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The
Pathway
Donor Stories,
Messages & Dedications
01278
Patrick Donnelly
01277
Anne Liis Keelmann
In memory of all Estonians who have suffered under Communism.
01272-01276
John Heffner
01267-01271
John Weissenberger In memory of the inhabitants of the village of Varsad, Hungary that were deported for slave labour and perished in the Soviet Union at the end of WWII.
01237-01266
Ken Guarisco
01235-01236
Roy Eappen
01234
Donated by Kenneth Greenfield
01233
Donated by Pages Roumaines, Romanian-Canadian Newspaper
In memory of
the Romanian politician Ion Diaconescu, who died on October 11, 2011 at
the age of 94, after a life in the service of liberty and democracy.
Born on August 25, 1917,
Ion spent 17 years of his life (1947-1964) in Romanian Communist
prisons, as one of the leaders of the National Peasant Party (NPP).
After the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, Ion was involved in the
reconstruction of his political party and in the democratization
process of Romania. In 1995, Ion became president of the NPP and one
year later was elected president of the Romanian parliament
(1996-2000). He died in Bucharest after suffering a heart attack.
01232
Donated by Lai Nguyen and Tam M T Tran
01231
Donated by Nguyen Hoang and Chau Hai
01230
Donated by Irena Ezergailis
In memory of my husband Janis.
01225-1229
Donated by Peggy Nash
01224
Donated by Mrs. Ngo Thi Thanh and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kham
We
would like to express our gratitude to the government and the people of
Canada for accepting the Vietnamese boat people refugees into the
country. Sincere thanks to Canada, a land of hope that has granted us
freedom and the chance to a a new life filled with opportunity. May
this memorial remind us and future generations of the hardships of the
past, the trials of those who fled over oceans to escape Communism, and
of the promise of Canada, the land of refugees.
01223
Donated by the Thi Tuoi Phan Family
01222
Donated by Kozeta Resuli
01221
Donated by Rev. William Gillissie
01219-1220
Donated by Rick Bumstead
01218
Donated by D. Kirkey and D. Ziedins
In memory of Katrine Subins
01213-1217
Donated by Kentech Automation
01212
Donated by Lang Thi Tran
01211
Donated by Alide Forstmanis
In memory of
Katie Subins, who passed away July 23, 2011. During WWII Katie
and my mother nursed wounded soldiers in Latvia and later in Germany.
After the war Katie emigrated to Canada and my mother to Sweden. I got
to know Katie in 1981. We became very good friends and neighbours.
Katie was always a very interesting, kind and helpful person. She was
always interested in what happened to my family, computers, and in
politics here in Canada and around the world. Thank you Katie for your
friendship. You will be missed.
01210
Donated by Kenneth Greenfield
01205 - 1209
Donated by Shane McAllister
01080 - 1204
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada
Dedicated to the Latvian
military officers in Litene, Latvia, a summer military camp. 200 of
these officers were executed in 1941 during the first Soviet
occupation, and another 540 Latvian military officers were deported to
the Gulag.
01070 - 1079
Donated by German-Canadian Business and Professional Association
01069
Donated by Sylvie Forte
01067 - 1068
Donated by John T. Huang Professional Corporation
01066
Donated by Mr. Loc Le
01065
Donated by Carmen Zulkowski
For the victims of Communism - a system of lies, deceit and death.
01045 - 1064
Donated by Robert Colborne
01044
Donated by Maruta Voitkus-Lukins
In memory of
refugee from Communism Janis Raimonds Lukins (1931-2007), who
contributed to the life of Australia and Canada and helped in the
rebirth of Latvia through CESO as a volunteer auditor and teacher.
01043
Donated by Maruta Voitkus-Lukins
To
commemorate my having translated Melanja Vanaga's "In-gathering of the
Souls, Vol. 7" about her sixteen years as a deportee in Siberia.
01041 - 1042
Donated by Roy Eappen
01039 - 1040
Donated by Polish Scouting Association in Canada, Toronto/Mississauga, Ontario
In honour of the lives that fought for freedom.
