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… just up and do, you talk about it, think about it and talk about it again, you go to all kinds of bureaus for information. When it gets to be pretty … start praying a lot about it. The time comes that you only pray that God will show you the way; at least this is the way it was with us. …
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… parents with the farm work. The two young parents packed their personal belongings into one suitcase, courageously leaving their parents … exhausting for all and when they finally arrived to Canada and made it off the ship they certainly were unaccustomed to the snow and the very … for two years. Soon after their arrival, Gaetano and Angela went out to find work, Luciana started school and Pina stayed at home with …
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… Italy and made our way to Naples. We were filled with excitement but also scared as we had never travelled so far from home. My father, Franco, left Italy in 1953 for Brazil in order to work in the construction industry to make enough money so that …
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… use the crutches on the boat during my trip home. On arrival, I walked off on crutches with my own backpack. The reason I was anxious to get on crutches was the requirement to be able to walk off in order to go home, otherwise all stretcher patients had to be admitted to …
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… Date: July 1, 2026 Time: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm Location: In-person event at the Museum Cost: FREE Join us for … what to expect? Here’s some things to make your decision easier (or harder!): Free admission for all visitors throughout the day 9:30 am – …
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… to get to a refugee camp. Yeah. Oral History 13.11.23BDS with Bwe Doh Soe Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Return to Refugee Experiences Gallery Photograph of Bwe Doh Soe with his mother, sisters and brother taken in 1997 upon entering a … Hiding in the Jungle - Bwe Doh Soe …
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… Provide as much information as possible about your request and how you will use the items. Licenses will be issued for requests as … subject of the item Reasonable notice is given to Collections staff in order to process the request Multimedia editing services are not … accommodated on a “rush service” basis, depending on the size of the order. Double fees will apply for rush service (10 business days or …
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… As the gates of the forced labour camps were flung open, Ivan walked out and quickly gathered his family. It was 3 years earlier that the … Zadan family were placed in forced labour camps in Linz, Austria. They had been taken out of Ukraine by the advancing German Army, placed in … to live together. Everything changed on May 8 th 1945, World War II had come to an end in Europe. A cease fire order was in place, and the …
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… work, and a lot of interesting experiences. I think it was a pretty good life. Return to Gimli … A Good Life by Metta …
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… Walnut ’s passengers helped to alter Canadian immigration policy and how Canadian officials processed new arrivals. Canadian Postwar … Immigrants Shortly after the Second World War, Canadian officials had their preferences in terms of immigrants to Canada. High … war-ravaged Europe. In July 1946, the federal government passed an Order-in-Council permitting approximately 3,000 Polish Free Army …