Helmut Banka

Helmut came from Germany and as  a boy traded 5 eggs for a pair of shoes to come across the barrier that was to be the Berlin wall. He had a second hand business in Merritt  for a time and had made a livelihood as a stone mason building fire places it Whistler BC.  He had said that he had worked for a former PM Mr Trudeau and The Sinclair’s at that alpine resort town in BC.

He liked to by crystal wine glasses because of a memory of Russian troops using them and throwing them it fireplaces after a toast.

Helmut passed from this life earlier this year and is survived by A wife in West bank and a son and Daughter.

E N:Helmet cheated death in Europe and enjoyed a life in Canada.

Today in History, December 20th,1955

Cardiff is made the capital of Wales.

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