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Red cross correspondance. The letter has been folded horizontally and vertically on letterhead from the International Red Cross commitee. Addressed to Igor Rabinowicz c/o the Association of Jews in Belgium from the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem. The message is informing Icek Rabinowicz (on the letter he is misaddressed as "Igor") of his registration and number on the on the list of zionist veterans. Narrative: Donor is the son of Icek Rabinowicz and Mindla Rabinowicz (born Elgarten). Icek Rabinowicz was born in Ciechanow, Poland in 1919 and immigrated to Belgium with his family at the age of 10 years old. Icek remained in Belgium during the war. He survived by concealing his Jewish Identity and carried false identification papers. He was a member of the Belgian Resistance movement along with his future wife Mindla, whom he had met through a Jewish youth group. They married in Brussels in 1946 and had two children, Daniel and Élise Rabinowicz. The family immigrated to Canada in 1951, settling in Montréal, where Icek found work in his profession as a pursemaker. Mindla later went to University and obtained a degree as a translator
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Letter : Paper : typed, printed : Ink : beige, red, blue ; Ht: 21.5 cm x W: 13.8 cm
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COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX-ROUGEGENÈVE (Suisse)ImPa/BeFD/ABDEMANDEUR — ANFRAGESTELLER — ENQUIRERNom - NameAGENCE JUIVEPrénom - Vorname - Christian nameRue - Strasse - StreetLocalité - Ortschaft - LocalityJERUSALEMDépartement - Provinz - CountyPays - Land - CountryPalestineMessage à transmettre — Mitteilung — Message(25 mots au maximum, nouvelles de caractère strictement personnel et familial) — (nicht über 25 Worte, nur persönliche Familiennachrichten) - (not over 25 words, family news of strictly personal character).COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX-ROUGE GENÈVEDESTINATAIRE — EMPFÄNGER — ADDRESSÉERABINOWCZIgorc/o Association des Juifs en Belgique36 Bd d'AnversBRUXELLESProvince - Provinz - CountyBrabantBelgiqueANTWORT UMSEITIG Bitte sehr deutlich schreibenREPLY OVERLEAF Please write very clearlyDESTINATAIRE — EMPFÄNGER — ADRESSÉE61Message: veuillez informer Igor Rabinowcz 37 rue d'Angleterre Bruxelles, qu'il a été enregistré sur 2me liste de vétérans-sionistes en vue d'un échange; son numéro est: Belgium M/438/45/40. Foreign Office communiquera son nom à Puissance Protectrice.Date - DatumRÉPONSE AU VERSO Prière d'écrire très lisiblementRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
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French
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