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… checked and our luggage was put on board the ship. After a while we said goodbye to our friends and went on board. We were assigned to … sea sick. This lasted for quite a while. The ship had ropes tied alongside the corridor walls so people that wanted to move about would be … know what to do with the life jackets and how to work them. On January 26 we docked in Halifax, we entered the Pier 21 and were told to take a …
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… who would employ Pete lived in Ontario. Our date for departure was set for March 24th, 1953 so we had about six weeks to get ready. In all … work for a farmer, and if Pete did not want to stay with the farmer to come to Whitby where there would be plenty of job opportunities. … on the train. We bought bread, butter, a sausage, some cookies, and jam. In the morning Pete got us some tea, and if I remember, milk for …
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… it was more or less an adventure. Only Walter, many years later said he had not wanted to go. He worked as a mechanic in a motorcycle … The interview and medical examination all went well and so we were set to go. Because we had no money, the Dutch government paid for the … and all our books. Irene and I each took our doll, the only childhood toy we later had. Because the case had to go a few days before we left, …
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… homeland took place in Lhasa. Over 80,000 Tibetans were forced to flee to India, Nepal, and Bhutan. After more than a decade in India, the … the quality of caring about the collective welfare, a person who is community-minded. The choice of this expression as a project name is a …
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… day at Pier 21. It was exactly 50 years to the day that we arrived in Canada. My husband and children totally surprised me by having my … hardships; walking many kilometres for a 2 liter can of milk, being shot at, and never having enough food, just to name a few. After a few … Limbach. Had it not been for my mother's perseverance staying by Ute's side, feeding and caring for her, she surely would have died. In …
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… my brothers, sisters and I were told we were moving to a place called Canada and would live on a huge ship for about nine days to get there. … showed up everywhere. Uncles, Aunts & Grandparents visited non-stop and always left in tears. My best friend invited me to dinner to … cheeks were so sore for ages. All I wanted was to explore the floating city. Finally, nametags were pinned on each of us and we headed up a …
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… brief quarantine left him jobless. His daughter, Gysje Koenderink, recalled an exciting crossing in which she and her five brothers and … Wally. “We were the last passengers to leave the ship as Wally had come down with the German measles and we were put into quarantine,” … in the hope that all you people out there will sign your donor cards. “Canada has done much for you. Maybe you can give some Canadian …
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… Transcript January 10th, 2010, almost midnight, a family of 5 people arriving to Moncton, New Brunswick, and after the airport main door … in Bolivia. It is a developing country with many challenges to overcome. Often people did not agree with the decisions of the government …
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… Early 1944 I was evacuated with my high school to a mountain side south of Vienna from where we had to flee from the Russian army in … dislocated people with no place to go. Finally we landed in a hotel on top of the ‘Muttersberg’ in Vorarlberg where the news of the end of the … the Allgemeines Krankenhaus (State hospital) in Vienna. We were all so poor, six in one room, but formed life long friendships. Since it was …
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… a larger home for the growing family. Then we moved downtown where Dad set up a store. In the early 1940′s, six weeks before the war began we … factory town, 40 km from my birthplace Apeldoom- one of the queen’s residences. It was not until my older brother who returned from … near my hometown during my time in the army. While stationed in the south of Holland and my fiancé living in the north of Holland. I spent …