Letter

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78431
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Letter : Paper : printed, stamped, handwritten : Ink : off-white, black, red, blue ; Ht: 16,2 cm x W: 20,3 cm
Date
December 21, 1956
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Letter : Paper : printed, stamped, handwritten : Ink : off-white, black, red, blue ; Ht: 16,2 cm x W: 20,3 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
December 21, 1956
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
English
Notes
1 page.Two-sided horizontal paper. Filled in blue ink. The letter gives authorisation to travel and immgrate to Canada. Narrative: Deszo Losoncy, also known as Löwy or Losonczy, was born in Szentes, Hungary on 1904-04-12. He was deported to Birkenau, Poland for 14 to 16 months as a political prisoner. In this concentration camp, he was forced to work and clean Dr. Josef Mengele's laboratory. Later, Deszo Losoncy was also detained in Sachsenhausen, Germany, where he was liberated on 1945-04-25 by the Red Army. After the war, he lived in Budapest, Hungary and became a textile professional. He left Hungary soon after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and settled in Montreal, Canada in 1957-01 with his wife Sylvia Holcz.
Accession No.
2014.21.16
Name Access
Loronci, Susan
Places
Vienna, Austria, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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