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… Joe, Liz, Joseph e Nicholas …
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… breeze was sweeping the air in the sunny mid-morning of Tuesday, June 26, 1951. The USNS General Harry Taylor , a U.S. merchant ship which … for the moment when the uncomfortable ocean crossing would finally come to an end. We were taciturn while the sound of the waves striking … anticipation the start of a new beginning from the moment they would set foot on a new land and stepped over the threshold of Pier 21. The …
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… industry and better paying jobs. Others started migrating to North or South America. In early 1949 we packed up and took a train to a … screened all prospective immigrants. If anybody in the family did not pass the medical examination, they, or the whole family, were rejected. … crossings between Bremerhaven and Canada in the years 1948 to 1952. She carried between 500 and 700 passengers per trip of whom 1 in 5 were …
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… As an active young person, I wanted always to make different in the community, and seeing people suffering from AIDS, drug abuse, and malaria, made me want to help. … nature, the people, it was a good town. A year later, I moved here. My passion for working with young people lead me to found Teenage Life & …
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by Siniša Obradovic, Former Oral History Researcher The Oral History Collection and Interviews in French The Oral History team at the Canadian Museum of Immigration conducts recorded interviews across the country in order to learn about immigration through first-hand accounts. We seek to represent …
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… Media Release March 9, 2018 Halifax, NS Refuge Canada Opens at the Canadian Museum of Immigration … from Second World War era up to present day, Refuge Canada does not shy away from opportunities to portray the darker chapters of history. … Reva Kanner Dexter lived in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany until she was accepted to come to Canada as a refugee in early 1949. Her …
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… was 4 at the time) and myself (10 years of age). The voyage for my mother was not one of the greatest moments in her life. Holland had had a … most of the voyage in a bunk seasick and not liking the water anyway, she was not a happy person at all. We were too young to understand what … The ship was a converted cargo ship so to get to the theatre we had to pass through the galley. It was exciting for us kids but our room was …
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… (Rasetta) Pier 21 Immigration Story aboard Vulcania, 1956 The adventure began on June 8, 1956 for my mother Elena DiGiandomenico, … arrival. He was sponsored by his brothers Guido and Giovanni, who had come to Toronto by way of Belgium. Despite our fear of leaving our safe …
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… was 1847. Famine , a sculpture by Rowan Gillespie located in Dublin’s City Centre, depicts people walking towards the harbour, to be carried … not all remained there, this would temporarily have nearly doubled the city’s population of 20,000. Tension and hostility Many immigrants were …