This is the fifth installment in a series of first-hand accounts from the children of Sons of Freedom Doukhobors who were forcibly removed from their families and confined at the New Denver School. The story focuses on Mandy, a six-year-old girl whose terrifying experience during her internment at the school left lasting scars.
Fifth in a series of first-hand accounts from the children of Sons of Freedom Doukhobors who were forcibly removed from their families and confined at the New Denver School. Approximately 200 children were interned at the school between 1953 and 1959.
Mandy, who is now deceased, was one of 200 Sons of Freedom Doukhobor children that spent time at the residential school in New Denver between 1953 and 1959, primarily because their parents refused to send them to public school. The long internment also made her one of the first children to arrive at the school and one of the last to leave. According to her family, she left with scars of trauma that would last her entire life.He spoke to the Castlegar News shortly after representatives of the B.C. government visited Castlegar in February to apologize for the detention of the children.
Alex recounts numerous instances while the couple was living in Robson where Mandy would leave their children unattended either at home or in a public place. On another occasion, Mandy showed up alone at her parent’s home in Grand Forks. When asked about where the grandchildren were, unconcerned, Mandy simply said she left them at home. Her father immediately hopped in his truck and rushed to Robson to collect the children.He says that over the years similar scenarios repeated themselves, and that it seemed that Mandy just didn’t understand how to care for her children.
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