SILCOFF, Maurice
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SILCOFF, Maurice
A labour organizer, Maurice Silcoff was involved with various labour unions, including the Milliners and the Capmakers Unions. After World War II, he was the union delegate sent to the DP camps to select workers for Canada. Born in Dublin in 1908, Maurice Silcoff worked in the capmaking industry in Montreal and eventually became a labour leader in the textile industry. After World War II, he was the union delegate sent to the DP camps to select workers for Canada. His son Joel is a judge and his granddaughter Mireille is a journalist with the . Maurice Silcoff died in Montreal on March 18, 2013.
SILCOFF, Maurice