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… heart - here is the abbreviated version of my story: The outbreak of WWII forever changed my family's happy and peaceful lives in our beloved country Poland. Overnight our dreams were shattered as my father, just 43 years old, was killed in the …
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… be wearing a blue shirt. How is it that on this, an uncommonly busy day, every man who enters is wearing some variety of blue shirt? She … the family to a place which was unknown to all other people. The next day, the family of such persons would get a little gift. This gift …
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… year. July 1, 2024 marked 25 years since we opened our doors, welcoming visitors to the National Historic site that would become today’s … French) For centuries now, newcomers have adapted recipes and ingredients to their new situation in Canada to some very delicious results. … This heart-shaped glass pendant was whittled by a Canadian soldier, Frank Englehart, during the Second World War. The glass was …
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… the rock and play tricks off the rock. Then we pack up our stuff to come to Canada. I was 4 or 5 years old. The thing I love about Canada …
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… "Thank You Very Much". Our Father owned his own bakery in Dokkumer Nieuwe Zijlen in the northern Province of Friesland, Holland. After the … on the road and waving to us as our bus passed by Scheveningen on our way to the sea port in Rotterdam. Once on board and ready for life boat …
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… Palestine. Thousands in the camp went back to Iraq. They preferred to die in Iraq than to die in the desert waiting to be a refugee. There are only 150 of us …
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… Five of us, who were making the voyage, set out by foot and bicycle from Trevignano to … fee we paid to cross the Atlantic Ocean. I knew to buy food for the 2-day train ride from Halifax to Niagara Falls, Ontario (where my …
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… quite clearly the trip down to Southampton, and looking back at Westminister Abbey and Big Ben saying that I'll always remember that … seen Bob almost 10 months ago, on May 8th, 1945 (which of course was V-E day), which was only one month after our wedding. I remember the …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: England Ship Name: Ile De France Date of Arrival: 1945 My mother and I were born in Bradford, Manchester, England. My mother was an identical …
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… Our family immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands in March of 1951. We were a family of eight children, two boys and six girls, ranging in … 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 …