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… Photographs capture time. They tell fragments of stories. The Museum is full of photographs. In our permanent exhibitions, a huge floor-to-ceiling photograph from 1914 of the passengers of SS Komagata Maru looms over part of our museum- a …
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… made by people who came to Canada as refugees. Supported by TD Bank Group. The exhibition is fully booked and travelling across …
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… Photographs capture time. They tell fragments of stories. The Museum is full of photographs. In our permanent exhibitions, a huge floor-to-ceiling photograph from 1914 of the passengers of SS Komagata Maru looms over part of our museum- a …
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… true story is dedicated to our granddaughter Jennifer who encouraged me to write and to her Osmondo whose gift pen I used to write the original draft. My name is Philippe Paul Grignon. I was born on January 20, 1920 in the …
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… Time 0:03:18 Transcript We are family of four from Akureyri in Iceland. We had a beautiful little house on hill in Akureyri. I always … lost all our savings that took years to build up. But, we had our own company that we could sell and we had money to leave, lots of people … would. Lot of Icelanders were moving to Norway but we wanted something completely different, and that was Canada. I called my good friend …
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… My father, Arthur Fisher (Pte. #M105058), was born in Hay Lakes, … well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. Fisher underwent basic training in … as various arms training in Calgary, Alberta. Dad left for overseas in May of 1942 and arrived in England on May 21, 1942. He became a proud …
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… The departure from Naples, Italy, was rather pleasant including the … circus juggling act and using its passengers as objects to shuffle. my 4 year brother and I were excited but my mother was terrified, as … made the sailers work constantly on mopping up the food that didn't want to stay in the stomach. Upon entering the Halifax Harbor we were …
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… to avoid this rock......just hang on! You will go under water but will come out the other side of the rock. This must have taken huge faith … to Iran thereby coming under British command. He served in the 6th armoured Regiment “Dzieci Lwowskich”, 2 Warszawska Armoured … fought at the Battle of Monte Cassino and was wounded shortly after on May 23, 1944 in the battle for Piedmonte. He rejoined his unit about a …
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… I could do more. In the spring of 1976, I qualified for the upcoming para Olympics. Like a typical 20 year old with a lot more confidence than experience, I made an immediate decision that would … reaction that resulted in my whole family settling in the west. The last to leave Hungary was my grandmother, who lived to be 96 years old …
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… April 2, 1955 (Laura) Age on Arrival: Antonio - 36, Laura - 31 My Mother used to tell this story often. Before coming to Canada she … (Ferruccio), and a toddler just 2 weeks shy of 2 years of age (that's me, Rita) along with her trunk of belongings. She recalls that at one …