Letter

Held by

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

Dates

September 16, 1956 (indexed as 1956)

Level

item

Extent

Letter : Paper : printed, typed, stamped : Ink : off-white, black, red ; Ht: 29,6 cm x W: 21 cm

Scope & content

1 page. One-sided. On the t. is the official header of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany. The letter was sent to Renia Mondschein regarding archival documents. Narrative: Renia Moszenberg, later Mondschein, was born in Kielce, Poland on 1924-08-08. In 1942-04, a ghetto was created in Kielce and Renia stayed in the Kielce ghetto until May 1943. She was then deported to Pionki's labour camp near Radom in Poland. From July 1944 to February 1945, she worked in a ammunition and weapon factory in a sub-camp of Auschwitz, known as Hindenburg (now Zabrze, Poland). Renia Moszenburg was committed to Concentration Camp Mittelbau-Dora, coming from Concentration Camp Auschwitz where she received the Prisoner Number: A 14 893, on 1945-01-28. She was brought to Nordhausen near Bergen-Belsen, Germany where, on 1945-04-14, she was liberated by the British armed forces. After the war, she lived in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany where she met her husband Max Mondschein. She came to Canada in January 1948 and settled in Montreal.

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GENERALKONSULAT DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLANDCONSULAT GENERAL DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FÉDÉRALE D'ALLEMAGNECONSULATE GENERAL OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANYMONTREAL, 19. September 1956Montreal, Que.Rechtsreferat518-04 Mondschein, Renia3 Anlagen, 1 Freiumschlag1501 McGREGORFrauRenia Mondschein,3860 Barclay Ave., Apt. 9,Sehr geehrte Frau Mondschein!Als Anlage wird der Bescheid des Herrn Regierungspräsidenten in Hannover vom 29. August 1956 sowie das Anschreiben vom 4. September 1956 (A.Z.: EB - VII - 1 08757 M) übersandt. Ich bitte Sie, den Erhalt dieses Bescheides auf der anliegenden Empfangsbestätigung zu quittieren und diese an mich zurückzugeben.HochachtungsvollDr. SoltmannKonsulRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

German

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2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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