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… Halifax, Nova Scotia Date of Arrival: March 31, 1960 Age on Arrival: 26 Erika Hertel was born Sept 23, 1934, the oldest of four siblings. …
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… I was born in Portolandolfo, Italy, the eldest of nine. At the age of 25, I signed a contract … 30 us on the job. Everything was very primitive and only brooks and ponds for drinking water which was not suitable. There was a coke … New York. I retired again, sold the property, and now at leisure to do whatever I wish. …
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… itself was not unpleasant. I remember the green grass: it was a sunny day, and it all seemed very easy. The Red Cross was there to aid us as … to plan for the future, freedom to dream. He was 34, mother was 26. We liked Neikirchen Austria a lot with its mountains and pretty … was like a heavenly perfume and oh! Those Austrian chocolates and I can’t forget the strange brown drink they called ‘coca cola’ that I …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 3:23 Transcript (This video is only available in … we? I left Vietnam on January 21st 1988. Yes, it's true, so January 26 is the anniversary of my marriage. I? I got to Thailand by boat, but …
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… 1,000 Jewish children residing in Vichy France to Canada. Due to German occupation of the region, the scheme lay dormant until it … Many of the older children added that they had voluntarily chosen to come to Canada despite communist claims to the contrary. Image of USAT … her parents had died in Siberia, she and her compatriots “…wanted to come to Canada, we do not want to go back to Poland.” [13] Meanwhile, a …
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… almost four, and Susan was two) and our suitcases, to Rotterdam a few days later. We went with other emigrants from our town at the same … two girls. Opa and Oma Lopers and Oma and Opa Steenbergen were able to come along on the bus to Rotterdam to send us off. When we got to the … teeth in the water. We saw nothing but water, water, water, but on the 26 th of May we reached the shore in Halifax. When we landed there was …
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… 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 … of Tibetans, founding members of today’s community in Canada, who embodied that spirit and shared it with their children. The Chyssem … [21.04.14NRKMTK] Gelek Gyathong, interviewed by Sonam Nylosang [21.05.26GG] Nyingko Tsering, interviewed by Jigme Tsering [21.00.00NT] …
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… Czechoslovak leaders that if their reforms continued, they would come with grave consequences. Moscow demanded that the Communist Party … the 1960s Many of the Prague Spring refugees, who had applied to come to Canada at Canadian embassies across Europe, arrived by … horizon. There were ramblings in Moscow that the Soviets are ready to come to ‘help’ us to make sure that we follow the ‘right way’ of …
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… in advance, it is still a parting, and in time, to part is also to die a little. It is only then that you feel the loss of the loved ones … to us, one from our friends the Venters and one from family. When you can’t say it with words, you say it with flowers. We will never forget … A guy quickly came around to spread sand. After such an exhausting day we decided just to go to bed early. First we bathed, then said our …
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… 11+ Maximum number of participants: 30 One of the most significant points in the immigration process is the recreation, reframing or …