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    The Polish Presence in North-Western Quebec
    The Polish Presence in North-Western Quebec
    The Polish Presence in North-Western Quebec
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    The Polish Presence in North-Western Quebec

    By Henry Walosik

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    In 1950, five years after World War 2, thousands of Polish nationals were stranded in refugee camps in Germany. They had been brought there as prisoners of war and were put to work on German farms to grow food for the war effort.

    The Poles were liberated by the Americans and were trying to put their lives back together. A great number of them did not seek to return to the homeland because of its degree of destruction.

    Instead, a great number of them sought to emigrate to Canada, more specifically North-western Quebec, where there were plenty of job openings in the mining sector that was in a gold rush.

    This move was a brave one, taking them thousands of miles from the homeland. A new era began for these rather adventurous individuals. Finally, they could work and enjoy life like every human being should.

    Thus began a family line that spans across four generations and will see the fifth generation soon.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMay 12, 2014
    ISBN9781499016741
    The Polish Presence in North-Western Quebec
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    Henry Walosik

    The author was born in a refugee camp situated in Sindenfingen, Germany on November 2, 1948. His parents were both prisoners of war and relocated to this camp as soon as the war was over. When he was one and a half years old, he left Germany with his mother and siblings and emigrated to Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada where his father already established a home.He was educated in the English language but also possessed the knowledge of the French language. He married a Quebecoise at the age of nineteen, had three children all boys and celebrated his fiftieth year of marriage on December 30, 2017. His children are fully bilingual and college educated.The author spent most of his life working in the mining sector as an accountant. He retired at the age of fifty seven due to the appearance of a hereditary eye disease called "Cone and Rod Dystrophy". He lives in Val-d'Or, Quebec with his wife and travels as much as he can.

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