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https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76290
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : Paper, Cardboard : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Green, Black ; Ht: 4 1/2 in. x W: 3 in.
- Date
- 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- book
- Physical Description
- Book : Paper, Cardboard : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Green, Black ; Ht: 4 1/2 in. x W: 3 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 64 pages, green flexible cardboard cover, bound with staples. Notebook issued by the Department of Mines and Resources Canada with information on preventing forest fires, Canadian National Parks, first aid, weights and measures, etc. Pages 27-28 contain notes taken by Gustave Bauer: some information on blankets from Simpson's on page 27, and the address of Mr. Jack Wechsler ?, c/o Palca Company, Spadina Avenue, Toronto, on page 28. Pages 29-54 are blank. Pages 64 and inside back cover contain calendars for the years 1939-40. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. It was issued to him in 1940 during his internment in Camp B, New Brunswick, where he worked in the forest. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.11
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate of identity
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76297
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate of identity : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 32,5 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Date
- January 13, 1947-March 07, 1947
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Certificate of identity : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 32,5 cm x W: 20,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 13, 1947-March 07, 1947
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Folder, double-sided. 1 large page folded vertically in centre. First page is numbered page 3, indicates that document is part of a certificate of identity. This part contains visas and endorsements. Inner pages are blank. On back page, numbered page 2, are a series of stamps and handwritten endorsements relating to an immigration in February-March 1947 from the United Kingdom to Canada. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. This document was part of the certificate of identity used by Gustave's mother, Anna Rosemann Bauer, when she immigrated from the United Kingdom to Canada in 1947 to join her son. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.24
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Places
- London, England, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Consent Form
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76287
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Consent Form : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 17,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- [Prior to 1943]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Consent Form : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 17,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Prior to 1943]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once vertically. Blank form for individuals interned in Canada to refuse consent to return voluntarily to the United Kingdom. A reason for refusal must be provided. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Document issued in an internment camp in Canada: either Camp B, New Brunswick, or Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.07
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Consent form
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76288
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Consent form : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- [Prior to 1943]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Consent form : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Prior to 1943]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once vertically. Blank form for individuals interned in Canada to provide consent to return voluntarily to the United Kingdom. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Document issued in an internment camp in Canada: either Camp B, New Brunswick, or Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.08
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Education certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76293
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Education certificate : Cardstock : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 3 1/8 in. x W: 4 3/4 in.
- Date
- 1942-1943
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Education certificate : Cardstock : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 3 1/8 in. x W: 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1942-1943
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Certificate from the Montreal Technical School attesting that Gustave Bauer followed an evening course in pattern-making during the 1942-1943 school year. He assisted at 22 lessons out of 40, and obtained 91% in the examinations. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.18
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Ein Tag Der Internierung
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59352
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Manuscript : Paper : Handwritten : graphite pencil : Yellow, grey ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- 1940-1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Manuscript : Paper : Handwritten : graphite pencil : Yellow, grey ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1940-1942
- Creator
- Bauer, Gustav
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Three yellowing pages, two are double-sided and the third is half a page. Each page is numbered with a Roman numeral on TR corner. Writing is concise, but becomes increasingly looser, with more errors. Signed by "Spirou" at 17 years old. This could be a pseudonym of Gustav's during his second year as an intern. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.25
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
File folder
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47804
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- File folder : covered, glued, cut, bound : blue, red, brown
- Date
- 1940-1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- File folder : covered, glued, cut, bound : blue, red, brown
- Other Title Information
- Written Communication T&E
- Date
- 1940-1942
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Cardboard folder covered in blue denim with one vertical and two horizontal stripes on the front; red and cardboard triangle patch is located in the corner, where the horiztonal and vertical stripes meet. The inside is covered with brown felt, with a pocket on the right side. Narrative: Made in Camp B; the fabric came from a uniform.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.26
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Form
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76291
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Form : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black
- Date
- February 3, 1953-February 13, 1953
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Form : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 3, 1953-February 13, 1953
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded three times horizontally. Form dated February 3, 1953, addressed to Anna Rosemann Bauer, notifying her that there will be a hearing to consider her petition to obtain Canadian citizenship. She must present herself at the Montreal Magistrate's Court on February 13, 1953. At bottom, further details are provided - she must bring a witness, have the witness fill in the required form, and bring her passport and proof of legal entry into Canada. Narrative: Anna Rosemann Bauer was the mother of Gustave Bauer. The document was donated by Eudice Bauer, Gustave's wife. Anna was interned in England during the war, and came to Canada to join her son in 1947.Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.12
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Hitler persecuted them: Canada jailed them
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90303
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Magazine : Paper : Printed ; Ht: 30,3 cm x W: 26,6 cm
- Date
- October 18, 1980
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Magazine : Paper : Printed ; Ht: 30,3 cm x W: 26,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 18, 1980
- Creator
- Koch, Eric
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 31 page magazine made of newspaper paper, stapled twice on spine. Contains an article on Canadian Internment Camps written by a former internee. The article is on pages 6, 7, 10, and 11. The article is in black and white only but the magazine is in colour. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer, who was also an internee at a Canadian internment camp. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.09
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Documents
Images
Identification card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76292
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Red ; Ht: 4 5/8 in. x W: 2 7/8 in.
