Schlesinger, Joe
| Birth Name | Schlesinger, Joe |
| Gender | male |
Events
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| Birth | May 11, 1928 | Wien Vienna, Österreich |
Event Note Joe Schlesinger moved with his family to Bratislava. |
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| Transport | 1939 | Joe Schlesinger and his brother were sent to a school for Czechoslovakian refugees in Wales organized by Nicholas Winton |
Event Note After the war, Joe Schlesinger returned to Bratislava, and found out that his parents had perished in the Holocaust. |
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| Emigration | 1950 | Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada | Joe Schlesinger left Czechoslovakia for Canada |
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| Occupation | Joe Schlesinger is a television journalist and author |
Event Note In 1948, Joe Schlesinger worked as a translator for the Associated Press. In 1966, Joe Schlesinger joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, after working as a journalist in Toronto, London, and for the International Herald Tribune in Paris. |
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| Honor | 1994 | Joe Schlesinger was made a Member of the Order of Canada |
Event Note On June 7, 2010, Joe Schlesinger received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Queen's University in where he delivered the convocation speech to a part of the graduating class of 2010 from Queen's University Faculty of Arts and Sciences. |
Web Links
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| 1 | Web Home | Joe Schlesinger, from Wikipedia |
Pedigree
- Schlesinger, Joe