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… Rientrando in questo locale dopo 39 anni mi e' passato un brivido per la vita. Ricordo benissimo il lontano 9 maggio 1964, quando siamo … Fossacesia in provincia di Chieti era primavera inoltrata, ricordo anche benissimo che eravamo 4-5 givanotti mentre a spettevamo in fila … Stante, Carmine Nicola …
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… Chinatown. What were these dishes, she wondered. Why were they so common in Canadian Chinese restaurants, and what was their origin? … family’s history, is the subject of episode 1 of the Museum’s English-language podcast Countless Journeys , now in its food-themed fourth … later as labourers to build the railway, faced prejudicial treatment. Concerns about cheap Chinese labour displacing white workers led to …
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… Chinatown. What were these dishes, she wondered. Why were they so common in Canadian Chinese restaurants, and what was their origin? … family’s history, is the subject of episode 1 of the Museum’s English-language podcast Countless Journeys , now in its food-themed fourth … later as labourers to build the railway, faced prejudicial treatment. Concerns about cheap Chinese labour displacing white workers led to …
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… of laughter-silvered wings; These are the first two lines of a poem by John Magee, Jr., one of the many pilots who did not survive World War … I am taken back, even more than fifty years; to the thrill of my first solo flight in a Fleet Finch biplane at Cape de la Madeleine, Quebec on a clear frosty winter afternoon. With heavy …
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… of Aloys (Anglicized as Alois) Wilhelm Escher, born March 13, 1906 #26 Kampstrasse, Gladbeck, Westfallen, Germany. That particular house still stands: my sister and I have been there and have seen it. Al, as he was later … to the United States. Besides the train fare from Gladbeck to Bremen (the sailing harbour), the cost of the trip to America was: $115.00 for …
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… Ann and Marinus Antonius Koggel entered Pier 21 in Halifax, September 26, 1952, Arriving aboard the Zuiderkruis from the Netherlands. I left … in Holland in 1950 that I would be emigrating soon after. Ann and I met in November 1951 and I asked her to marry me a few months later. We … in August of 1952 and set sail for Canada a month later, on September 18th. Ann's father was opposed to the marriage and the move and said …
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… from Squamish to Prince George. He still owns and drives his Ford. Came to the Outaouais region of QC to visit Dutch friends, worked as a bulldozer operator at a paper mill in … Cape Breton. Returned to QC, bought a dairy farm in Thurso QC and farmed for 24 years. For the past 32 years, works as a caretaker for a …
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… To most young people today, the Holocaust is a distant nightmare, something that took place long … and hopefully ensuring the end of genocide. On the morning of November 9th, 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and the … Ordinary People, Extraordinary Things: Holocaust Education Week …
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… Stefan Paudyn 1921-2008 Richard was born in Warsaw on November 27th 1921. He was baptized in St. Andrew Catholic Church in Warsaw. His … this time was a Polish multicultural city with the well known King Jan Kazimir University and Technical University. Many famous poets, … When WWII started on September 1-st 1939 Richard was determined to join the Polish Army in Romania. He and his friends hired a Ukrainian …
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… poor - escaped Fascist Communism. Here's the humble story of my family's escape that ended in Canada - and life that started anew in … At the time of our escape, my family was: Father: Janos Szigetvari 26; Mother: Ilona Barath-Szigetvari 25; Brother: Elemer 5; and myself, … Imagine! Escaping with no language, no money, no idea of what lay ahead -- a toddler, and a babe-in-arms with nothing, not even …