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In April 1939, when the first load of 89 Sudetens stepped off the train at Tupper, they found a dusty, snow-patched clearing with a railway building and a few crude shacks. It was a culture shock, said Walter Schoen. By the time the rest of his cohort arrived, the rudimentary shelters had improved, but his family still spent two weeks in an army tent. The settlement was run at first by an overbearing former army officer who issued orders from atop a white horse. Eventually, the Sudetens became farmers, though few knew what to do around a cow or horse at first. There were little groups of men sent out to clear the land, and theyd never swung an axe,” Schoen said. “It was a steep learning curve.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 01:47:51 +0000

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