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Régine Miller and Daughter Sonia Zylberberg: From Belgium to Montreal

In a poignant oral history, Régine Miller recounts how she was able to survive WWII in Belgium by going into hiding for four years, living...

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Jacqueline Gruia-Gray’s Romania

After recounting both her parents' early lives in Romania and their experience coming to Canada after WWII, Jacqueline Gruia-Gray describes the pressures her parents faced...

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Rose Simon Schwartz: Childhood in Egypt

Listen to Rose Simon Schwartz discuss her memories from her childhood in Cairo, Egypt, from the harmonious early years to the changes and harassment that...

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Henry Samel: Stories of Survival

In this clip ninety-eight year old Henry Samel recounts both his and his siblings incredible stories of endurance and survival during the Second World War....

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Alice Lehrer on her Dutch Roots

Listen to Alice Lehrer recount her mother's story, from her childhood in Holland and last-minute escape to Canada in 1939, to the challenges of her...

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Gaby Niloff: Canada-bound

Listen to Gaby Niloff chronicle her family's immigration story, from her early memories of Budapest, her family's escape to Austria following the Hungarian Revolution, her...

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Kitty Hoffman’s Improbable Journey to Montreal

Kitty Hoffman narrates her Polish parents' story, and why they were considered a "match made by Hitler". From Poland/Ukraine to Austria to Germany to Norway...

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Sami Sourani: From Baghdad to Montreal

Through a powerful recollection of his family’s journey from Bagdad to Montreal, Sami provides a personal window into the persecution faced by the Iraqi Jewish...

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D’Agadir à Montréal/From Agadir to Montreal : histoires d’immigration, stories of immigration (1/2)

Récit de la vie de Georgette Bensimon, arrivée à Montréal en 1958 parmi les premiers immigrants juifs marocains. (Première partie) Georgette Bensimon’s life story, who...

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Lily Dangoor: Memories of leaving Iraq

Listen to Lily Dangoor as she recounts her childhood in Baghdad, memories of the 1958 Revolution, and her ultimate escape to Tehran. Originally written at...

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