Harley Finkelstein

They survived.

They went to Hungary, to a town called Debrecen.

And during the Hungarian Revolution, things are really bad for everyone, but especially for Jews.

Canada had this amazing program where they let 40,000 Hungarian immigrants come to Canada in the revolution.

So actually, in Canada, if you meet Hungarians, generally they came in 56.

Because this sort of cohort of Hungarians came in the 50s.

They all came by boat.

And my dad, when they got here, they didn't have any money.

They didn't know anyone here.

They certainly didn't have any education.

So my grandfather ended up selling eggs at a local farmer's market not too far from here called the Jean Talon Farmer's Market.

and he created this egg stand.

He called it Le Capitaine.

It still stands there today.

My uncle runs it.

It's been around for, I don't know, 75 years, something like that.

And, um,

I think my dad was always very ambitious.

He had that immigrant ambition.

He wanted to have a better life than his parents had, and he wanted his children to have a better life than he had.