Passport

Held by

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

Dates

1950-1951 (indexed as 1950–1951)

Level

item

Extent

Passport : Paper : handwritten, printed : Ink : red, green, black, blue ; Ht: 15 cm x W: 10.2 cm

Scope & content

Belgian passeport with a red cover and light green pages. Information is filled out in handwriting assigning the document to Mindla Elgarten. A black and white photograph of of Mindla isvisa stapled to the top right corner of page three. Several passport stamps are distributed throughout the pages including a statement of authorization to enter Canada on page seven and a handwritten authorization to travel with her two children. (page four. Six fiscal stamps on various pages throughout the document. Narrative: Donor is the son of Icek Rabinowicz and Mindla Rabinowicz (born Elgarten). Mindla was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1923 and immigrated to Brussels with her family in 1926. Icek was born in 1919 in Ciechanow, Poland and immigrated to Belgium with his family at the age of 10. The two met through a Jewish youth group. They survived the war in Belgium by concealing their Jewish Identity and carrying false identification papers. They were also both members of the Belgian Resistance movement where they distributed false identification papers to other Jews in Belgium. They married in Brussels in 1946 and had two children, Daniel and Élise Rabinowicz. They 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. Mindla had two younger siblings and only her brother survived by hiding at a clergy house. Her sister was arrested by Germans and sent to a concentration camp where she was presumably killed.

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Nom et prénoms du pèreFamilienaam en voornamenvan de vaderHenriPOZNANSKANom et prénoms de la mèrevan de moederSaraMolenbeekrue de la BorneChatain clairgrisdroitovale1m66Signature du titulaire :Handtekening van de titularis :Elgarton Mle 30 novembre 1950Au Nom du Ministre des Affaires Etrangères :Le Fonctionnaire déléguéBUREAU DES PASSEPORTSGOUVERNEMENT PROVINCIAL DU BRABANTFamilienaam en voornaam van de vaderElgartenChat-clairRésidence actuelle en BelgiqueHuidige verblijfplaats in Belgie4ProfessionBeroepSIGNALEMENT — PERSOONSBESCHRIJVINGCheveuxHaarYeuxOgenNezNeusVisageGelaatSignes particuliersBijzondere kentekensTailleGestalteLe soussigné certifie que la photo et la signature apposées ci-dessus sont bien celles du titulaire du présent document.De ondergetekende verklaart dat onderstaande photographie en handtekening stellig deze zijn van de titularis van dit document.Pour la durée de validité du présent titre de voyage, voir le dernier visa belge apposé ci-après :Voor de geldigheidsduur van deze reistitel, zie het laatste Belgische visa hieronder aangebracht :En tout état de cause, le présent titre de voyage cesse d'être valable deux ans après la date de sa délivrance.In elk geval houdt deze reistitel op geldig te zijn twee jaar na de datum van zijn aflevering.Délivré àNamens de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken :De Afgevaardigde Ambtenaar23Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

French

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