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… Arriving in Halifax at Pier 21 in the evening meant the lights of the city were quite a sight. After documents and health status were …
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… From the city of Sneek, the family left Rotterdam, The Netherlands on February …
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Albert, thinking of you still Love your sister Denise. xoxo …
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… Hendrikus passed away from cancer on September 4, 2005 in his home city of Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. …
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… Several War Brides set sail with their children from Southampton, England at the beginning …
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… worked for Siemens & Halske in Berlin. When the Russians entered the city, she fled to the West German part. The political situation in … Technicians, so Canada offered German technicians free transportation (to be repaid later) and a job. Liesel and some colleagues applied and …
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… February 4 to October 30, 2020 A "Community Presents" Exhibit by the Jamaican Cultural Association of … Scotia explores the growth and contributions of the oldest Jamaican community in Canada, from the migration of the Maroons in the 18th century until the present day. Community Presents A partnership program sharing the unique heritage of …
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… 0:00:53 Transcript: One of the larger objects in our exhibition Refuge Canada is this rigid inflatable boat. It represents some of the most … refugees make when they escape persecution by sea. We invite our visitors to sit down in this boat and contemplate the dangers of those voyages. A … Refuge Canada - The Inflatable Boat …
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… our arrival at Union Station. My parents were not young when they set out on this adventure. In 1952 my father was 52 years old and my …
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… and did Commando training. He was in 'blue group' and landed in Caan on 'D' day. He survived two plane crashes during the war and is … a good place to raise children, so my father decided to immigrate to Canada. We left Liverpool on July 3, 1954 on the Franconia and arrived in Quebec City on July 11, 1954. It was an amazing trip but scary at the same …