Listen to Laryssa’s reading of her My Ukrainian Heritage diary ‘Conscripted! Siberian Worker's Army to World War II Soldier' by clicking the grey play arrow below: Previous 'My Ukrainian Heritage' Diary Entries Catch up on previous diary entries from ’My Ukrainian Heritage': Part 4 of My Ukrainian Heritage: Conscripted! Siberian Worker's Army to World War II … [Read more...]
My Ukrainian Heritage – Part 1: I Grew Up Hearing My Parent’s Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in the Second World War
Listen to Laryssa ’s reading of her My Ukrainian Heritage diary ‘I Grew Up Hearing My Parent's Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in the Second World War’ by clicking the grey play arrow below: My parents are from Ukraine. They fled during the Second World War in circumstances eerily similar to what is happening there today. These days people around the world are … [Read more...]
The Canadian Soldiers in Deauville, France in World War II
Research for a new documentary project gave us the opportunity this past Spring to spend an afternoon in Normandy, France with Gilbert Hamel as he shared stories from his youth in Deauville during World War II. Over the coming months we will begin to share stories with you from that afternoon - the first of which from age 14 is below with Monsieur Hamel’s memories of the … [Read more...]
Lest We Forget
One of the things that we are constantly reminded of from travel, is how very lucky we are to enjoy the freedoms and safety that we take for granted as North Americans, and more specifically Canadians. Much of the reason that we, and many others in the World celebrate those freedoms is because of the brave men and women from around the World that fought to protect our freedoms … [Read more...]
