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… for safekeeping. Travelling by peasant’s carts, by trucks and by commandeered barge through the war-torn countryside of Poland, the … staff elected to remove the treasures to France. Szczerbiec, the medieval Polish coronation sword. Credit: Consulate of the Republic of … service in Europe. [7] From bewildered British children to wounded soldiers, from broken boxes spilling golden sovereigns and classified …
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… 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 … _____? “I would have appreciated some info about Mennonites coming to Canada not just leaving for Mexico.” Comment Card 239 “It would be …
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… On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my siblings, … family and limited resources, had no other option than to immigrate to Canada as countless thousands had done before him. Three years prior to … that their father and grandparents took on this precious challenge to come to Canada to make a better life for themselves and their …
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… we find ourselves at the edge let us not forget one another in the coming cold i will hold flame while you pray for health and you can … an abstract sharing circle i imagine myself within, among family, community, and all people here. I write it this way because i believe … landscape, how the years/generations of colonization were short by comparison. In agreement with others, i felt that all people, including …
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… And I’m like ‘I don’t remember doing these. That’s weird!’” A homecoming to help move house In 2020, with life disrupted by the pandemic, … preservation and its loss- is meaningful to Lee. Last year, her mother died; her father’s memories were becoming harder to access because of … “Since the time I found the objects and moved my parents out, my mom died. Now my father is in palliative care. Working on this show is very …
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… card" they boarded the train leaving for Vancouver. It was a seven day journey at that time. Upon arrival in Vancouver they were met at … had started their own business upon their arrival in Canada. She had come to know them through the immigration assistance group. Upon return …
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… younger brother Egidio (Ed) and I were seasick, we spent most of the days in bed. As a result, to this day I refuse to ever go on a cruise. My brothers Giuseppe (Joe), … Italian culture and learned to love all things Canadian like Saturday night watching 'Hockey Night in Canada', the beautiful fall …
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… we find ourselves at the edge let us not forget one another in the coming cold i will hold flame while you pray for health and you can … an abstract sharing circle i imagine myself within, among family, community, and all people here. I write it this way because i believe … landscape, how the years/generations of colonization were short by comparison. In agreement with others, i felt that all people, including …
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… And I’m like ‘I don’t remember doing these. That’s weird!’” A homecoming to help move house In 2020, with life disrupted by the pandemic, … preservation and its loss- is meaningful to Lee. Last year, her mother died; her father’s memories were becoming harder to access because of … “Since the time I found the objects and moved my parents out, my mom died. Now my father is in palliative care. Working on this show is very …
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… Germany invaded Poland, my grandmother’s home in Kalusz, Poland, was commandeered by German army engineers assigned to maintain and repair … The family was allowed to remain in their home in exchange for accommodation and meals prepared by my grandmother. When the German army … were separated – but the truck with the men was attacked by Russian soldiers and all the men – including my father – were killed. I was not …