Written in German, "Statistics, Media, and Organizations of Jewry in theUnited States and Canada" is a 137-page report produced in 1944 by HeinzKloss, a famed German linguist who had contact with US Nazi sympathizers. The book details certain cities' population statistics along with organizations and media outlets key at the time to North America's Jewish communities, Library and Archives Canada said in a statement. "This work hints at the story of what might have happened in Canada had theAllies lost World War II. "It is fundamental ... to acquire, preserve and make available documents nomatter how controversial or contentious they could be," said Guy Berthiaume,Librarian and Archivist of Canada. The institution added it acquired the book from a reputable Judaica dealer,who obtained it as part of a collection owned by a Holocaust survivor.

Source: The Local January 24, 2019 05:15 UTC