwyas' sister Luba, who was already living in Halifax. The Berkowicz family settled in Montreal.
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TÉLÉPHONE: 11.06.32ERNEST OURY33.Bd DE WATERLOOBRUXELLES, LE 1er mai 1940Monsieur,à Monsieur BERCOVITCHRaff. & Sucreries du Grand PontGEMBLOUXAdresse télégraphique: OURYDOM BRUXELLESJ'ai bien reçu votre lettre relative à votre naturalisation et verrai bien volontiers Monsieur le Ministre Janson à ce sujet.Mais, il faudrait naturellement que j'aie vue votre dossier pour voir s'il est complet afin de ne pas faire inutilement cette démarche.Si vous voulez passer à mon bureau vendredi prochain 3 courant au début de la matinée, nous pourrons examiner ensemble cette question.Veuillez agréer, Monsieur, mes salutations distinguées.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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French
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