Poland

: The picture was clearly taken before they received the appalling news that they were being put on a boat back to Poland for having failed to adequately disprove suspicions of communist sympathy, according to Toronto Star. One reaction is first shock and then anger at the official who summarily consigned this family, who must have escaped from Poland illegally, to a life in prison if not a more summary reception on their return. It highlights a Polish immigrant family from the 1950s. But as you stare at this modest display in mounting anger a second thought occurs. How proud one should be of the determination of the museum creators to tell all sides of Canada decidedly mixed immigration history. How courageous was the curator who found this story, and probably had to fight for it to be displayed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.