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Building a German Community: A Story from the Leader of the German Canadian Club

Item

Title
Building a German Community: A Story from the Leader of the German Canadian Club
Description
This project is a digital documentation of one German immigrant's life growing up in the London community. The project primarily focuses on Jurgen Belle (the president of the German-Canadian Club in London), who has been a member of London's German community from a very young age. He reflects on events he participated in as a child, such as soccer games and Sunday traditions. Now, as a leader in the community, he explains how he works hard to keep the German community thriving. Jurgen also shares the struggles young, German immigrants experienced in the school system and racism directed towards German community in recent years. To accomplish a well-rounded presentation several meetings were held before the final interview at the German-Canadian Club. In the conclusion, we discover Jurgen has a strong connection to German culture because of the community he is a part of, regardless of the fact he has spent majority of his life in Canada.
Subject
Building a German Community in London, Ontario.
Creator
Naomi Hopson
Source
Original
Publisher
Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, Western University, Fall 2017
Date
11/21/17
Contributor
Jürgen Belle
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Relation
Is part of German Collection
Format
Video
Language
English
Type
Moving Image
Coverage
POINT(1130814.1736077 6816242.5860409)|POINT(-9041965.3856793 5309139.2233215)|8|-9034933.1790780|5275248.9559103|osm
Germany
London, Ontario;
Identifier
https://youtu.be/WpVr9Wrxtn4
Item sets
German Collection