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… Koninklijk Technicum PBNA in Arnhem. 1958 to 1961 she took MOEnglish (BA level) at the School voor Taal- en Letterkunde, The Hague, while …
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… who worked twelve-hour days, seven days a week and frequently cared for German soldiers. Johanna Silvester was active with the Resistance … “Netherlands-Canada Settlement Scheme”. The experiences of Dutch newcomers ranged from being housed in a chicken coop by an abusive farmer … get to Canada. Van Helvert family photograph album, detail of a family visit to the Museum. Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 …
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… staff before sending offered items to the Museum. Physical artifacts and archival material must remain with the donor until the … accept into the collection. Please provide as much information as you can about the items. The Committee wants to know the experiences and … we will reach out to you to finish the donation process. If the Museum cannot accept your offer, we may suggest other museums for you to …
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… Netherlands in March of 1951. We were a family of eight children, two boys and six girls, ranging in age from one month to eleven years. I … and girls were on the upper decks in large rooms with bunks three high and the men and boys in the hull. During the day, we were placed … in a type of day-care, a large playroom from which we were not free to come and go as someone stood on guard at the door. I believe we talked …
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… trip across the Atlantic was rough, and my mother told us stories of how she would end up on the floor from her top bunk on the ship. Her … with his German family. They couldn't afford for the whole family to visit, so my brother went by himself, placed in the care of a flight … and my father took on work as a welder. To save up enough money to buy a house and a car, my father walked to and from work each day, a …
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… I, along with my parents, 2 younger brothers and a sister said good-bye to our dear grandparents, aunt, uncle and little cousin with whom … 3 suitcases and a few handbags. Our luggage consisted of 2 dresses for myself and 2 for my sister, 2 pairs of shorts and shirts for each … driver arrived, reserved by my father a few days before. We all climbed in and although we were squeezed together and could not move, we …
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… Tribute to the Lives of: Madame Mirdza Grikis Dambergs and Nickolajs (Nick) Dambergs Former … her husband Nick, who also made a tremendous contribution to Canada, have purchased bricks for The Sobey Wall of Honour at Pier 21. The … ballet in Halifax. The dancers who were established in Halifax wished to dance with the newly formed National Ballet in Toronto, and …
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… of "Landed Immigrant". This whole process as stressful as it must have been probably did not take more than a few hours. It was then time … new life was about to begin. This past July I had an opportunity to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. I visited Pier 21 which stands in all its … Ma traveled almost 70 years ago. As I watched the countryside pass by, I closed my eyes and wondered what Ma must have been thinking as …
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… to Canada because he was sponsored by a Canadian citizen to work on a farm near Barry's Bay. After he had worked there for about one year and had fulfilled all … my fiancé I was embarking on an adventure and a trip of a lifetime. I have very vivid memories of the trip from my house in Kortenhoef to the …
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… rickety troop ship, S.S. Volendam. Then traveled by train to Barry's Bay via Montreal and Ottawa. Worked on the sponsor's farm near Palmer … as our liberators in the spring of 1945 also influenced my decision to come to Canada. There were also many reports from Canada that it was a … and I was told that my sponsor owned and operated a farm near Barry's Bay, Ontario. I would become one of thousands of Dutch people who would …