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… twee uuur slapen werden wij weer op geropen om de groten overtocht te aan vaarden. Just en op afgesproken tijd arriveer de Roetje Geelens … priesterlijken zegen, ‘en v o ort ging ‘tweer met Sjeng en Tina en hun elf spruiten ‘t eerste beging voeten vegen , zolen ontsmetten , … de vriende venters en een van familie. Ja als men niet meer spreken kan, zegt men het met bloemen. Dit zullen we dan ook nooit vergeten bij …
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… years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … French Foreign Legion, elder sister evacuated by Americans to their zone, younger sister put into a detention camp by Soviets. We were … applied for emigration to Canada in London (apple pickers wanted, Annapolis Valley). That application followed me around to Scotland and …
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… Editor's Note: The following memoir is based on an interview that was conducted by … sound of their engines that they were the enemy. It had a different drone of the engine. You could see the soldier's eyes in the cockpit - … bottom of the garden. The government supplied a corrugated metal shell (an Anderson Shelter) and her father buried it so that 3/4 of it was …
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… Hungarian Immigration to Canada The homeland of Canada’s Hungarians has a long and interesting history which helped shape these industrious … was an important waterway from pre-Roman times. The Magyars, who would come to be known as Hungarians, travelled from the foothills of the … known as the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. After World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated and borders moved once …
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… Jean was born December 29, 1924 and grew up in London, England. They experienced very different beginnings – Bill grew up an only child, … up with the Canadian Army July 1941 at Stanley Barracks, Toronto, did his basic training in Kingston, Ontario, convoyed to Debert, Nova … factory where Jean was working as part of the war effort. Prior to this she had worked on the London buses, but because she found the shift …
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… at collections@pier21.ca for requests to use the collection. Provide as much information as possible about your request and how you will use the items. Licenses will be issued for requests as long as: The item is unrestricted The use aligns with the Museums …
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… The Arrival of Black Refugees Related to the War of 1812 Nova Scotia has been home to people of African descent for over 300 years. Some … as slaves in the service of white masters, but many others arrived as free migrants seeking a new homeland. During and following the War of … by the Black Loyalists (1783) and the Jamaican Maroons (1796). Over one third of the Black Loyalists and nearly all of the Jamaican Maroons …
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… What is oral history? The term ‘oral history’ has two general meanings: Oral history is a collaborative method of … course of an interview. The recorded document is a primary source that can be archived and made available to the public. Why does the Museum … interviews? The human experience of immigration is not defined by official timelines and benchmarks. Rather, it is fluid, dynamic, …
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… In the spring of 1913, 26-year-old Frank Karpowich bid farewell to his … daughter, Angela Cecelia, into the Iguacu River Basin in Brazil where free land beckoned homesteaders. But homesteading in the jungles of …
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… My Journey to Canada by Helena Lengacher, April 2016 I was born September 6, 1920, in Waterland-Oudeman situated in … once again gave thanks to the arrival of a son, Arsene Heyneman, my one and only sibling I would ever have. Although I did not necessarily … ensure we would all cooperate, my brother Arsene was taken along with many other young men in the town and sent to a Nazi concentration camps. …