Life in Canada After the War - Interview with Milda Burkhardt

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Title

Life in Canada After the War - Interview with Milda Burkhardt

Contributor(s)

Burkhardt, Milda
Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)

Project Title

Carnegie Stories

Project Partner

Carnegie Centre

Type of Resource

sound recording-nonmusical

Genre

oral histories (literary works)

Language

English

Description

Milda speaks about her experiences during the period after WWII where her family experienced difficult times in Czechoslovakia and Austria. After a couple years she came to Canada by boat and worked for a long time as a waitress in Victoria, British Columbia. She had been in Vancouver 2 days at the time of the recording.

Form

Compact disc
sound recording

Extent

00:20:54

Digital Origin

Reformatted digital

Subject(s)

World War, 1939-1945
Waitresses
Typhoid fever
Death
Discrimination

Location(s)

Austria
Czechoslovakia
British Columbia - Vancouver - Downtown Eastside

Time Period

1940s
1950s

Use and Reproduction

In copyright. For information about how you can use this item, see https://vpl.arcabc.ca/thisvancouver/use-reproduction

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