Correspondence 1939-1940

While Morawetz was desperately trying to find a way out of Europe, his father, safely in Toronto, was doing everything he could to try and find a way to have Morawetz admitted to Canada. Below follow letters and telegrams between Morawetz and his family, and Immigration officials during his escape from Europe and eventual emmigration to Canada.

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.....   Fall 1937: Morawetz travels to Vienna to study music

.....   March 1938: Morawetz flees home to Czechoslovakia

Apr. 14, 1938: Austrian birth certificate stating Oskar Morawetz is Catholic!

 

.....   Dec. 1938: Morawetz travels to Paris to study music

Feb. 7, 1939: French ID card receipt

 

Feb. 25, 1939: French ID card application

 

 

Sep. 1939: Permission to travel Montluçon to Paris

 

 

Sep. 6, 1939: C.A. Van Scoy (?), Assistant Commissioner (Montreal) to F.C. Blair, Director Immigration (Ottawa)

 

Sep. 26, 1939: Herbert Morawetz (England) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Sep. 27, 1939: Richard Morawetz (Toronto) to Oskar Morawetz (Néris-Les-Bains)

 

Sep. 28, 1939: Richard Morawetz (Toronto) to Oskar Morawetz (Néris-Les-Bains)

 

Oct. 3, 1939: Oskar Morawetz (Paris) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Oct. 3, 1939: Richard Morawetz (Toronto) to Oskar Morawetz (Paris)

 

Oct. 6, 1939: Oskar Morawetz (Paris) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Oct. 10, 1939: Herbert Morawetz (London) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Oct. 11, 1939: Spanish Consulate (Paris)

 

Oct. 13, 1939: Oskar Morawetz (Paris) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Oct. 21, 1939: O. Cormier, Immigration Attache (Paris) to Oskar Morawetz (Paris)

 

Oct. 23, 1939: O. Cormier, Immigration Attache (Paris) to Oskar Morawetz (Paris)

 

Oct. 22, 1939: Oskar Morawetz (Genova) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Oct. 24, 1939: H.E. Dansereau (Toronto) to W.R. Little, Commissioner Immigration (London)

 

Oct. 24, 1939: Alfredo Casanova, Consulate General to Portugal (Genova)

 

Oct. 27, 1939: Walter Stein to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Oct. 27, 1939: F.C. Blair (Ottawa) to H.E. Dansereau (Toronto)

 

.....   Oct. 28, 1939: Morawetz travels to Italy

Oct. 29, 1939: Oskar Morawetz (Trieste) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Oct. 30, 1939: Richard Morawetz (Toronto) to Oskar Morawetz (Trieste)

 

Oct. 30, 1939: Permit to stay in Italy

 

 

Oct. 30, 1939: W.R. Little, Commissioner Immigration (London) to Herbert Morawetz (London)

 

Nov. 1, 1939: Stein Norgan to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Nov. 6, 1939: Walter Stein (Paris) to Frida Morawetz (Toronto)

   

 

Nov. 6, 1939: Walter Stein (Paris) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Nov. 9, 1939: Herbert Morawetz (London) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Nov. 9, 1939: W.R. Little, Commissioner Immigration (London) to Herbert Morawetz (London)

 

Nov. 11, 1939: Herbert Morawetz (London) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Nov. 19, 1939: Richard Morawetz (Toronto) to Oskar Morawetz (Trieste)

 

Nov. 21, 1939: Sonja Morawetz (London)

 

Nov. 24, 1939: Richard Morawetz (Toronto) to Oskar Morawetz (Trieste)

 

Nov. 25, 1939: Canadian Pacific Railway (Rome) to Oskar Morawetz (Trieste)

 

Nov. 1939: Herbert & Sonja Morawetz (London) to Oskar Morawetz (Trieste)

 

Nov. 30, 1939: F.C. Blair (Ottawa) to H.E. Dansereau (Toronto)

 

Dec. 6, 1939: Count Francesco Parisi (Trieste) to Richard Morawetz (Toronto)

 

Feb. 10, 1940: O. Cormier, Immigration Attache (Paris) to Oskar Morawetz (Trieste)

 

Feb. 20, 1940: F.C. Blair (Ottawa) to H.E. Dansereau (Toronto)

 

.....   March 1940: Morawetz flies from Rome to Canary Islands, then takes ship to Santo Domingo

Mar. 4, 1940: Consulate of the Dominican Republic (Genova)

 

Mar. 7, 1940: Consulate of the Dominican Republic (Genova)

 

Mar. 26, 1940: Consulate of the Dominican Republic (Genova)

 

Apr. 12, 1940: Emilio Zeller, Immigration Director (Santo Domingo)

 

Apr. 12, 1940: Residency Permit (Santo Domingo)

 

Apr. 20, 1940: Foreigner Registration (Santo Domingo)

 

.....   June 1940: Morawetz arrives in Canada, after spending a week at the World Fair in N.Y.