Postcard

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: January 30, 1940 (indexed as 1940)
Level: item
Scope & content: 1 page, double-sided. Folded once vertically. State emblem of Soviet Union printed in red at top left corner, recto. Postage stamp printed in red at top right corner, recto. Document is a postcard sent from Aron Bejlach to Meilach Magid in Montreal, Canada via Moscow. He writes that he and his family are alive and healthy, living in their house in Goni?dz. He is working in Stawiski as an accountant. He received Meilach's letter from Sheina in Goni?dz, and asks Meilach to keep writing at that address. Narrative: The donors parents were Meilach Magid and Yocheved Bejlach, both teachers. They came to Canada in 1921, returned to Poland, and then settled in Canada in 1924. Meilach was born in Knyszyn, Poland in 1894. He graduated from McGill in 1929. He was the principal of United Talmud Torah School and later founded Herzliah High School in 1946. Aron Bejlach (Beilach, Beylach) was Yocheved;s brother. His wife was Chaine (Shaine), they had daughters, and they lived in Goni?dz.
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Extent: Postcard : Cardboard : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Red, Black, ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 14,5 cm
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Postcard; Document
Text in the image: ПОЧТОВАЯ КАРТОЧКАCARTE POSTALEВ Канаду через МосквуMontreal P. Q. - canada4837 Hutchison ave 4.CanadaАрон Бейлах ГольцманБелостокской области Б.С.С.Р.4837 Hutchison apt 4.Арон Бейлах Гониковабелостокой области Б.Е.С.Р.КудаКомуАдрес отправителяAdresse de l'expéditeurRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: Russian
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