01034 - 1038
Donated by Polish Scouting Association in Canada, Mississauga, Ontario
In honour of all the scouts that contributed to the solidarity of Poland.
01033
Donated by Polish Scouting Association in Canada, Hamilton, Ontario
Communism will always be part of our ancestry. Our troop recognizes the need to commemorate the victims of Communism.
01032
Donated by Polish Scouting Association in Canada, Brampton, Ontario
Remember the past and honour those who perished, teach the present and instill hope for the future.
01031
Donated by Polish Scouting Association in Canada, Burlington, Ontario
In remembrance and in honour of all the innocent victims that suffered under Communist rule.
01021 - 1030
Donated by Wayne Cao, MLA
Calgary Fort Constituency
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
My
family had terrible experiences with the Communist totalitarian regime
and suffered personal losses from the practitioners and followers of
Communism ideology. In younger days, I was there and went through these
terrible and fearful time periods.
My grandmother died due to the Communist forced collectivization and
so-called reforms. My family lost everything and became refugees twice
to avoid prosecution by the Communist regime.
We finally arrived in North America to establish and celebrate our new life in Canada and the U.S.
We are delighted to witness the disintegration of the Communist block, and the demise of Communist ideology.
I support the establishment and construction of the Canadian Memorial to Victims of Totalitarian Communism.
Not only does this memorial commemorate the millions and millions of
victims of Communism, it also reminds people at the present time about
the terrible harms to humanity and society done by fanatical social
re-engineering ideology and politics. We all need to learn from the
past to make a better present and to project and even better future.
01020
Donated by Tuyen Tran
01010-1019
Donated by Willi Ristau
To my father, Adolf Ristau.
01009
Donated by John Duncan
In memory and honour of the innocent whose sacrifice paved the road to liberty.
01007-1008
Donated by Dao X. Le
01006
Donated by Teresa Pierre
01004-1005
Donated by the Latvian Catholic Association in Canada
In memory of those victims that cannot speak for themselves.
01003
Donated by Juliusz Stanczak
For our brother, Karol Stanczak, who died in Iran and is resting in Teheran.
01002
Donated by Tadeusz Stanczak
For our baby brother, Janek Stanczak, who died in the U.S.S.R. and is resting in the Siberian taiga of 44 Kvartal.
01001
Donated by Tadeusz Stanczak
For the loss of our father, Antoni Stanczak.
01000
Donated by Leokadia Bortkiewicz
For the loss of our birthplace, state and childhood.
00995-999
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada - Hamilton Branch
00994
Donated by Fr. Jerzy Nowak, C.R., St. Mary's Parish Kitchener
00992
Donated by Nien Binh Tran
00991
Donated by Michael Ben
00990
Donated by Van-Hai Luu
00989
Donated by the Ottawa Hungarian Choir
009888
Donated by Arija Ringis
00986-987
Donated by Tamara Cernauteanu
In
memory of my father, Anton Cernauteanu, and my uncle, Vladimir
Cernauteanu, both priests, arrested in Bessarabaia by Soviet soldiers
in 1940. No one in my family ever heard from them and even at this time
we do not know what happened to them: where they were detained, when
and how they died, or if they were ever buried.
00985
Donated by Tamara Cernauteanu
In
memory of my brother, Victor Cernauteanu, who died in a sanatorium at
the age of 18. He got sick after being chased in the winter cold by
Soviet soldiers. At the time he died, he was finishing his studies in
order to become a priest, like my father and my uncle.
00983-984
Donated by Charles Balt
00981-982
Donated anonymously
00971-980
Donated by Peter Kondra
00955-970
Donated by the Karlis Ulmanis Memorial Foundation.
In
memory of Karlis Ulmanis.
Karlis
Ulmanis, born in 1877 into a Latvia that was under the yoke of the Russian
Empire, was a leader in the fight for Latvian independence in the early part of
the 20th century.
After the 1917 Russian Revolution, Ulmanis, together with other nationalists,
formed a Latvian national council that proclaimed independence in November
1918. Ulmanis was appointed the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia.
He helped establish the new nation, which faced threats from Russian as well as
German forces following WWI. Ulmanis organized elections and the first Saeima
(parliament) convened in August 1920. Ulmanis served various terms in the
Latvian government in the decades following, coming to power for the last time
as President in 1934 – 1940. In June 1940, Ulmanis resigned, under an ultimatum
issued by the Soviet Union, as Soviet forces began occupying the country.
