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Families 1956 My father and I left Hungary in 1956 shortly after the revolution. I was about 6 years old at that time. We spent about two years in several refugee camps in Yugoslavia and ended up in Italy. From there we found sponsors in Canada and arrived at Halifax harbor on January 18, 1958 …
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Families 1956 The journey began with a trip to a luggage shop to buy 2 bags to hold our most prized worldly possessions. The revolution that started with so much hope was beaten; Budapest was in ruins and bleeding. Mother’s yearning for the support and comfort of her brother who has been living in …
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Families 1956 From Stalin to Kellogg’s Cornflakes By: Janos Maté Had it not been for Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin my older brother Gabor and I may never have had the opportunity to crunch on Kellogg’s Cornflakes in our childhood. Such gratification would most likely have been delayed by some 35 …
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August 1949 My father, Roberto Pellegrini was born in Osoppo, Italy (province of Friuli) on April 8, 1920. He was just a young man when he had to join the Italian army during WWII. He seldom told us stories of the war as I don't think he liked to think back to those times as they were very …
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… Life In Italy …
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… Leaving Italy …
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… Travelling On Ship …
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… Artifacts-Arriving in Canada …
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… Life in Canada …
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… Passports …