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De Francesco, Giovanni and Filomena …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Hungary(Judith) Romania(Emery[Martin]) Date of Arrival: February 11, 1948 Ship Name: General Sturgis Port of Entry: Halifax Age of Arrival: 19 Judith Goldberger arrived in Halifax from Bramenhafen Germany on February 11, 1948 aboard the ship, General …
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Reflections of a Radar Operator I was asked to tell you what I did during World War 2. When I was 19 years old, I was notified, as were all others my age in England, to attend an interview to decide what I would be doing to help the war effort. There were choices like factories, government office …
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Time 0:05:19 Transcript (Translated from French) After working very hard for days and nights on my research project, I stood up in class and started doing my presentation. My English wasn’t fluent like everyone else, and my class mate started laughing at me. I felt so disrespected, despised and …
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Time 0:02:19 Transcript It wasn’t my decision to leave my country, it was because of illness. Sometimes my leg hurt a lot when I was a child in Burundi. I could not walk well but sometimes it was an illness in my left leg. I was operated in a hospital in June. My life was hard, walking with someone …
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The Collection …
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Time 0:03:40 Transcript I was living in Uganda together with my family. I was a music producer, and I sang together with brothers and nephews. In Uganda, we were competing with many musicians, and because we were not from there, and did not speak their language, it was hard. In Sudan, everything …
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Time 0:01:36 Transcript I like Cameroon because I go out around neighbourhood and no cold outside there. Everyday I go out my mother ask me to stay home but I like play outside. I like Canada now. At home we as whole family we watch TV together. We eat good food my sister Assia cook. My mother buy …
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Time 0:04:13 Transcript There is a proverb about war: “Every person for himself and God for us all.” What I want to say is that in war you want to save your own life, and that of others after. I left the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) due to poor politics and war. I saw the bodies of …
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These are photos of Ellen Margaret Dunham, a war bride who served with the British Air Force, and George John LaRocque, who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in England. My parents met in Bournemouth and married in Dorchester, Dorset, U.K. on January 24, 1945. In 1946, my mother sailed on …