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Henry Bergen: A Difficult Childhood
(01:34)
Henry Bergen: German Mennonites in Ukraine
(00:38)
Henry Bergen: Collectivization
(01:15)
Henry Bergen: Going to Germany
(00:34)
Henry Bergen: Germany During World War II
(02:58)
Henry Bergen: Coming to Canada
(01:10)
Henry Bergen: Repaying a Debt
(00:23)
Henry Bergen: Survival
(00:47)
Henry Bergen: Beet Farming
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Henry Bergen: The Canada Agriculture Research Station
(00:44)
Henry Bergen: Importance of Conscience
(00:32)
Henry Bergen: Wooden Box
(02:07)
Henry Bergen: Farmer or Food Producer
(01:27)
Henry Bergen: Zero Till
(00:26)
Henry Bergen: Encouraging Family Farms
(00:44)
Henry Bergen: Motivation
(01:01)
Henry Bergen: High School Scholarships
(06:17)
Henry Bergen: Improving Quality of Life
(00:34)
Henry Bergen: Success
(00:46)
Henry Bergen: Looking in the Mirror
(00:11)
Henry Bergen: Canadian Pride
(01:25)
Henry Bergen: One Person Can Make a Difference
(01:46)
Henry Bergen: Understand What You Are Doing
(01:19)
Henry Bergen: Meeting a Challenge
(00:14)
Henry Bergen: Words of Wisdom
(2:38)
Henry Bergen: Introduction Montage
Interviewed in: 2009
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Henry Bergen describes the difficult manual labour involved in beet farming in the 1940s. He and his family worked on beet farms in Coaldale, Alberta when they first arrived in Canada.