LL-L "Holidays" 2002.05.06 (02) [E]

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From: Edwin Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2002.05.06 (01) [D/E]

At 10:01 AM 05/06/02 -0700, Wim Verdoold wrote:
>On the 4th of may we remember the people who died in the war. All the
>Canadians that died for our freedom and all the other war victems too.

Though I was only a few months old at the time, and in a different
country,
Canadians say "You're welcome", and also thanks for sending so many of
your
children to Canada after the war who have made such a tremendous
contribution to this country.  And co-incidentally inspiring me to be
interested in the Frisian language.

My own informant, Nick Klynstra, who passed away a year ago last March,
was
in the resistance during the war and told me many of his experiences
during
that time, including rescuing his brother from Auschwitz and blowing up
a
newly launched minesweeper in Hamburg together with a Russian and a
Frenchman who were also slave labourers with him.  I think the Germans
are
still looking for the guys that pulled that one off.......

Ed Alexander
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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