Identification card

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: January 06, 1957 (indexed as 1957)
Level: item
Scope & content: 1 page. Two-sided folded vertically. On the recto is personal information, including visa filled in blue ink. Inside is a b&w picture of Deszo Losoncy stapled on the t.l. Two circular blue ink stamp. The document was used for the purpose of immigration to Montreal. Deszo Losoncy arrived in Canda on 1957-01-06. Narrative: Deszo Losoncy, also known as Löwy or Losonczy, was born in Szentes, Hungary on 1904-04-12. He was deported to Birkenau, Poland for 14 to 16 months as a political prisoner. In this concentration camp, he was forced to work and clean Dr. Josef Mengele's laboratory. Later, Deszo Losoncy was also detained in Sachsenhausen, Germany, where he was liberated on 1945-04-25 by the Red Army. After the war, he lived in Budapest, Hungary and became a textile professional. He left Hungary soon after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and settled in Montreal, Canada in 1957-01 with his wife Sylvia Holcz.
In the picture: Document Form Handwritten Identity Card Immigration Printed Seal StampTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Extent: Identification card : Paper : printed, typed, stamped, handwritten : Ink : green, purple, blue, black, white ; Ht: 14,7 cm x W: 10,4 cm
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Text in the image: 14 June 1957VIENNACanadian Immigration OfficerFonctionnaire canadien à l'immigration7HR1RO-141 44Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: English
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