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… but the account my fate was written with tears. I was born in a village of India in Uttar Pradesh. I lost my father when I was only two. … like David Copperfield. But I never gave up my studies. In order to continue my studies I had to do private coaching and sometime pulling … forced to leave my job. After, few months another Board, hired me as a community relation officer. In this position I had great satisfaction …
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… every day when I woke up in the houses made of twisted trees with plastic on top. Most people at the camp want to be resettled but it’s … from my friend: my name was on the UNHCR notice board for resettlement consideration. I called my wife to give her the good news. I stopped … and hugged everybody to share my feeling. I left the school to confirm the notice board. I called my wife to tell her that I actually …
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… 21 Society for providing the opportunity to commemorate the life of my parents Anselmo Furlan (1907-1963) and Elena Romagnoli (1914-1996) and of my younger brother Giovanni … Furlan Anselmo e Elena …
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… left Southampton on the ship "Aquitania", I disembarked in Halifax on May 1st, 1946. I can remember the band on shore playing "Here comes the bride". And the kind welcome we received. Canada has been good to me. Although, I was very homesick, having grown up in Brighton, Sussex, …
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… is surrounded by 5 volcanos which are visible in the horizon in many places around the country. My mom tells me it was much too dangerous to … get a job, her brother picked her up and drove to Detroit to apply to come to Canada. I admire the quality of independence in my mother. I … it comes to doing the things I want to do in life. My mother still continued to adapt to new situations, and eventually she worked on …
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… Introduction: Left Hanover, Germany on the 12th of March 1948. Travelled by train through Germany and Holland. … Took a train to London, then took bus to Southampton and left on the 17th of March. We boarded the ship, Aquitania, for Canada. Arrived at … Nova Scotia, Canada on March 22, 1948. (This day is special for me for two reasons: freedom day in Canada and, my first grandchild's …
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… individual, and we quickly became close friends. During one of our conversations, I told her about my plan to drive across Canada. An idea that she, just like others around … about me being alone on the Trans-Canada Highway, Daphnée decided to accompany me in my adventure. I was thrilled because deep down I was …
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… in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and after Franco's victory, my father took refuge in France in 1948. My mother and two brothers … Jr) joined him in 1949. In December 1951, they boarded the Fairsea at Le Havre and came to Canada. They landed in Halifax on December 4. From …
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… it was not so hard. There I had documents, papers, experience and language that supported me. I had a history. But when arrived in … a place where to live or give you a job. My life in Chile was safe, comfortable. It was an academic life. I worked in a publishing house, creating, writing and editing history text books for secondary students. I loved writing, the importance of language and …