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Internment
- Part Of
- Henry Cassel fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 93
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940-2000, predominant 1940-1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting Henry Cassel's internment in Canada. Included is a small hand-made booklet in which Cassel recorded notes about his internment experience, the transcript of a speech delivered to internees upon their arrival at "Camp N," Cassel's prisoner of war card and national registration certificate, a mug shot photograph of Cassel that was taken soon after his arrival in Canada by Canadian officials, Cassel's certificate of exemption for enemy aliens, correspondence between Cassel and Jewish agencies, correspondence from various departments of the Canadian government, and magazine articles collected by Cassel regarding the internment of refugees in Canada. Some of the records are copies obtained by Cassel from his case file in the United Jewish Relief Agencies records at the Canadian Jewish Archives in Montreal.
- Accession Number
- 2010-4-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions