Object numberM2016/036:028
DescriptionThis is a typed letter in Polish, dated 16/02/1943 from the Polish Consulate regarding an application for Mietek Berkman entry into Australia. In it the Polish Consulate and Australian government agreed to give a permit to Mietek (whose full name is Mordeha Hilil Berkman), a temporary visa that would last until the end of the war. It also informs Mr Pzsenny that the cost of the telegram communication between consuls would be forwarded to him.
Production date 1943-02-16 - 1943-02-16
Subjectmigration, loved ones' contact, establishing new life, visa, World War II (1939-1945), Polish Consulate
Object nameletters
Dimensions
- height: 265.00 mm
width: 205.00 mm
Language
- Polish Mr Benjamin Penny.
In connection with your application for a visa into Australia only for the duration of the war, your relative being now in Soviet Russia, Consul General communicates with you that the Australian government agreed to grant you the visa to
MORDEHA HILEL BERKMAN
The news that the visa was granted was telegraphed to the Australian Consulate and the Embassy R.P in Kujbyszewie. To ascertain what the cost will be for the dispatch we shall inform you in a short time.
Consulate General.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Prof Ron Penny AO