Title

Correspondence from Montreal to Alexander Distler in Refugee Camp 41, Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.318ab

Object Name

Correspondence

Date

2-27-1943

Files

Description

a: Envelope with address “Mr. A Distler, Refugee Camp 41, Isle aux Noix, St Paul, Que.” Written in blue, includes red postage stamp, stamped in black with “MONTREAL FEB 26 11 PM 1943.” b: Letter with writing on front and back, “Dear Mr. Distler:” written in top left corner.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Letter cancelled in Montreal February 26, 1943, Canadian hand stamp censor marks (Commission for Refugee Camps censored refugee mail circular C.R.C. and numbered handstamp) on cover and on letter, and Isle-aux-Noix censor mark cover verso. Distler receives this letter written in English while continuing to reside at the Isle-aux-Noix camp for “illegal aliens” in Canada. The camp closed the end of December 1943.

Miss Lonse (?) from Montreal writes Distler that “It is rather a great quandary to me why you never answered my letters. I believe they never reached you.” She wonders how he feels and that others, including her sister, send their regards.

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Dimensions

a: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" b: 8 x 5"

Keywords

Alexander Distler, Isle-aux-Noix, Refugee Camp 41

Subcollection

Distler

Recommended Citation

"Correspondence from Montreal to Alexander Distler in Refugee Camp 41, Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.318ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1640