Receipt
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- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple ; Ht: 2 in. x W: 9 in.
- Date
- April 06, 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Purple ; Ht: 2 in. x W: 9 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- April 06, 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- German
- French
- Italian
- Notes
- 1 horizontal slip of paper, double-sided. Folded once vertically. Document is a receipt for duty and identification coupon for Jakob Baron and family for United States customs at the port of Philadelphia, Pa. Receipt is numbered 317918 on right-hand side. The receipt names the Serpa Pinto as vessel, and is for 8 pieces of baggage. On verso, guidelines for passengers are printed in 4 languages. Narrative: This document was used by the donor, Maurice Baron, and his family during their immigration to Canada in 1944. Maurice Baron was born in Nancy, France in 1931. In September 1943, the Barons crossed the Pyrenees on foot, entered Spain and lived in Barcelona for one year. The Barons obtained visas to enter Canada via Portugal and travelled to Philadelphia via the Serpa Pinto, which left Lisbon on March 23, 1944 and docked in Philadelphia on April 6, 1944. They arrived in Montreal by train on April 8, 1944. The Serpa Pinto was a Portuguese transport ship, which sailed under the command of Captain Americo Dos Santos. With a capacity of 600 people, the ship made regular trips from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. It has been said that the ship transported about 7800 refugees, among them hundreds of Jews during the Second World War.
- Accession No.
- 2002.13.13
- Name Access
- Baron, Maurice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
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