For 18 months during World War II, the Canadian military interned 1,145 prisoners of war in Red Rock, Ontario (about 100 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay). Camp R held an unlikely assortment of German prisoners: 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 of one of Canada's forgotten POW camps. Through interviews and meticulous archival research, Zimmermann fleshes out this rich history. Written in an accessible, lively style, 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.$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2015.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 940.54/7271312
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 9781772120318 9780888646736
- LCCN
- D805.C3
- LCCN Item number
- Z56 2015eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxxiii, 346 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00236395 (OCoLC)939687875 (CaOOCEL)451078
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Contents 6
- Preface | Zimmermann 8
- Acknowledgements 12
- Introduction | Beaulie, Ratz & Zimmermann 20
- 1 From Welcomed Refugees to “Dangerous Enemy Aliens” 36
- 2 From Mass Internment in Britain to Deportation to Canada 58
- 3 Onward to the New World and Its Old Problems 80
- 4 Getting Ready 100
- 5 Settling In and Sorting Out 132
- 6 Camp Life at R under Standing Orders 156
- 7 Issues in Camp Life 190
- 8 A Canadian Conundrum 214
- 9 Other Aspects of Camp Life 240
- 10 “The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior” 268
- 11 Lighter and Darker Aspects of Camp Life 292
- 12 “The End Is Nigh” 306
- 13 Epilogue 318
- Notes 324
- Bibliography 350
- Index 360
- About the Author and Editors 382
- Other Titles from University of Alberta Press 385
