Early Life
He was born Anton Baričević in Zagreb, Croatia. He is claimed to have gone to work with a pick and shovel at the age of 6 and to have been able to uproot trees with a cable around his neck by age 12 (an anecdote that is not confirmed). In 1945, he arrived in Canada by refugee ship to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He never talked about his experiences in World War II, but some believe that he was psychologically affected by whatever he saw and experienced.
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