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… and friends they left behind in Holland. My father was a physician and had practiced medicine for twenty years in Holland. The 9 years prior … fact, both my parents were lovers of land, nature, and space. But more so, they looked at this country as a land of great opportunities for … Hospital in New Glasgow had to write his medical exams all over again at the age of 47, and in the English language! My mother, having …
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… April 8, 1948 - Family and friends waving good bye to the passengers on the Kota Inten leaving the harbour of …
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… Time 0:03:06 Transcript Coming back to Mexico after two years living in Canada was exciting, we met with our family; enjoy our house with our son, it was a dream come true, right? Well the reality woke us up … I had in Mexico, but I really enjoy my life now, I have peace again. Last week I was in Mexico visiting my family. I think right now, …
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… observance of the Sabbath. Because we were Jewish many restrictions had been placed on our family. I was refused admission to non-Jewish schools and so my education ended at age sixteen. I worked as a tutor to two young … a camp in Riga awaiting passage to New York. As it happened my mother got passage in August 1924 and I was left behind not knowing when I …
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… Nova Scotia. Sarah spoke of rough waters & a time when baby Moira fell out of her bunk to the floor with a thump & didn’t miss a wink of … life in that same home overlooking the Chaleur Bay watching the train go by daily. Sarah enjoyed raising her five girls & having her ten … scarce & her parents were arguing over whom should have the last egg. While her parents tried selflessly to give it to each other, Sarah …
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… for safekeeping. Travelling by peasant’s carts, by trucks and by commandeered barge through the war-torn countryside of Poland, the … Directorate of Movements, “Batory W-12”, July 1940, RG 24, File HQS-63-303-12, Library and Archives Canada. Draper, 219. Zaleski, 5. Swager, … for External Affairs, to General Manager, the Bank of Montreal, Head Office, Montreal; Ottawa, 11 June 1955; Library and Archives Canada, RG …
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… policy, with growing numbers of migrants from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. Many Canadians expressed concern that these immigrants … the insane, individuals with impairments of sight, speech and sound, those with contagious diseases, as well as the destitute, impoverished and anyone likely to become a …