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… THE DIARY OF A LITTLE FINNISH IMMIGRANT Dear Diary, The First Year in Canada July 11, 1951 I’m starting this diary today, because we’re … to go to Canada by himself and that his family was supposed to come later, after he had got himself established. But Isi and Äiti told … that we couldn’t possibly go back because we had no home to return to, and all our worldly goods were in these suitcases. So after some …
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… years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … (based on mini-diary and memory) Sun 4 Nov 1951: Hopefully the last day at this crowded (8,000 people!) refugee camp where I don't know a … only in your heart - Still, the mood is upbeat: a new life beckons! Tue 6 Nov 1951: Rough night, dozens seasick already, making stairways …
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… Alois passed away. This is a story of strength, courage, endurance, faith, survivorship, sacrifice and selflessness. Alois Kolarik was born … to Soviet concentration camps. Alois remembered seeing people one day, then never seeing them again. After several weeks he had a … During the war there was a huge meat shortage in the country and food was rationed; however, because so many German pilots worked and …
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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 13, 2022) “I think a stalwart peasant in a … soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and a half-dozen children, is good quality.” [1] This quote from Sir Clifford Sifton, the Canadian minister in charge of immigration from 1896 to 1905, …
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… their experiences in the exhibits. Through visitor comment cards, surveys, anecdotally, and through comments on Trip Advisor, I get a … be a “look and read” type of museum. In the Pier 21 exhibition and Canadian Immigration Hall, there are places for people to touch, sit, smell, put stuff together, and take stuff apart. Visitors can pack a suitcase, decorate a suitcase, add a patch to a virtual …
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… How can I share my story? You can share your story by filling out the … research, education and enjoyment onsite as well as on the Museum's website. Submitted stories may be added to the Museum's Permanent … use license to preserve, use and reuse your story. If you choose to, you may also authorize the Museum to share your story with third …
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… he made extra special by buttering the bread and sprinkling sugar on top... yum, it was good. The next morning we boarded another train, … and we arrived in Orillia on April 1, 1953 on a lovely sunny day. Orillia has been home for the past 60 years. I married my … to be found..." - Christine Gerth ...Periodically, my father would come back and it was on one of these occasions that I told him that we …
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… no longer exists? While the Scotiabank Family History Centre at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not hold copies of all … records on microfilm , and information on all ports of entry into Canada. There remain some misconceptions about the nature of these … comprehensive book of names and signatures of every person who entered Canada through a port of entry. In the past, ship manifests and …
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… determined to not have the colonists fail, as this would discourage future British immigration, so they began making contingency plans. … Most of these plans either did not come to fruition or did not last. [26] Some of his group were skeptical from the outset. Reflecting on his … who did not have the required vaccination made a mark by pressing a coin hard against their bare arm before the doctor examined them. One …
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… was very empty. All the streets were empty. And I remember was two soldiers in the top of a bridge I used to, but it never come into my mind … is growing.” José’s reflection shows a path forward; a hope for a future where awareness of the coup, and similar historical events, help … University of Chile, April 16, 2018, https://uchile.cl/noticias/142609/fallecio-alejandro-rojas-ex-presidente-de-la-fech ↩ Dora Ashton …