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… Ariella Milanese was born in October 1936, in San Lorenzo di Fumicello, in the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia … A month after Ariella was born, the family moved to a small farm house in the neighbouring town of Villa Vicentina, with the rest of her … of her late husband, with some help from friends and family. One day Mario Pecile , the brother of Ariella’s neighbour, came into the …
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… and Julian. We understand that Wincenty made two trips to the USA before 1918. He worked in Pittsburgh at a steel mill. His first … Poland after the First World War in 1918 after his second trip to the USA, he searched for Ewa and the children. Ewa had survived the war … him her maiden name Kurdziel, which he later changed to Kurdzer. One can only imagine how hard life must have been for her, not knowing if …
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… the oven. And it wasn’t very tasty. When she found out, she says, “You can’t afford to buy that stuff. It’s too expensive. You’re going to … or shepherd’s pie. [1] Ugandan Asian refugee Mario DeMello came to Canada in 1972, leaving his home after the exclusion edict of dictator Idi Amin. His early introduction to Canadian life included the absolute necessity of adapting to new foods …
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… this country as Canada needed engineers and were told we would have a house and my father a job. Well, no job and no house. My father was the only one who spoke some English so he went … night for over a month. A kind teacher taught me English by having me come to her desk and starting with primary books she taught me the …
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… is a big priority for the Museum, but there are some simple steps you can take to make sure your personal memories are kept safe for future … device, with 1 copy stored in a different location. This could be as easy as saving your images on a home computer and a labelled hard … of an automatic feeder, to make sure your photos don’t get caught in a jam. Remove photos from frames for better quality images. Choose the …
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… His sister was already living in the New York area, however the USA had a restrictive quota on immigration so he decided to emigrate to … the train to Woodstock as a united family. Life in Canada was not easy for immigrants without money in those days. My father went looking … work for my father assuring us of a Christmas that I remember to this day, with a small Christmas tree, home made ornaments, a good dinner …
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… he stands in my eyes! Emily Haigh, along with their children, Philip, Alice, Sydney and George William (my Dad) departed from Liverpool …
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… Halifax, Nova Scotia Date of Arrival: March 31, 1960 Age on Arrival: 26 Erika Hertel was born Sept 23, 1934, the oldest of four siblings. …
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… Grade “B” and began to receive Tradesman’s Rate of Pay. On May 26, 1944 he was transferred to No. 8 Sub-section and proceeded “on …
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… odds. Partially, it was his kindly and charismatic presence commanding their attention, but mainly it was his story itself, which … in a Nazi concentration camp in Estonia less than two years after composing the verse. Following the film, soprano Janice Jackson … those long days in the darkness. When remembering the Holocaust, it is easy to see only the sorrow, the death, and the suffering. And that is …