Collection

Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level

Item

Material Type

textual record

Physical Description

Certificate : Paper : Ink : Black, White, Purple

Other Title Information

Documentary Artifact

Date

March 13, 1952

Physical Condition

Good

Language

German

Notes

1 page, crest for Republic of Austria at top in the center, issued by Vienna city council, information about Heiss family (Salomon, Sara, Erika), emigrating to Israel. Circular ink stamp in the bottom left corner with the Republic of Austria's crest in the middle. Circular ink stamp on back from Austria general consulate in Tel Aviv Narrative: Salomon Heiss was born in Poland in 1902. At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, his family left the country for Austria. In 1930 he married Sarah Herman, who was also from Poland. Together they opened a delicatessen store in Vienna circa 1933. Their daughter Erika (donor) was born in 1939. In 1938, Salomon was detained in Dachau concentration camp for three days. Sarah paid a guard to let him out and 24 hours later they left for Shanghai with their 3 months old daughter. They stayed there for 10 year until immigrating to Israel then Canada where they landed in Quebec city in 1953

Accession No.

2002.41.4

Name Access

Bloom, Erika

Places

Vienna, Austria, Europe

Archival / Genealogical

Archival Descriptions

Repository

Montreal Holocaust Museum

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