Overview
- Description
- Consists of two Canadian passports issued in 1947 for Dorothy (nee Segal, 1919-2012) and Siegmund (1919-2005) Schnitman who met in Canada in the 1940s while living in Toronto after escaping Poland and Germany, respectively, in the 1930s. Both passports indicated the dates of their Canadian citizenship, granted in 1946, and their immigration to the U.S. via Buffalo, NY in February 1948 before they settled in New York City.
- Date
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approximately 1947
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Schnitman
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Passports.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Corporate Name
- Montcalm (Ship)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by the Estate of Dorothy Schnitman.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-17 08:36:25
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn722715
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