Northern Ontario woman feels connection to Syrian refugees

When Martha Heidenheim from Hearst Ont. watches news coverage about the Syrian refugeesher thoughts turn to her father.

Dieter Heidenheim was just 18-years-old when heescaped Holland during the Second World War, fleeing by boat.

He was deported to Canada wherehe spent years in an internment camp in New Brunswick.

Martha Heidenheimhas been pouring over her father's wartime letters and diaries.

She told the CBC Superior Morning host,Lisa Laco,her father's accounts of fleeing a conflict and coming to Canadaholds many parallels to the plight of the Syrian refugees.

Listen to their conversation.

Superior Morning9:06Martha Heidenheim on refugees and how her father fled conflict in WW2

Family history holds parallels to the Syrian refugee crisis, for one northern Ontario woman. We'll hear the emotional tale of how her father fled the conflict of the Second World War.