Temporary Travel Document
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Mayer Levit survived Buchenwald, Mittelbau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. His parents and five siblings perished in the Holocaust. As a stateless person, he was issued a temporary travel document. It included a "military exit permit" and a visa for immigration to Canada.
After living for three years as a displaced person, Mayer arrived in Canada in June 1948. He lived in Montreal where he married, had a family and worked as a tailor. In 1960, he moved his family to Vancouver, where he established his own tailor shop.
Donated to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre by Judy Levit. 2000.012.004
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CANADIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE [stamp]
[Photograph and signature]
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Valid for the following countries only: CANADA
From: 09 Mar 1948
Until: 09 Sep 1949
Issued at: Bad Salzuflen
On: 09 Mar 1948
Control Commission Germany Zonal Executive Office [stamps]