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- Held by
- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- February 19, 1951 (indexed as 1951)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- Receipt : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : beige, blue, black, red ; Ht: 25,4 cm x W: 20,3 cm
- Scope & content
- 1 page, horizontal paper. Double-sided official printed form filled with a typewritter. The document has a blue border, each corner bares a Star of David. Food package gift certificate to Israel from donor Leah Erman through the Jewish gift Service for Israel. On front, all informations about the donor (L.Erman) and benificiary (Jakob Goldberg in Haifa). On the verso, are the conditions of order and acceptance. Narrative: Leah Erman was a dressmaker in Opatow (Poland) before the war. During World War II, she was forced to live in a ghetto in Sandomierz (Poland) with her husband, Saul and their son Meir. In 1943, Leah and her son were sent to Starachowice labor camp (Poland). In 1944, the labour camp was liquidated and the prisoners still able to work were sent to Auschwitz (Poland). Upon arrival, Leah was separated from Meir. They both survived the Holocaust and Leah immigrated came to Montreal from Austria.Her son first went to Palestine and later immigrated to Montreal. Saul was killed in Sachsenhausen concentration camp (Germany) in 1945.
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- CharityDocumentFoodFormHandwrittenJewish CommunityJudaismLetterheadPrintedSealSignatureStampTypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
- Text in the image
- A 225448PACKAGE TYPEService for Israel, Inc.(Formerly Service For Palestine, Inc.)THE JEWISH GIFT SERVICE FOR ISRAELNEW YORK 18, NEW YORKGift CertificateFOR ONE FOOD PACKAGE FROM OUR STOCKS IN ISRAELBeneficiary in IsraelJakob Goldberg(Type or Print Full Name)Pevsner St. 11HaifaThis certificate authorizes the beneficiary, or his representative duly authenticated by his identity card, to receive one food package of the aforementioned type free of import duty and any charges by us whatsoever to be delivered by hand in our warehouses in Israel, subject to the conditions as specified on the reverse side.Date of Issue: February 19/51Valid for Haifa warehouse.OUR DISTRIBUTOR WILL NOTIFY YOU IN WRITING AS SOON AS ALL FORMALITIES PRESCRIBED TO US HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. PLEASE DO NOT CALL FOR YOUR PACKAGE UNTIL YOU RECEIVE SUCH NOTICE.NAME OF DONOR (Type or Print)Montreal, Que., CanadaSee conditions of order and acceptance on the reverse side.Charles RosePresidentExec. Vice Pres.TreasurerNEW YORK 16, NEW YORKCharles Reeseשרות לישראל, בע"מ, ניו-יורק.Special50 (D)תעודת שיAbraham KrumbeinRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
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