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  • Aba Beer

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  • David Mark

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  • David Shafran

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  • Elliott Zuckier

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  • Freda Shiel

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  • George Lysy

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  • Gerhart Maass

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  • Helene Goldflus

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  • Irene Burstyn

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  • Jack Hahn

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  • Joseph Klinghoffer

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  • Joseph Lazar

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  • Leon Hirsch

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  • Mania Kay

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  • Michael Kutz

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  • Minna Loewith

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  • Moishe Kantorowitz

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  • Paul Herczeg

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  • Sarah Engelhard

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  • Stefan Carter

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• Places

  • Holocaust Survivors' Locations from 1933 to 1939

    • Hamilton

      • Life on the Wren Farm, 1938

    • Ottawa

    • Montreal

      • Immigration to Montreal in 1938

    Holocaust Survivors' Locations from 1939 to 1945

    • Ottawa

    • Montreal

      • Immigration through Order-in-Council Visa
      • Voyage to Canada Aboard the Serpa Pinto

    • Internement Camp T

      • Internment at Camp T in 1940

    • Internment Camp B

      • Internment at Camp B in 1940

    Holocaust Survivors' Locations from 1945 to 1955

    • Vancouver

      • Support from Canadian Jewish Congress in Vancouver

    • Calgary

      • Arrival in Calgary as a War Orphan

    • Regina

      • Arrival in Regina as War Orphan

    • Winnipeg

      • Adjusting to Life as DP Kid in Winnipeg
      • Immigration to Winnipeg through Sponsorship

    • Tillsonburg

      • Buying a Farm with Tourist Visa

    • Kitchener

      • First Years in Kitchener

    • Toronto

      • Immigration to Toronto in 1948
      • Selection for Canada's Tailor Project

    • Ottawa

    • Montreal

      • Processing at Canadian Customs
      • Arrival in Canada as War Orphan

    • Halifax

      • Arrival in Halifax as a War Orphan

    • St. John's

      • Jewish Community in Newfoundland

• Events

  • • 1933-1939

      • Great Depression (October 29, 1929)
        
      • Order-in-Council PC 695 (March 21, 1931)
        
      • Hitler Becomes Head of German Government (January 30, 1933)
        
      • First Nazi Concentration Camp Opens (March 22, 1933)
        
      • Boycott of Jewish Stores in Germany (April 1, 1933)
        
      • Jews Lose German Citizenship (September 15, 1935)
        
      • Order for Disclosure of Jewish Assets (April 26, 1938)
        
      • Evian Conference (July 6-15, 1938)
        
      • Munich Agreement (September 29, 1938)
        
      • German Jews' Passports Marked with “J” (October 5, 1938)
        
      • Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938)
        

    • 1939-1945

      • The MS St. Louis set sail from Hamburg (May 13, 1939)
        
      • Beginning of WWII (September 1, 1939)
        
      • Enemy Aliens Arrive in Canada (June 17, 1940)
        
      • German Invasion of the USSR (June 22, 1941)
        
      • Appointment of a Commissioner of the Refugee Camps in Canada (June 25, 1941)
        
      • First Nazi Killing Centre Begins Gassing Operations (December 8, 1941)
        
      • Wannsee Conference (January 22, 1942)
        
      • Bermuda Conference (April 19, 1943)
        
      • Voyages of the Serpa Pinto (April 1944)
        

    • 1945-2000

      • Canadian Citizenship Act (January 1, 1947)
        
      • War Orphans Project (April 29, 1947)
        
      • Tailor Project (November 1947)
        
      • UN Convention on the Status of Refugees (July 28, 1951)
        
      • Canadian Immigration Act (July 4, 1952)
        
      • Last Displaced Persons Camp Closes (February 1, 1957)
        
      • Holocaust Commemoration Rally at Parliament Hill (May 7, 1965)
        
      • Inauguration of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre (September 9, 1979)
        
      • Deschênes Commission (February 7, 1985)
        
      • Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (June 24, 2000)