Ulmanis was arrested and deported to Russia, and died in a Soviet prison in
1942.
00945-954
Donated by Ingrida Tannis
In memory of my husband Egils Tannis.
00944
Donated by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn
00942-943
Donated by Gary Seinen
00941
Donated by Baiba Kurens
00940
Donated by Michael Lazarowich
To the memory of all the persons in Ukraine who suffered under Communism.
00938-939
Donated by Jaan Kruus
00928-937
Donated by Thoi Boa Inc.
00926-927
Donated by Mrs. Tran Van Kim
In memory of
CAO DUC LAP and the other victims of Communist totalitarianism, and the
refugees who lost their lives on the sea for freedom.
00924
Donated by Minh Ngoc Nhan
00922
Donated by Lan Thi Nguyen
00920-921
Donated by Quang Do-Ky
00919
Donated by Tu Trong Nguyen
00918
Donated by Viet Hung Doan
00915-917
Donated by Republic of Vietnam Veterans Association of Ontario and Hoi Cuu SVSQ/TB Thu Duc Ontario
00815-914
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada
00814
Donated by Gunars Subins
In memory of Bruno Bramanis.
00812-813
Donated by Dean Leask
00811
Donated by Lea Koiv
In memory of
the grandparents and uncle I never met, as they were deported from
Estonia to Siberia, and met their ends there. It was an undeserved
fate, but unfortunately one that many Estonians and others shared.
00809-810
Donated by Vaike Kulvet
Dedicated to writers.
00806-808
Donated by Karlis Amandus Vasarajs
In memory of my
krustevs (godfather), Amandus Andersons, who was captured in Kurzeme in
1945 and last heard of from the KGB's foul and infamous prison,
Lubjanka, in Moscow, and was never to be seen again.
00805
Donated by Robert & Alice Chayka
00804
Donated by Maija Adamsons
00803
Donated anonymously
In memory of John Lewinrz.
00802
Donated anonymously
00752-801
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada
00742-751
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada, Kitchener Waterloo
00741
Donated by Andrzej Caruk
In
memory of the 2 million innocent Polish victims of Communism that were
transported to Siberia in the early 1940s, on orders from the Soviet
dictator Joseph Stalin. Taken abruptly from their homes and travelling
in cattle cars under horrendous conditions, they went to far off labour
camps. Many of them have no graves to call their own, and it's our
moral duty to honour them with a memorial in Ottawa.Communism
is a cancerous, God-less system that has perfected the methods of
extermination and suppression of whole nations, by massive hunger,
poverty and killing. Poland was one of those victims. Let's
not allow history to repeat itself - for all that evil needs to survive
and rise up again is to remain hidden and forgotten.00740
Donated by Lia Pikkov
In
memory of my cousin, Lembit Tampere, who was deported from Estonia and
died in a Russian jail of hunger and disease. Lembit fought in the
Finnish army against the Bolsheviks. He returned to Estonia in the
summer of 1944 and was arrested in 1945, and passed away March 11, 1949 in Norilski prision camp, Soviet Union.00738-739
Donated by Roy Eappen
00737
Donated by Kyson Tran
00732-736
Donated by Erast Huculak
00731
Donated by A. Krastins
00730
Donated by Ovidiu Nicolescu
In memory of my family members persecuted by Communists in Romania, starting in the year 1947:
My
father Dumitru (1933-2010), who suffered the terror of Communism from
an early age; he was beaten right in front of his mother, put out of
school, and watched thereafter.
And:
My grandparents
Avram (1896-1990) and Rada (1898-1992), who were deprived of liberty
and property; they were beaten, imprisoned, robbed and terrorized.
My
family went through the Communist ordeal just because my grandfather
had different political views (he was a member of the PNT party -
Partidul National Taranesc - and a former mayor of his village in
Romania), and had built his wealth through hard work and dedication. He
spend several years in jail and forced labour camps.
