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Library and Archives Canada acquired a book previously owned by Adolf Hitler and contains detailed data on the American and Canadian Jewish population, as well as information about the central organizations and media in these communities.
According to the records, the 237-page German book entitled Statistics, Media and Judaism Organ in the United States and Canada demonstrates that the Holocaust was not a purely European event, but was stalled before reaching North America.
The frontispiece features a stylized eagle, a cross with a swastika and the inscription "Ex Libris Adolf Hitler", indicating that it comes from the personal library of the Nazi leader. The publication was compiled in 1944 by the German linguist Heinz Kloss, responsible for providing official and academic information for the National Socialist regime.
Kloss was Director of the Stuttgart-Hamburg Publications Department, which was devoted to research on nationality issues, particularly in the United States. According to Library and Archives Canada, this acquisition contributes to "preserving the memory of the Holocaust," which is also the foundation of the Holocaust.
According to Library and Archives Canada. "A way to make us think about what would have happened in Canada if the Second World War had a different end." Between 1941 and 1945, more than six million Jews and members of other groups were murdered during the Nazi Holocaust.
belonging to a survivor of the Holocaust. According to Rebecca Margolis, a professor at the University of Ottawa and president of the Canadian Association of Jewish Studies, this publication confirms the fears of the country's Jews.
"This incalculable report offers a documented confirmation of the fears of so many Canadian Jews that the Nazis would bring about the annihilation of Jewish life here on our shores, even though these fears may seem unfounded given the distance of Nazi Europe in Canada, this manual containing statistics on Jewish populations in North America highlights its nightmarish potential. "
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