Letter
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45517
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : paper : typed : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 11 5/8 in. x W: 8 1/4 in.
- Date
- May 26, 1961
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Letter : paper : typed : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 11 5/8 in. x W: 8 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- May 26, 1961
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Slovak
- Notes
- 1 page official letter detailing the activities of Jan Podoba, director of the post office of Bánovce nad Bebravou, Slovakia during the war. Written by David Grunhut, the president of the Jewish community of Banovce; it is stamped and witnessed. Narrative: This document was commissioned by Jan Podoba in the hopes that it would help his daughter Sonia and her husband Enrique Ferrer claim asylum in Canada. Podoba used his position to warn Jews of upcoming round-ups. He also worked with the Partisans.
- Accession No.
- 2009.06.01
- Name Access
- Ferrer, Sonia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
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