Vroege RecensentenGrit Liebscher

The number of German immigrants who arrived in Canada in the decades immediately after the end of World War II and during the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) years are dwindling, and the risk of losing first-hand accounts of their immigration experience grows greater with each passing year. The idea of collecting and preserving these stories began to percolate throughout S.W. Ontario's Waterloo Region’s German-Canadian community and here we systematically gather and assess the stories of German immigrants, with research and writing overseen by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies.

In this Oral History Project, the Waterloo Centre for German Studies at the University of Waterloo, through multiple interviews and analyses, presents the historical and modern aspects of the German-speaking people of the region. 80,000 words, 43 illustrations 182 pages.

Mathias Schulze is Professor of German and European Studies, San Diego State University.

Grit Liebscher is Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Waterloo.

Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach is Lecturer in Interaction Design and Business, University of Waterloo