Form

Held by

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

Dates

1951 (indexed as 1951)

Level

item

Extent

Form : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, black, pink, green ; Ht: 33.9 cm x W: 21.3 cm

Scope & content

Form has been folded horizontally and vertically. The document is an insurance policy from N.E. Shoenberg, transport insurance for items shipped from Cherbourg to Montréal. A small pink notice labled "very important" is stapled to the document describing procedures for parties receiving the merchandise at its destination. Two small notices are stapled to the document explaining clauses in the insurance policy. 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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N. E. SCHOENBERGASSUREURBRUXELLESTéléphone SCHOENBERG-BRUXELLESPOLICEd'Assurances Transport sur Marchandises ou Facultéset portant sur :d'une valeur de : CINQUANTE MILLE FRANCS BELGES.AVIS IMPORTANT AUX RECEPTIONNAIRES DE MARCHANDISESJOSI & CieBruxelles, le 19 septembre 1951.via Cherbourg333, Coristine Bldg.20, Rue Emile VanderveldeAux conditions générales de la Police d'Assurance Maritime d'Anvers de 1859, aux clauses de 1900 (modifiées en 1931) et celles particulières qui suivent, les soussignés assurent respectivement les sommes ou parts désignées par chacun d'eux, au bas de la présente Police à AU PORTEUR, demeurant à agissant pour le compte de qui il peut appartenir pour le voyage Bruxelles domicile à Montreal domicile via Charbourg.par le Navire s/s "HOMELAND", ou tout autre à sa place et de quelque manière que ce soit le nom du navire et celui du capitaine soient orthographiés et moyennant la prime convenueEffets personnels usagés :36000,--Fs1 poste T.S.F. 7000,--Fs1 machine à coudre 5000,--FsVaisselle 2000,--Fs50.000,--FsSont couverts casse comprise : poste de T.S.F., machine à coudre, vaisselle.Police N° 3.762.Somme assurée 50.000,-- Frs.Prime %ImpôtFraisTotalEn cas de sinistre ou d'avarie, l'assuré ou le réceptionnaire devra s'adresser à M DALS & Co, agent des assureurs à MONTREAL, 333, Coriolne Bldg.Aucune réclamation ne sera admiseRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

French

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