Their faith in God is what kept them going and is also their legacy.
00729
Donated by Otilia Tunaru
For
my grandfather, Gheorghe, from Albesti, Romania, whose belongings were
confiscated by the Communists, along with his dignity and pride as one
of the leaders of his village. One Easter day, he lost everything, and
lived with this grief for the remainder of his life.
00728
Donated by Vizma Maksins
For the Uldis Maksins Family.
For Latvia's Freedom.00723 - 727
Donated by George Valentin Sarry
I
wish to dedicate these thoughts to the memory of my cousin, Dr. Achile
Sarry (1919 - 1994), a true patriot and intellectual of high moral
integrity.
During
World War II, he endured terrible ordeals while being held captive for
six years in several extermination camps in the Soviet Union. When
Achile Sarry returned home to Romania, he was accused, by the ruling
Communist regime, of fighting against "the brother from the east," and
sentenced to twelve more years of confinement in some of the country's
worst political prison camps, including the Danube-Black Sea Canal.
00722
Donated by George Rusu
To the victims of Communism from Romania.
00721
Donated by Lazar Dragos
To my grandfather, army officer George Petri, persecuted by the Communists.
00720
Donated by Association Roumaine du Canada
To
the Romanians who were oppressed under the Communist regime, including
numerous members of the Association Roumaine du Canada.
00719
Donated by Adrian Ardelean
In memory of Elisabeta Rizea.
00718
Donated by Petru Cotnareanu
To Aurel Cotnareanu, died in Communist prisons c.1950.
00715-717
Donated by Joseph Bota
To my father, Danila, who was presecuted by the Communists. 00714
Donated by Magda Popeanu
To the victims of the Communist regime in Romania.
00713
Donated by Romanian Pages - Pagini Romanesti
To
Radu Chesaru, arrested by the Romanian Securitate in October 1989,
participant in the Romanian Revolution in December 1989. He killed
himself in 2002, after ten years of so-called democracy and freedom in
Romania.
00712
Donated by Gunars & Katrine Subins
Dedicated to the thousands of Latvian June 14, 1941 deportees who ended up in the vast Soviet Gulag. 00711
Donated by Dagmara Ziedins
00710
Donated by Toomas Marley
00709
Donated by Ilze Ezergailis
In honour of Irene and Janis Ezergailis.
00708
Donated by Ukrainian Youth Organization (CYM), Edmonton
00706-707
Donated by Robert Tmej
Dedicated
to my parents, Jaroslav and Zdenka Tmej of Toronto. My parents fled
their homeland of Czechoslovakia after World War II in the wake of the
Communist takeover. While building a new life for themselves in Canada,
they continued to support the fight against Communism in Czechoslovakia
and other lands. They still work tirelessly to ensure the next
generations understand the sacrifices they made, the hardships they
endured, and the pain and suffering of those left behind.
Canadians need reminding that freedom and democracy are not to be taken for granted.
00705
Donated by Janis & Irene Ezergailis
00704
Donated by Vida Jouzaitis
In memory of Antanas Smailys, a Lithuanian patriot, murdered and thrown into a river in Siberia, 1944.
00703
Donated by Kevin Waddell
00702
Donated by Bronius Saplys00701
Donated by Alfons Kalns
00534-700
Donated by the Vietnamese Community of Toronto
00522-533
Donated by Hurontario Pharmacy00511-521
Donated by Tung Nguyen00510
Donated by Astride Silis00509
Donated by Herbert & Mirdza Hausmanis00508
Donated by Valda Zobens
In memory of my father, Janis Kalnins, and dedicated to those transported from Riga's railway yard to Siberia in June 1941.
As
a child, I grew up listening to many war stories and accounts of
cruelty, degradation and injustice inflicted on innocent citizens of
Latvia by the Soviet Union under Stalin's regime. There is, however,
one incident told by my father, Janis Kalnins, that stands out in my
mind.
The incident happened in Riga's railway yard in June 1941,
where at that time my father was working. On this particular hot summer
day, long lines of transport wagons, filled to capacity with
unfortunate, condemned women, children and old people, were standing
next to a platform. Their final destination would be the various
concentration camps in Siberia. The men, the heads of families, had by
then been separated from their families, some shot.
