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… One of the greatest things about my job as a Visitor Experience Interpreter here at the Museum is … 21 was open as an immigration facility. Sometimes I even do this on my own. One of my favourite ways to imagine this is by looking at some of the photos …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 3:12 Transcript: Mooshie Zahirovich (MZ) : So Yugoslavia was falling apart and, and some, parts of it already declared as, … as independent states, and, and I could hear guns closer and closer coming to my place. And, and you could feel this uneasiness all around … The Smell of War in the Air - Yella and Mooshie Zahirovich …
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… My Story By Rudolf E. Braune On April 20th, 1951 at the age of 31, I boarded the S.S. Neptunia at Bremerhafen, Germany. I had left behind an ugly war, time spent in a …
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… MEMORIES OF A WAR BRIDE – a ‘blind date’ in World War II I was not the … when a friend I worked with asked me to go on a “blind date” with a Canadian who was in London, England on leave. He had met with another … not care about some Canadian who didn’t have a date. I can still hear my friend saying: “Oh, come on Hazel, you’ll only have to see him once. …
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… Single Men and Women October 28, 1953 – Groote Beer Tuesday Oct 20th departure day finally arrived. My fiancée had the use of her father’s car for the trip to Rotterdam …
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… Deciding to Leave – Saying Goodbye “On May 1, 1948 my wife and I and our 11- mouth old daughter arrived in Quebec City, Canada. We decided to leave our homeland of the Netherlands for a …
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… into four important themes: journey, arrival, belonging and impact. My favorite place to take visitors is the impact section. Here, we tell … Pacific Railway? There is one part of the impact section that is my absolute favorite: the customs and traditions wall. Here, we ask …
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… remember too much about the War at all. It was fast and furious for me. I joined up, in five months I was in England and I was there for … the vehicles that broke down on schemes and so on." "I was hurt on the D+12 going overseas and spent six months in hospital. When I got out I wasn't allowed to go back overseas. It was my knees that were hurt and I was sent to a convalescent unit and there …
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… JoAnne Potter nee Vanderheyden I was born May 21, 1940 in Beek & Donk, Holland. After WWII devastated our country, my parents made the decision to immigrate to Canada in 1948. There was …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Scotland Ship Name: Sylvania Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: March 13, 1964 Age on Arrival: 21 My Immigration Voyage from Scotland to Canada At the age of 21, I made …