HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-05-07, Page 52page 14
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Holland poor durin.g war. •
war-torn Holland, Mr. Van
Baaren said he came home
from work one day and an-
nounced to the family his plans
to immigrate to Canada.
"I said, `Canada! I've never
heard of it,"' said Mrs. Van
Baaren.
Six months later and after
frequent visits to the immigra-
tion office in Den Haig, they
were ready to make the
overseas trip to Canada. As
part of the condition of im-
migration, Mr. Van Baaren
was required to be sponsored
by a farmer and work on his
farm for a year.
Crowded Army Vessel
The family of six boarded the
Tabinta, an old army vessel,_ at
Rotterdam Harbour in April of
1949 for the nine -day journey to
Quebec.
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left.',' she said.
Giessendam, however, was
relatively untouched by the
ravages of war. For the most
part, the German army limited
their activities to the larger
centres of Rotterdam,
Amsterdam and Arnem, she
said.
"We didn't have much to do
with the war. We did see a lot of
Germans because they went
through the village to get to the
front. For a couple of nights we
had to give up our rooms to
them. Otherwise, we had no
trouble. We were lucky because
Herman worked on a farm so
h P brought home leftover milk
and cheese and everything,"
she said.
With an eye to' working for
himself someday and with the
bleak prospects for any job in
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