Consent Form

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

[Prior to 1943] (indexed as 1943)

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item

Extent

Consent Form : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 17,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm

Scope & content

1 page, single-sided. Folded once vertically. Blank form for individuals interned in Canada to refuse consent to return voluntarily to the United Kingdom. A reason for refusal must be provided. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Document issued in an internment camp in Canada: either Camp B, New Brunswick, or Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.

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REFUSAL OF CONSENT TO RETURN TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, now interned atCampopportunity of returning to the United Kingdom for release or for enlistmentconsent to being returned to the United Kingdom, I hereby state that I WILLNOT CONSENT to my being returned to the United Kingdom voluntarily.Internee's Signature.Date:Witness' Signature.State reason for refusal, bearing in mind that, at the present time,the United States are not granting visas for immigration of persons internedin Canada, and also that the Canadian Government have not consented to anyinterned person being granted permission to take up residence in Canada.Reason:Have you ever had a quota number for immigration to the UnitedStates?, having been asked whether, in the event of my being afforded thein the A.M.P.C. or with a view to having my case reconsidered, I wouldRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

English

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