- Date
- January 20, 1939-July 18, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Identification card : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Red ; Ht: 4 5/8 in. x W: 2 7/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- January 20, 1939-July 18, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- French
- Dutch
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. 3 graphic panels on each side, intended to be folded and carried as a booklet. Folded vertically 2 times. Square b&w photograph of cardholder stapled to document in bottom left corner. Fiscal postage stamps had been affixed at right and left bottom corners, were subsequently cut out. Certificate of entry on population register of foreigners in Belgium. Belgian coat of arms on front cover, red diagonal stripe running length of verso. Document issued in Schaerbeek on January 20, 1939, valid until July 18, 1939. Renewed twice at 6-month increments - on July 19, 1939 until January 18, 1940, and on January 18, 1940, until July 18, 1940. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.15
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Places
- Schaerbeek, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Internment certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76296
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Internment certificate : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink : B&W, Purple ; Ht: 10 3/4 in. x W: 8 3/8 in.
- Date
- May 16, 1940-May 18, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Internment certificate : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink : B&W, Purple ; Ht: 10 3/4 in. x W: 8 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 16, 1940-May 18, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Dutch
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Document issued May 16, 1940 by the King's Prosecutor in Ieper, Belgium. Document states that Gustave Bauer was interned in Kortrijk according to the legal decisions of October 12, 1918, Article 2, and September 28, 1939, Article 1. Stamp at bottom left corner indicates that Gustave was held in the prison on May 17-18, 1940. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.22
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59350
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typewritten, signed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 21 cm
- Date
- June 19, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Typewritten, signed : Ink : Beige, black ; Ht: 17 cm x W: 21 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 19, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Single page business letter. Vertical stripe on right side. Written by Gustave (Gus) Bauer to Mr. Saunders (Superintendent of the Acadia Experimental Station) requesting a letter of reference for the forestry work he did while he was in the base camp. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.05
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76289
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- December 19, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- December 19, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and twice vertically. Printed on letterhead of J. Sternthal Textiles. Document is a letter from Joel Sternthal to Gustave Bauer, in which Joel expresses thanks for a gift of bookends and provides news of the ongoing sponsorship process; Ottawa has approved the sponsorship and is waiting for final approval from London. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. This letter is from Joel Sternthal, a Jewish Montrealer who sponsored Gustave and fostered him upon his release from the internment camp in Île aux Noix, Quebec, in 1942. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.10
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Military memorandum
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76285
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Military memorandum : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- August 13, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Military memorandum : Paper : Typed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 27,5 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- August 13, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. Document issued August 13, 1940 in Camp B, New Brunswick. Lists 7 rules for prisoners of war in the internment camp. Issued by Captain W.S.P. Gow, Camp Adjutant. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.04
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
The Montreal Standard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90301
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 112,5 cm x W: 30,6 cm
- Date
- February 7, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping : Paper : Printed : Ink : b&w ; Ht: 112,5 cm x W: 30,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- February 7, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 4 pages, brown tinted text and photos, 2 double page spread photographic article on daily life at an internment camp for Austrian and German Jews Photo in Fort Lennox during winter 1942.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.01
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Newspaper clipping
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76284
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Date
- April 18, 1941
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping : Paper : Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 22 cm x W: 21,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 18, 1941
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. Document is a typed copy of a newspaper article published in English 'Daily Telegraph' newspaper. 3 handwritten corrections. Article details trial of Major Arthur James Braybrook in Bromley, Kent.. Braybrook was Commandant of an internment camp in England and was charged with the theft of money and goods from inmates of the camp. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.03
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Notebook
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59351
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Notebook : Paper, cardstock : Handwritten : Graphite pencil : Red, Black, Beige ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 20,25 cm
- Date
- 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Notebook : Paper, cardstock : Handwritten : Graphite pencil : Red, Black, Beige ; Ht: 27 cm x W: 20,25 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- French
- English
- Notes
- Cover with drawing of an elephant and the words ' Big Boy' framed in gold. Space for pupil to write their name and grade. Pages are ruled in blue printed lines. Fifteen pages contain writing. This book belonged to Gustav Bauer in 1940 for his studies. There is a cartoon of Hitler on page three. The booklet is titled 'War - Krieg - Guerre". Most of the texts are songs and poems from Camp B. It was graded by a third party person in pink pencil crayon, crossing out some of Gus' passages and labelling them 'enemy propaganda,' 'not nescessary,' and 'military secret.' A piece of newspaper is used as a bookmark. It is an article from 1941 about Vichy improving conditions for alien prisoners. Gustav kept it in the interest of his father and older brother. Narrative: Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.13
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Notebook
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76295
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Notebook : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Blue ; Ht: 7 7/8 in. x W: 6 3/8 in.
