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Envelope

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Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Envelope : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Blue, Red ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 16 cm
Date
February 06, 1946
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Envelope : Paper : Handwritten : Ink : Blue, Red ; Ht: 9 cm x W: 16 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
February 06, 1946
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
English
French
Spanish
Notes
Air mail envelope with two air mail stamps -one of which has been partly removed. Red and blue border follows bottom and right edges. Two United States Air Mail stamps to the value of 6 cents each. Air mail decal decorates the TL corner with the inscription 'Via Air Mail - Par Avion - Correo Aereo.' There is a yellow liquid stain on TL corner. Envelope is opened, interior decorated with blue crosshatches. Reverse reads 'After Five Days Return To:' Ink addresses are illegible. May be addressed to Lavy Becker in Montreal, Quebec. Return post to N.Y. Narrative: Born in 1905, Becker was a rabbi and a businessman. He was a National Vice-President of Canadian Jewish Congress, an executive chairman of Federation of Jewish Community Services. He was on the Board of Governors Canadian Welfare Council, Board of Directors America-Israel Cultural Foundation, and Board of Governors of the Combined Jewish Appeal. He was a National Vice-President Zionist Organization of Canada; Director of the Joint Distribution Committee in U.S.A. Zone, Germany. He is a former Executive Director Young Men's Hebrew Association. He was a representative of the Jewish Welfare Board in Caribbean countries, a founder of the Beth-El Congregation in the Town of Mount Royal, and he was the founder and first rabbi of Reconstructionist Synagogue, Hampstead. He died in Montreal in 2001.
Accession No.
2011X.72.28
Name Access
Becker, Hillel
Places
New York, United States of America, North America
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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