My father,
hearing cries for help and seeing outstretched arms begging for water,
filled a pail and was carrying it along the platform when a soldier saw
him. The soldier, with his heavy army boots, kicked the pail to the
ground. I can only imagine the despair and hopelessness in people's
hearts, the cruelty of it all, as they watched the cool water run
free along the platform.
00507
Donated by Kozeta Resuli00506
Donated by Jurij Darewych
In memory of the Rev. Wasyl Matwijejko, priest of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, perished in the Siberian Gulag c. 1942.00505
Donated by Biruta Adamsons00504
Donated by Vilis & Elga Dabolins
In
memory of Alberts & Lidija Hofmanis, good friends of my (Elga's)
parents. They were deported from Latvia in 1941 and died in Siberia.00503
Donated by Marja Soots00502
Donated by Verners Cinis00501
Donated by Velta Spravniks00499-500
Donated by Ihor & Valentina Kuryliw00498
Donated by Inara & Guntis Ezers00497
Donated by Valdis & Judite Vagners
00495-496
Donated by Erika & Aleksanders Kalnins00494
Donated anonymously00484-493
Donated by Christopher Bloomer00483
Donated by Catalin Coconasu
00482
Donated by Glen Herring
Dedicated to Wilf Rudd of Oakville, Ontario, in recognition of eighty years actively fighting for freedom in Canada.
00479 - 481
Donated by Truong Cong Nghe and a group of Vietnamese refugees
00478
Donated by Dao Thi Cam
00477
Donated by Dong Ngoc Tran
00472 - 476
Donated by Ernst Friedel
00471
Donated by Sigute Zemaitis
00470
Donated by Grant Harper
00469
Donated by Tim Egan
00468
Donated by Edvins Snore
Dedicated to Latvian Freedom Fighters Gunars Astra (1931-1988) and Juris Ziemelis (1941-1988).
00466 - 467
Donated by Alice and Andrea Mrozek
Dedicated to our parents, Michael and Hana Mrozek, who left Czechoslovakia so that we might know freedom and have a better life.
00436 - 465
Donated by Vo Thanh Tan
In memory of my father, Mr. Vo Phu, who died in 1979 at Z.30C re-education camp in Ham Tan, Thuan Hai, Vietnam.
00435
Donated by Phuong Thanh Vu
00432 - 434
Donated by Glen Herring
00430 - 431
Donated by John Huang
00428 - 429
Donated by Marilyn Elliot
00427
Donated by Stan Lore
00426
Donated by Reid Chamberlain
00425
Donated by Mark Milke
My late grandmother arrived from the Soviet
Union in the late 1920s, this after her peasant family was first transported
around the U.S.S.R., including a stint in Siberia; she and her family were
farmer peasants of German stock. Thus, they were undesirable elements,
"enemies of the people," is how a devout communist might have put it.
00423 - 424
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada -
St. Catharines Branch
00420 - 422
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada -
St. Catharines Branch
In memory of those who never returned.
00419
Donated by Ivar Archer Zemmels
This
brick is dedicated to the PEOPLE OF CANADA who took us in, gave us a
home and hope for a good life, and LIBERTY, at a time when our
countries lay in ruins and our people were enslaved and ravaged by the
demonic powers of Communism.
00417 - 418
Donated by Roy Eappen
00416
Donated by Valdemars Zvanitajs
In
memory of my father, Antons Nadolskis, who spent 10 years in the Gulag
in Siberia for helping people escape from Latvia to Sweden during WWII.
He and six other brave men organized small fishing boats to carry
refugees and leave at night from the coast of Kurzeme, Latvia to go to
Gottland in Sweden.
On March 5, 1945, he put my mother, me and
my younger brother on a boat and said he would come later, on "the last
boat." Before he could do so, he was captured by the Communists and
sent to Siberia. I never saw my father again.
