Collection search - Central organization of Sudeten German clubs in Canada fonds [textual record, sound recording, graphic material]. Zentralverband Sudetendeutscher Organizationen in Canada

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Central organization of Sudeten German clubs in Canada fonds [textual record, sound recording, graphic material]. Zentralverband Sudetendeutscher Organizationen in Canada

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1939-1980.

Reference:

R3713-0-4-E, MG28-V5

Type of material:

Textual material, Sound recordings, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106793

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Central organization of Sudeten German clubs in Canada fonds
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Fonds includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1939-1980.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.37 m of textual records.
2 audio cassettes.
1 photograph : b&w.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, German

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Fonds consists of records of the Central Organization of Sudeten German clubs in Canada, n.d., 1939-1980, which have been arranged under the following headings: Central organization meetings - minutes (Vol. 1-2); Central organization correspondence (Vol. 3-8); Press releases (Vol. 9); Clippings (Vol. 9); Miscellaneous (Vol. 9); and Branches (Vol. 9-10).

Fonds also contains tape recordings of oral presentations during the 25th Anniversary celebration of Central Organization of Sudeten German Clubs, July 25-26, 1964 in Edmonton, Alberta, and during an annual meeting of Central Organization of Sudeten German Clubs, Sept 1, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario.

Also included is a photograph depicting executives of Central Organization of Sudeten German Clubs in Canada, taken at a meeting held in Toronto, April 4-5, 1958. Henry Weisbach, president, is second from the left, back row.

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Central Organisation of Sudeten German Club in Canada

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Central Organisation of Sudeten German Club in Canada : Sudeten German Social Democrats fled their homeland fearing persecution after the Sudetenland was absorbed by National Socialist Germany in 1938. Through negotiations between the Canadian and British governments and Sudeten German representatives, arrangements were worked out whereby over one thousand of the refugees came to Canada. Here they first settled on the land, picking up farms in such areas as St. Walburg, Saskatchewan and Tomslake, British Columbia. When employment opportunities increased with the outbreak of war, most of the rural settlers gradually drifted to the urban centres, many coming to find work in the booming economy of eastern Canada, in particular in Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal. Others settled in Edmonton or Vancouver.

Here they organized local Sudeten German clubs soon after their arrival. Delegates of these clubs, as well as representatives of clubs which had previously been formed in rural areas, met in 1957 to form an umbrella organization - the Central Organization of Sudeten German Clubs.

The Central Organization seeks to represent Sudeten German interests and views with both the Canadian and foreign governments. In this regard, it has encouraged the Canadian government to pass legislation to ameliorate the plight of the elderly in Canada. It represented Sudeten Germans in negotiations with the Federal Republic of Germany, to obtain restitution for losses suffered following the absorption of the Sudetenland by National Socialist Germany. Also, the Organization has worked in close co-operation with other Social Democratic parties in Canada to forward the interest of labour through the political process.

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Textual records; photos (Electronic) Finding Aid no. 1988 is a file list of volumes 1 to 10 with an index. MSS1988 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000540.pdf

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General note:

Textual and photographic material received from the Central Organization of Sudeten German Clubs in Canada through the courtesy of Henry Weisbach in 1976 and 1981. Sound recordings were transferred to the Cartographic and Audio-Visual Archives Division.
Subject heading:

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Germans - Canada

German Settlement - Canada

Aged - Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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109-020004-8
1976/0188
1976/0300
1981/0379
1994-238 DAP
93-266
MG28-V5

Former archival reference no.:

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MG28-V5
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1988] 146

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [CENTRAL ORGANIZATION OF SUDETEN GERMAN CLUB IN CAN 1994-238] 5580

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Sound recordings: To be determined.
Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright unknown. Credit the National Archives of Canada.

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