- Date
- May 19, 1940-September 16, 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Notebook : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Blue ; Ht: 7 7/8 in. x W: 6 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 19, 1940-September 16, 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- German
- French
- Notes
- 13 lined pages, double-sided, with 1 loose page folded in half and stapled to front inside cover. Soft blue cover, bound with staples. Document is an exercise book. 'Adelene Exercise Book 1D' printed on cover, with insignia of a triangular stone covered in vines. Loose page stapled to inside cover is a handwritten copy of 'RECORD OF MALE INTERNEES in internment camp' form, filled out by Gustave Bauer, dated September 16, 1940. Form concludes with section in which Gustave requests release from internment in order to continue training in his trade of cabinet-making. The rest of the notebook contains handwritten lyrics to songs in German and English, all relating to internment. The final section is a handwritten text for a cabaret titled 'Ein Brief Eines Internierten' (A Letter of Interned [trad.]), credited to Eddy Klein. Inside back cover contains log of Gustave's places and dates of internment, and travel in England and Canada. On back cover, arithmetical tables are printed. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.20
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76294
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 3 5/8 in. x W: 5 7/8 in.
- Date
- [Prior to 1943]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 3 5/8 in. x W: 5 7/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Prior to 1943]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, single-sided. Blank postcard. On left is form for information about sender and internment camp of sender. In bold, at top, printed 'Prisoner of War Mail', at top right, indication that postage is pre-paid. Narrative: Document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. IOn July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.19
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Places
- Canada, North America
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Postcard
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90302
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 15,5 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Postcard : Paper : Printed : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 15,5 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- German
- French
- Notes
- 1 page, double-sided. Blank postcard. On the front is an image of two hands claspong behind barbed wire. Above image is written Refugees for Refugees. Beneath image is written Solidarität (translation: solidarity). On b.l., Camp B Canada is printed, 10c on bottom right. The back indicates that this postcard is printed for prisoner of war mail, and postage is prepaid. Narrative: This document was donated by Eudice Bauer, the wife of Gustave Bauer. Gustave was interned in Camp B, New Brunswick, circa 1940. He was born in 1924 in Hamburg, Germany, and was on vacation in Denmark with his mother Anna and brother Werner when the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were passed. They decided not to return to Germany, and went to stay with Anne's sister in Brussels, Belgium. Gustave's father Manfred was arrested for smuggling money out of Germany and spent the next two years in prison. Manfred joined his family in Brussels when he was released from prison in 1937. In 1940, immediately before Germany occupied Belgium, all German males born before 1924 were ordered to register. Manfred and Werner were sent to France, where they were interned. On their way to France to join them, Gustave and his mother were arrested and sent to England on the last boat to leave Belgium before it was occupied. In England, Gustave spent time in Folkestone, Pentonville Prison, Kempton Park, and Douglas, Isle of Man. He was in England from May 19 to July 4, 1940. On July 4, 1940 he was sent to Canada on the S.S. Sobiesky with other German nationals as prisoners of war.He was in Camp T, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, from July 15 to August 12, 1940. He was thenmoved to Camp B, in New Brunswick, and then in 1941 was sent with other Jewish internees to Camp I, Île aux Noix, Quebec. He was sponsored for release in 1942, and his mother joined him in Canada in 1947. His father was deported from Drancy to Majdanek in 1943. It is unknown what happened to Gustave's brother Werner once he was sent to France. Neither man survived the war.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.49.02
- Name Access
- Bauer, Eudice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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