The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior : A History of Canadian Internment Camp R

Zimmermann, Ernest Robert/ Beaulieu, Michel S. (EDT)/ Ratz, David K. (EDT)

University of Alberta Press（2015/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 384 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780888646736
• DDC分類 940.531771312

Full Description

For eighteen months during the Second World War, the Canadian military interned 1,145 prisoners of war in Red Rock, Ontario (about 100 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay). Camp R interned friend and foe alike: Nazis, anti-Nazis, Jews, soldiers, merchant seamen, and refugees whom Britain feared might comprise Hitler's rumoured "fifth column" of alien enemies residing within the Commonwealth. For the first time and in riveting detail, the author illuminates the conditions in one of Canada's forgotten POW camps. Backed by interviews and meticulous archival research, Zimmermann fleshes out this rich history in an accessible, lively manner. The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior will captivate military and political historians as well as non-specialists interested in the history of POWs and internment in Canada.

Contents

Preface // Ernest Robert Zimmermann
Acknowledgements

Introduction: Situating the Red Rock pow Experience // Michel S. Beaulieu, David K. Ratz and Ernest Robert Zimmermann
i From Welcomed Refugees to"Dangerous Enemy Aliens"
ii From Mass Internment in Britain to Deportation to Canada
iii Onward to the New World and Its Old Problems: Helping Britain in Canadian Circumstances
iv Getting Ready: Acquisition and Administration of Camp R
v Settling In and Sorting Out
vi Camp Life at R under Standing Orders
vii Issues in Camp Life: Stresses and Opportunities
viii A Canadian Conundrum: Deception, Anti-Semitism, Paterson Mission and Partial Solutions
ix Other Aspects of Camp Life: Inspections, First Escapes, Religion, Mail
x "The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior"
xi Lighter and Darker Aspects of Camp Life
xii "The End Is Nigh": The Closure of Camp R
xiii Epilogue

Notes
Bibliography
Index