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… she was still a small baby. The TB testing came out fine as well as news that Mom was two months pregnant. Besides my mother and Dad, there … Harley and Nellie Hetherington, would employ my father on their dairy farm. A lot of people, including us children, were seasick on the Kota … although the potatoes were yellow and tasted different; the raspberry jam tasted oily. With the lack of space, there wasn't much room to run …
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… of the bombed-out buildings was speeding up. Food was no longer so scarce, except for luxury items like coffee. The stores, including … war. Where to go? Australia was accepting immigrants, but it was too far away. It would take four weeks to get there, and would we ever be able to return home? The …
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… underside of their machine ablaze, and the pilot, Flight Sergeant Swanson of Edmonton, battling to keep the kite under control, Crosby and … in England tried in vain to help them to find a landing place. Swanson finally crash-landed the machine in a barley field and, with the … to the "Moose" squadron in mid-July after 10 days' leave and heard the news of his award. "I don't know why they gave it to me," he modestly …
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… Soon it was March 11, 1953, a warm and bright spring day and also the … emigrants heading for Canada and U.S.A., and the realization must have come to a lot of folks, as the Norwegian coast slipped below the … my plate before I could venture forth for a refill. I dutifully did so, but by the time that I had consumed these hundreds of green …
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… why many Germans tried to emigrate and find a new and better life somewhere else. We were among the first German families to settle in … the voyage, tired from the change in climate and depressed by bad news, confused by so many new impressions and without much knowledge of … by an ad in the paper. We passed dilapidated huts with garbage heaps beside them and smoking and gum chewing inhabitants sitting in front of …
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… Sargodha in West Punjab, India. My birthplace became part of Pakistan, so at the age of 10, I had to move with my family to the newly … very interested in migrating. Luckily, in 1966, I stumbled upon the news that Canada was desperately seeking trained teachers. I mailed my … and the case was approved. It as exactly the adventure I was looking for! I made all the necessary preparations: passport, medical exam, …
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… was surrounded with fruit trees and gardens. Early in the morning, before going to work, Dad weeded, pruned and planted. We had to help in order to learn manual work and to instil a love for nature. He succeeded. That discipline greatly helped many years … things to fit into three suitcases for our escape. The safest way (so as not to raise suspicion) was to drive to Hungary. From there go …
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… fall into the Mediterranean Sea or Atlantic Ocean, because “they were so wild.” As stated, Eva wouldn’t know how to explain herself if that … Eva “a hell of a time.” Eva and Bill, as did many others, desired to come to Canada for a better life. The news on the radio and newspaper promised a better life as well. This …
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… childhood. Such gratification would most likely have been delayed by some 35 years until the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Bloc … impetus to leave came from relatives in West Germany who phoned to say, "what are you waiting for?", but the actual decision to leave was …
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… Children March 1952 At 15 years of age, somehow I knew I would not always stay in my home country. That was … we knew very little about Canada, except that it was a very big, far away, cold wintry country. We did get letters from my brother and … a picture in our minds. Just after the war there was little foreign news, television was in its infant stage. However, many Dutch people …