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       Voices of the Left Behind

       Olga Rains, Lloyd Rains, and Melynda Jarratt

       Voices of the Left Behind

       Project Roots and the Canadian War Children of World War II

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      Copyright © Olga Rains, Lloyd Rains, and Melynda Jarratt, 2006

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise (except for brief passages for purposes of review) without the prior permission of Dundurn Press. Permission to photocopy should be requested from Access Copyright.

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      Design: Andrew Roberts

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      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Rains, Olga

      Voices of the left behind : Project Roots and the Canadian war children of World War II / Olga Rains, Lloyd Rains and Melynda Jarratt.

      First ed. published Fredericton, N.B. : Project Roots, 2004.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 10: 1-55002-585-6

      ISBN 13: 978-1-55002-585-9

      1. Illegitimate children--Netherlands--Biography. 2. Children of military personnel--Netherlands--Biography. 3. Children of military personnel--Canada--Biography. 4. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Netherlands--Biography. 5. Project Roots. 6. Netherlands--Biography. I. Rains, Lloyd II. Jarratt, Melynda III. Project Roots IV. Title.

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       Voices of the Left Behind

       Table of Contents

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       PREFACE

       CHAPTER 1

       THE CANADIANS IN BRITAIN, 1939–1946, by Melynda Jarratt

       Exceeded All My Hopes, by John

       Still He Eludes Me, by Sheila Blake

       Better Off without Him, by Alan Franklin

       Awkward Moments, by Celestine

       His Father’s Eyes, by Melynda Jarratt

       Mixed Blessings, by Olga Rains

       Canadian Bastard, by Sandra Connor

       Looking for Harry Potter, by Christine Coe

       He Was a Bigamist, by Olga Rains

       I Found Real Happiness in Canada, by Jenny Moore

       The Search for My Father, by Peter Hurricks

       Tears of Torment, by Jill

       Scarred for the Rest of Her Life!, by Mary K.

       He Just Would Not Admit He Was My Dad, by Pat K.

       Devil’s Brigade, by Carol Anne Hobbs

       With a Deeper Meaning, by Ralph Thompson

       Remembering — The War Within, by Karen Cockwell

       I Found My Roots in Canada, by Maureen Fletcher

       Losses: A Poem, by Maureen Fletcher

       CHAPTER 2

       THE LIBERATION OF HOLLAND, by Olga Rains

       I Met My First Love after the Liberation, by Mira

       Irene Means Peace, by Olga Rains

       The Shock Killed Him!, by Olga Rains

       She Thought He Was Dead, by Olga Rains

       Where Is Fred?, by Olga Rains

       They Let Her Down, by Olga Rains

       A Happy Story, by Hans Kingma

       The Hope and Disappointment of a Liberation Child, by Theo Timmer

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