So nice to be in person again!
OLA Superconference 23
Tag: WWI
Interview with Renata Duma and Soulscapes
Thanks, Renata, for this wide-ranging interview about Trapped in Hitler’s Web, and why I write what I write.
Podcast interview about Trapped in Hitler’s Web with Stephen Hurley and VoiceEd Radio
Marking the 100th anniversary of when WWI internment ended
Visiting Jasper Museum and walking where my grandfather was interned in WWI
Parish Internees
St. Michael’s Parish during WWI
Marsha Skrypuch
Within weeks of Canada entering World War I against Germany and Austria-Hungary on August 6, 1914, our federal government brought into force the War Measures Act, tightening the grip on immigrants from enemy countries. Federal officials were given sweeping powers to decide whom to arrest, deport or incarcerate, and whose property they would expropriate and sell. Continue reading “Parish Internees”