00415
Donated by League of Ukrainian Canadians - Edmonton Branch
00414
Donated anonymously
00412 - 413
Donated anonymously
00411
Donated anonymously
00410
Donated by Canadian Polish Congress, Hamilton Branch
00405 - 409
Donated by Vallija Grauds
00404
Donated by Laszlo Sonkodi
00402 - 403
Donated by Dale Bossert
00401
Donated by Henry Lyatsky
In
memory of my father, who saved me from life under Communism and gave me
a chance at freedom. He taught me to think for myself, see the truth
through expedient lies, and know it when people do evil.
00399 - 400
Donated by Roy Eappen
00389 - 398
Donated by Robert Colborne
00388
Donated by Ron and Mary Galagan
In memory of the many murdered victims of Communism.
00387
Donated by John Duncan
Dedicated to James Alan Duncan. "He is a free man."
00384 - 386
Donated by Ron Quigley
00334 - 383
Donated by Canadian Polish Congress
00333
Donated by Ferenc Marko
In memory of Palffy Fidel, a victim of totalitarian Communism.
00332
Donated by Wilhelmina Sullivan
00331
Donated by Dawn McShee
00330
Donated by Alex Atamanenko
Although many in my family both in Russia and in Ukraine suffered under
Communism, I would like to dedicate this tribute to my grandfather,
Rafael Voetsky. Rev. Rafael Voetsky was a Russian Orthodox military
chaplain at the outbreak of the revolution. He was taken at gunpoint
from his wife and five children never to be seen from again. My
grandmother and her children had to flee her community of Nikolaevsk on
the Amur in order to escape a similar fate.
00329
Donated by Taylor Train
00319 – 328
Donated by Guntis Liepins
In memory of the past and current victims of Communism.
00318
Donated by Janis Bilinskis
00317
Donated by Roy Eappen
00316
Donated anonymously
00315
Donated by Vitezslava Plsek
In memory of my husband, Vlastimil, who spent over 11 years in a
Communist concentration camp and was forced to work in uranium mines in
Jachymov in what was then Czechoslovakia. I hope that the memorial to
victims of totalitarian Communism will also wake up all of those people
who still think that Communism is good.
00314
Donated by Homer Keng Soon
00313
Donated by Steven Smith
00312
Donated by Yushun Wu
00309 – 311
Donated by Roy Eappen
00306 – 308
Donated anonymously
00226 – 305
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada
00201 – 225
Donated anonymously
00200
Donated anonymously
To the memory of victims from Latvia.
00050 – 199
Donated by Latvian National Federation in
Canada
In memory of those
who were lost on the path of torture in the Soviet Gulag.
To the starving men
who fell by the roadsides.
To the mothers who
held their frozen children in their arms.
To the children
whose souls were gathered by God in the vastness of Siberia.
To the heroes
who sacrificed their lives so that Latvia would be a free
and democratic country.
Let the world know the price we have paid for our right to
exist as a nation.
00049
Donated by Milan Schiller
00044 – 48
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada,
Sudbury Branch
00043
Donated by Dong Xin
00042
Donated by Sheng Xin
00041
Donated anonymously
00040
Donated by James McIntosh
May we never forget the evil inherent in communism.
00039
Donated by Janis & Irene Ezergailis
In memory of Oskars Ezergailis, who was deported to Siberia.
00038
Donated by Robert & Marusia Foster
For the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine, the
Holodomor, 1932-33.
00028 – 37
Donated anonymously
00025 – 27
Donated by Roy Eappen
In memory of the millions murdered in the name of the evil that is
Communism.
00024
Donated by Mara Sava
For the people in communist countries, like Cuba, who are at this very
moment in prison for their ideas and wishes for freedom.
00023
Donated by George Sava
For my brother, Titi, who fled Romania in 1986, swimming across the
Danube, to seek freedom in the West.
00022
Donated by George Sava
For my father, Leon, who was badly beaten by the Romanian communists in
1962, in order to force him to surrender his land.
00002 – 21
Donated by Latvian Relief Society of Canada,
Toronto Branch
In thanks to the Latvian soldiers who, in WWII, sacrificed their lives
in the attempt to prevent the occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Red
Army.
00001
Donated by Carolyn Foster
In honour of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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