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… and I could have everything that I wanted. All I had to do was be good at my studies. But I wasn’t. And that changed everything. Because … love. As everyone knows, Japanese had invaded China and killed so many people; therefore, the older generation does not like Japanese … daddy around me. I only had instant noodles as my meals for a month. Comparing to my hometown, life here was boring. I asked myself: Why am …
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… Rina, Fred, Nettie (Jeannette) and Joop (John) Lindeijer. I personally had no idea where we were going. I had said goodbye to friends and classmates and knew we'd be leaving for Canada for good. I knew nothing about Canada. My Dad was the only one who knew how to speak English. He could speak German and French too. I know who …
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… Time 0:03:32 Transcript I shivered as soon as I landed in Saskatoon airport on an early September afternoon … Iran, and Egypt. They were all agriculture students and so we could compare and contrast agriculture in our respective countries. We played cards, ping pong, and soccer, had coffee and lunches together and invited each other for dinner. I ended …
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… immigrants and refugees over more than three decades from the mid-30s right up until 1971 when Pier 21 closed its doors. She first served as a representative of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS), welcoming Jews arriving from Eastern and Central … service business, donated boxes of food to the new arrivals. One person Fineberg welcomed, in 1939, was Meta Echt. Echt and her family were …
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… Transcript: So, it was very, if I were to sum up my childhood, I would say it was a very comfortable, safe, solid childhood where I had the opportunities and resources to do well at school, to have nice activities. It was—it was a good place to …
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… across the ocean. Even the crew were sea-sick. I travelled with Hugh and Barbara Bartley from Hull, East Yorkshire leaving from Prestwick in Scotland. When I landed, I was Gladys Long and son Geroge Thomas Long. I mourned for my beloved husband George Albert Long who had been killed four months before so I did not have much recollection …
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… Halifax on April 21, 1957, with the SS Ryndam, HAL. During the trip we had one day, rough stormy weather in the North Atlantic and the dining … the train made numerous stops and had long waits in nowhere. Every chance we had when the train stopped at a station, my travel … in Canada for one year and had mastered the English language very well. Our first impression at sunrise was that we had seldom seen a …
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… In the previous post , I mentioned how Lawlor’s Island is uniquely unknown among Halifax’s harbour islands … no way to run a railroad when it comes to locating specific features. So, we had to work with Ian Cameron’s existing book on the topic, and we did …
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… owned by Chinese and Japanese Canadians were smashed. Still, the community continued to deepen its roots, not only in Vancouver but … gave Canadians a new excuse to suspect their neighbours . In the late 30s, plans were prepared to seize the boats of Japanese Canadians in … Fishing boats owned by Japanese Canadians are seized. Within days, an office of the Custodian of Enemy Property opens in Vancouver. Within …
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… owned by Chinese and Japanese Canadians were smashed. Still, the community continued to deepen its roots, not only in Vancouver but … gave Canadians a new excuse to suspect their neighbours . In the late 30s, plans were prepared to seize the boats of Japanese Canadians in … Fishing boats owned by Japanese Canadians are seized. Within days, an office of the Custodian of Enemy Property opens in Vancouver. Within …