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- Held by
- Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- September 20, 1945 (indexed as 1945)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- Letter : Paper : Ink : Purple, Black ; Ht: 6,5 in. x W: 8 in.
- Scope & content
- 1 page, one-sided. Canadian Coat of arms in the top left corner. Narrative: Letter of rejection from Canadian immigration office for Isaac Herbert Isselbacher to bring his brother Helmut to Canada. Isaac Herbert Isselbacher had left Germany at the end of July 1939 and entered England with a trainee permit. He registered with the Jewish Refuge committee and a tribunal ruled that he was a refugee from Nazi oppression.However, he was interned as an enemy alien in England, because of his German nationality. On July 13, 1940, Herbert entered Canada and was placed in Camp N, in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
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- Genre / form
- textual record
- In the picture
- Coat of ArmsDocumentGovernmentHandwrittenImmigrationJewish CommunityLetterLetterheadSealSignatureTypewrittenTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
- Text in the image
- IN YOUR REPLY REFER TONo. A 21436Department of Mines and ResourcesIMMIGRATION BRANCHATLANTIC DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTOTTAWA, September 20th, 1945.Dear Sir:-Yours truly,District Superintendent.Isaac Herbert Isselbacher, Esq.,4657 Clarke St.,Montreal 14, P.Q..CANADAI have your letter of the 24th ultimo making application for the entry to Canada of your brother, Helmunt, 23 years of age, and regret to inform you that it would appear that your brother is unable to comply with the Immigration Regulations for entry to Canada.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot
Digital objects at the source
- imageOpen original at source ↗1999-01-66.jpg