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… "There are things of which I may not speak, There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And … the poem. To me those words mean that I have seen and experienced so much during my childhood in Danzig; that the things are hard to … and hatred, people have dreams of freedom and liberty, which, may come true to some of them but may not come to others. We had our dreams …
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… Sofia Dochmacka Bain Polish Immigrant and Righteous Gentile Nelly May … Dochmacka Bain I am very proud, that Dr. Dehav invited me here today, so, that I will have the opportunity, to tell you about two brave … and were beaten mercilessly, mocking them at their own pleasure to the joy of the Polish and Russian inhabitants, who were happy to get rid of …
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… what, resolve yourself that this is (claps) where you’re going to be for the next little while, right. There’s no turning back so might as … for, you know, things like that. So it was um—yeah, it started to become—normalized, I guess, is what you’d call it. We weren’t feeling as … Flora, Trinidad and Tobago. Santa Flora was a town owned by an oil company and Tony’s father worked as an x-ray technician at the oil …
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… through Pier 21 quickly and be on their way but, as Gysje explains, something was wrong with her brother 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,” … were no handles on the inside and the windows were barred. At night we washed our underwear in the bathroom sink for the next day because we …
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… this didn’t bother me. Upon landing in Halifax at Pier 21, we were sorted like cattle at a market and had to stand in long lines to pass … Ontario. It was good that I did not understand too much English, but I can remember him using the term "S.O.B." directed at me. So I was …
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… of pursing a better life for themselves and their children. They had become aware of the opening of immigration to Canada, and although other … Due to the financial constraints and the risk involved, António was to come alone. Antonio was accepted as an "endentured worker", having the … any wages. With the assistance of a Portuguese/ English dictionary, he voiced his concerns to his employer who was only able to pay him some …
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… LT. JOHN FORBES MONROE Royal Canadian Navy John Forbes Monroe (Forbes) was born in Ottawa, Ontario, … living along the coast who were reporting mines and torpedoes being washed ashore and wanting them removed. Fortunately, most of these … occurred on one of the two jetties at the depot. There were only four people inside the Depot at the time, two naval sentries, on each …
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… support from Christian democrats. [1] While the new government fought for a more economically-and-socially-equitable Chile, and enjoyed … and social organisations including unions, student groups, and community associations. [3] Some Chilean exiles came to Canada fleeing … University of Chile, April 16, 2018, https://uchile.cl/noticias/142609/fallecio-alejandro-rojas-ex-presidente-de-la-fech ↩ Dora Ashton …
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… Cross. In Germany, at the end of the war, he became officially a prisoner of war, though the Americans found his skills and abilities very … The beds were double wide and double tiered, each unit slept four people. My sister and I had the bottom bed of one unit with our … As I tried to sleep I became aware of a booming noise that would come at intervals. The ship’s motion became more and more noticeable …