Citizenship certificate
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90345
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Citizenship certificate : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : off-white, black, blue ; Ht: 10 in. x W: 8 in.
- Date
- October 19, 1949
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Citizenship certificate : Paper : printed, typed : Ink : off-white, black, blue ; Ht: 10 in. x W: 8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- October 19, 1949
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- 1 page. One-sided official document issued by the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada is printed on a blue header with Canada's Coat of Arms on the t.c. This document was sent to Alice Shenkier by the secretary of State. It recognizes her new Canadian citizenship. The document also states her rights as a Canadian citizen. Narrative: Alice Shenkier, nee Eckstein, was born on 1913-08-16. She married Sam Shenkier and she is the mother of the donor Maurice Shenkier born on 1930-12-27 in Antwerp, Belgium. The Germans started bombarding Antwerp in 1940-05. The family immediately fled to France. They took residence in Nice. In 1942-07, the family had to flee again. They crossed the Spanish border illegally, but were then arrested by the Spanish police. Instead of sending them back to France, the officers helped them find a place to live. Eventually, they moved to Portugal where they stayed until 1944-04. At that point, they embarked on the Serpa Pinto ship to Philadelphia. Upon arrival, they took a train to Montreal.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.301.11
- Name Access
- Shenkier, Maurice
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
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