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Connie Baker

Meet Connie Baker and see the tablecloth she made from a sugar bag during WW2 in Holland.


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Henny, Arthur & Baz Bobeldyk

Meet Henny Bobeldyk and see her grandmother’s stoof from Holland.


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Sigmund Ebert

Meet Sigmund Ebert and see the crystal decanter his mother bought in Germany in 1948.


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Baukje den Exter

Meet Baukje den Exter and see the sewing box her brother gave her from Indonesia.


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Alexandra Gilbert

Meet Alexandra Gilbert from the Ukraine and see the postcards she received as a forced labourer in Nazi Germany.


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Sheila Helprin

Meet Sheila Helprin and see the telegram sent by her grandparents when she left for Australia.


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Bill & Henny Kloosterman

Meet Bill Kloosterman and see his carpentry tools from Holland.


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Bruno Ladogna

I was born in 1935. My mother Caterina and I were originally from Pola in Istria, then in Italian territory.


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Pauline Peadon

Meet Pauline Peadon and see her spiritera from Malta.


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Anton Potocnik

Meet Anton Potocnik and see his family kitchen utensils from Slovenia.