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Conscripted! Siberian Worker’s Army to World War II Soldier – Part 4 of My Ukrainian Heritage

June 24, 2022 By Laryssa Menkova Leave a Comment

Labouring as forestry workers in the freezing temperatures of Siberia, as part of a worker's army under the Gulag.

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...]

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Europe, History, Laryssa Menkova, My Ukrainian Heritage, Our Travelers, Russia, The Red Boot Diaries, Ukraine Tagged With: Donetsk, HistoryTravels, Russian history, RussianHistory, Siberia, StandWithUkraine, Ukrainian history, World War II

My Ukrainian Heritage – Part 1: I Grew Up Hearing My Parent’s Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in the Second World War

March 20, 2022 By Laryssa Menkova Leave a Comment

Women and children feeling Ukraine on foot through the snow in World War II with only what they could carry, as building smoke in the background.

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...]

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Europe, History, Laryssa Menkova, My Ukrainian Heritage, Our Travelers, The Red Boot Diaries, Ukraine Tagged With: Russian invasion of Ukraine, Second World War, Ukraine, Ukrainian history, World War II, WWII

The Canadian Soldiers in Deauville, France in World War II

November 15, 2019 By Erica Hargreave Leave a Comment

World War II Stories with Gilbert Hamel

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...]

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Canada, Erica Hargreave, Europe, France, History, Our Travelers, Travel TV Tagged With: Deauville, France, Normandy, World War II

Lest We Forget

November 11, 2013 By Erica Hargreave 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Canada, Erica Hargreave, Events, Our Travelers, Roamancing, Roamancing the Soul, The Red Boot Diaries, Travel TV, Tunes from the Road Tagged With: freedom, peace, Remembrance, Remembrance Day, World War, World War I, World War II

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