• Gustav and Agata Kleinas
    … This brick is in memory of my parents, Gustav and Agata Kleinas, with gratitude for the sacrifice … Belgium for Canada. We sailed on the Groote Beer for nine days. On May 7, 1956 we landed in Quebec City. We had a few hours to shop before …
  • Steven (Istvan) Erdos
    … Single Men and Women My name is STEVEN (ISTVAN) ERDOS I was born in Budapest, Hungary. As a Jew, I went through the war- years in Hungary, and after the war, when the Russians …
  • Leonardo Passera
    … I was born on August 29, 1936 in Tarcento, a town in the north-eastern Friuli region of Italy. My father was a carpenter who worked not only in Italy, but also in …
  • What's in a Name? by Vi
    … and Petrun Petursdottir and Kristjan Kristjansson, born in Iceland and coming to Canada… my parents were Gudrun Gudlog Kristjansson … Bjarnason. Upon moving from the farm in Saskatchewan in a Icelandic community called Pingvallabyd to an English community of about 2500 …
  • Ingeborg Dietrich Ruohoniemi
    … Germany, the third child of four girls. During the spring of 1956 my girl friend made plans to immigrate to Canada. I decided to join her, but I was underage and therefore afraid to tell my Mom. My …
  • Memories of Home by Pawknyaw
    … Time 0:02:28 Transcript I called Thailand refugee camp  a home  because I was born there. It wasn’t much, … camp, because Piobolu was burned. I remember the day I found out I was coming to Canada. I didn’t know what to think. My dad thought coming to Canada would be a better life for our family because we were …
  • Family Reaction to Leaving - Bruce Bolin
    … Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five … sides that when it was coming time for me to let them know that I was planning to go to Canada to avoid being drafted turned out my father … attorney he decided—he told me he had already written to the Canadian consulate in Chicago to find out what the options were for somebody in …
  • John Brian Sharples
    … In late April, 1959, I left Liverpool on the RMS Nova Scotia eager to start a new job in Canada. I was a little disappointed because my departure meant that I had to miss the FA Cup Final at Wembley … John Brian Sharples …
  • Ellen D. B. Tinney
    … food was excellent and a real treat after many years of rationing. I remember coming into Pier 21 in Halifax. The surroundings were very grey and drab, but on a platform was a silver band playing 'The Maple Leaf Forever'. We had wonderful Red Cross Ladies there to … and many of us going to Montreal and me to Belleville. At Belleville, my husband met me after a whole year without seeing him. It was strange …
  • Pain of Hunger by Sudarson
    … I was born. She told me I was born in Bhutan, which is a beautiful Himalayan country. I don’t remember living there, but I remember the day we … destroyed by fire. At that time I don’t have any modern technology to contact with my family. I came home next day and saw my home was no … about the tragedy in our life and how we loss of everything for a second time. They agree to resettle in a western country. One and half …