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… – Mario Pecile – who was from his hometown in Italy and would become a lifelong friend. A local family provided them with room and … Day. As well, Mario’s father-in-law, Luigi Zuttioni, was an Italian soldier during the Second World War. Luigi was captured by U.S. soldiers during the war and brought to New Jersey where he worked as a …
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… Alton and I am David & Regina Hartman's third daughter, and the first one born in Canada! Mom was 4 1/2 months pregnant with me, when they left … 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate …
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… Generalkonsulat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Montreal Consulate General of the … Montreal In Erinnerung und Würdigung an tausende deutsche Einwanderer, die in Kanada eine neue Heimat fanden und massgeblich zur Entwicklung des Landes … Generalkonsulat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Montreal • Consulate General of the …
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… Scotia and Pier 21. What a magnificent experience this was for me and one of great sentiment as I am one of the many immigrants who arrived … family with great sorrow at an early age. The crossing was rough some days and I remember being seasick. I believe we made a record crossing … booked to capacity due to the fact another ship had docked the same day. A very nice young man, who was an employee at the desk arranged …
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… content quickly. The Museum will respond to all correspondence within one business day. If we are not able to determine, within one business day, that we are permitted to use the work(s) in question, we will …
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… able to make the trip to register me on my actual birthdate. Like many around us, my family was poor. Many children didn’t go to school. I … up early to work in the fields as it would get too hot later in the day. In summer, we walked and worked barefoot and, in the winter, we … our heads with our hands to protect ourselves from the shrapnel. At one point, we went to our grandmother’s home for refuge where the men …
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… Halifax, NS Refuge Canada Opens at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Opening March 10, Refuge Canada explores Canada’s place … person accounts and artifacts, this powerful exhibition begins “no one wants to be a refugee, anyone could become a refugee.” Moving … through major waves of arrival from Second World War era up to present day, Refuge Canada does not shy away from opportunities to portray the …
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… of Dutch citizens, relieved to finally be free of the Nazi tyranny. Many friendships blossomed in those days and indeed, many Canadian … to other European countries) was a slow process. There was little money for construction of houses that had been destroyed by bombs during … away to a small area where a nurse oversaw their care and feeding. One day my parents had finished their dinner and came to fetch me from …
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… aged 12 and 13) traveled on to Sutton, Ontario where they were for one year, under the care of my father's brother who was a farmer and … ten children a new future in Canada. It was also my father's dream to one day own a farm, as he was a man who was close to the land. In fact, …
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… both Canada and the US had enacted Homestead Acts offering land to any settlers willing to live and make improvements on the land. This … of the century lured settlers by the thousands from Russia as well as many other countries. My great-grandmother, Justina Flaig, fled … to meet up with each other while on leave in the UK and also in Germany when the war ended. What joyous reunions those were! They each …