Sorrell Gwartzman’s father Harold Rubin fought in the Canadian forces during WW2, and this interview is a record both of her experiences growing up in Canada during the war, and of his actions overseas. While her father enlisted and went on to be a member of the RCAF’s Precision Squad who was awarded the DFC, Sorrell remembers dealing with rationing, air raids, and patriotic sacrifice. She also remembers her father’s letters home and seeing him in uniform on his return. This interview, done by Crestwood student Howard Rosenblat in early 2008, offers a good look at both first- and secondhand memories of the war years.
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- 1. Sorrell's memories of her father's enlistment
- 2. Memories of personal sacrifice, inc. rationing
- 3. Her father and uncles enlist in the service
- 4. A rumour tht her father was MIA; his role in the war
- 5. Her father's role in the RCAF Precision Squad
- 6. Issues of anti-Semitism
- 7. Media and the war effort - movies, newsreels, and radio
- 8. Rationing
- 9. Letters from her father; his thoughts on leaving his work
- 10. Memories of school during the war
- 11. Air raid practice in Ottawa
