Germans of Waterloo Region - Softcover

Siebel-Achenbach, Sebastian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1989048099 ISBN 13: 9781989048092

Publisher: Petra Books, 2022

Synopsis

The scope of this Oral History Project is to collect the life stories of German-speaking immigrants to Canada by conducting biographic interviews with members of the German-Canadian community (immigrants from German-speaking central Europe as well as their descendants) who have ties to Waterloo Region of south-western Ontario, Canada. The interviews were video-recorded, transcribed, and the information gathered presented in two distinct ways. The initial presentation is a book which would contain individual community members' recollections of their immigration and settlement experiences. These accounts are embedded within the larger, historical context. The book chapters focus on a variety of migration-related topics, such as life before immigration to Canada, the immigration experience, life after arrival in Canada, work experience, language, and maintaining social and cultural heritage.

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LCSH: Germans--Ontario--Waterloo (Regional Municipality)--History--1938-2011 | LCSH: Germans--Ontario--

Waterloo (Regional Municipality)--Social conditions--1938-2011 | LCSH: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)--

Emigration and immigration--1938-2011 | LCGFT: Oral histories

Table of Contents

Preface: Changing Times!..................................................................................1

Walter Stechel

The Oral History Project....................................................................................3

Elizabeth Wendy Milne and Mathias Schulze

The History of Waterloo Region........................................................................9

Elizabeth Wendy Milne and Mathias Schulze

Mennonites......................................................................................................20

Christine Kampen Robinson and Nikolai Penner

They Came from South-eastern Europe.........................................................32

Lori Straus and Emma Betz

They Came from East-central Europe .............................................................47

Stephanie Cooper and Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach

They Came from Germany and Austria ..........................................................58

Stefanie Templin and Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach

Illustrations......................................................................................................69

Arrival in Canada.............................................................................................87

Judith Linneweber and Harald Bauder

Earning a Living ...............................................................................................98

Ryan Carroll and Grit Liebscher

Who Are We? .................................................................................................110

Alissa Melitzer, Nataša Nuhanovič, and Paul Malone

How to Build a Canadian Bird with Feathers from Across the Sea.............120

Melanie Weiß

Connecting with the Old Country ................................................................134

Lisa M. Rosen and James M. Skidmore

Speaking the Language.................................................................................147

Wes Lindinger and Grit Liebscher

Family and Children ......................................................................................156

Friederike Schlein and Linda Warley

Looking Ahead...............................................................................................165

Elizabeth Milne and Mathias Schulze

Bibliography ...................................................................................................168

About this title

About the Authors

Lecturer in Interaction Design and Business, University of Waterloo

Professor of German and European Studies, San Diego State University

Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Waterloo

Edition details

• Publisher: Petra Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1989048099
• ISBN 13: 9781989048092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Schulze Mathias, Liebscher Grit