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… 21 where he was to transfer from his ship to a train taking him to the west coast of the United States. However, Johan ran afoul of some … Johan under his control over night. He made Johan an offer; either come home with him for the night or spend the night locked up in a room in the immigration shed. Johan didn't have any problem figuring out that going home with Mr. Christie would …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five … had seen enough of horrors on both sides that when it was coming time for me to let them know that I was planning to go to Canada to avoid … my paternal grandparents who lived nearby, the grandparents I knew the best. By then my grandfather had died, but my grandmother, she was …
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Time 0:03:03 Transcript My mother passed away when I finished my university, she was a professor in the university that I studied. At that time, because so many classmates, friends and relatives were around me, I didn’t feel very sad or depressed. I was surprised how all well I handle this tragedy. …
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… and Pietro was born in February of 1922 in Gravina in Puglia. Pietro’s best friend, who later became his brother-in-law, was working in … until the death of Pietro on January 16, 2012. December 1 st , would have been a typically beautiful day as they departed the Port of Naples. The boat named Homeland set off in the blue waters of the Gulf of Sorrento, in view of the Amalfi …
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Time 0:05:05 Transcript In 1958, I left Hong Kong for London, England, to study a nursing program. The program is the best nursing program in the world. The British trained nurses had the best nursing skills in world. The nurse can work can work in most of the Commonwealth countries. Having …
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Time 0:04:49 Transcript My Father came from Iran to Kuwait in 1957 to start a business. So I was born & raised in Kuwait but with an Iranian passport. My family was Bahai, a religious minority in both Iran and Kuwait. As an Iranian resident in Kuwait I went to an Iranian school. At that time there …
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… groups who once passed through Pier 21; an immigrant, a refugee (more commonly referred to as a Displaced Person at the time), a Veteran, a … historic site, has its own distinct identity. It continues to attract visitors from across Canada and around the world. The most significant … generosity and idealism is what this Pier stands for: Canada’s best self. It is the Canada that let us in, the Canada that took one …
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… groups who once passed through Pier 21; an immigrant, a refugee (more commonly referred to as a Displaced Person at the time), a Veteran, a … historic site, has its own distinct identity. It continues to attract visitors from across Canada and around the world. The most significant … generosity and idealism is what this Pier stands for: Canada’s best self. It is the Canada that let us in, the Canada that took one …
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… in the middle of an industrial neighbourhood. Everything looked so vast and tidy but the loud noise from the traffic on the Metropolitan … and the train from across the street kept on reminding us that we were far, very far from the tiny town tucked in the Appenini Mountains. My …
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… He was dressed in his best slacks and blazer with a crisp, white shirt and tie. In his pocket … and Gaetano Rossi was arriving at Halifax's Pier 21. This time, however, he had come by car from Toronto not by boat from Naples. He was 68 not 18. He …