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Letter

itemApril 21, 1947

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Letter
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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
April 21, 1947 (indexed as 1947)
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Letter : Paper : printed : Ink : off-white, black ; Ht: 14,2 cm x W: 19,8 cm
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1 page. One-sided photocopy of letter received by Mr. Prussin, Max Mondschein's cousin. The coat of arms of Canada is on the t.l. corner. On the t.r. corner is the reference No. 659007. The document is a letter from A.L. Jolliffe, the director of immigration of the Departement of Mines and Resources regarding Max Mondschein's immigration to Canada Narrative: Max Mondschein was born in Husiatyn (Austro-Hungarian Empire, later Poland, today Ukraine) on 1908-03-16. He moved to Vienna (Austria) early in life. On 1939-09-11, Max Mondschein was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp as a political prisoner. He was transferred to Auschwitz on 1942-10 where he received the Prisoner Number: 68 585. He was transported to Buna to serve as forced laborer for the I.G. Farben chemical industry from 1942-12 to 1944-12. From 1944-12 to 1945-04, he was confined in a camp near the town for Ellrich, Germany. He was used as forced laborer in the Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg concentration camp in 1945-04 and was liberated on 1945-05-02. After the war, he lived in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany where he met his wife Renia Maszenberg. He came to Canada in October 1947 and settled in Montreal.
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Coat of ArmsDocumentGovernmentGovernment BuildingImmigrantImmigrationLetterLetterheadSignatureTypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Department of Mines and ResourcesIMMIGRATION BRANCHCANADADIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATIONOTTAWA, 21st April, 1947.Dear Mr. Prussin:Yours very truly,A.L. Jolliffe,Director.S. Prussin, Esq.,TAF Distributing Incorporated,455 Craig Street West,MONTREAL 1, P.Q.IN YOUR REPLY REFER TONo. 659007I have your letter of the 15th instant regarding Maier Mondschein. There is no further action to be taken from this end in the matter. The officers overseas will be getting in touch with your cousin in due course as the necessary particulars were forwarded to the authorities arranging for the examinations as indicated in my letter to you of April 3rd.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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English
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