The stories were not told : Canada's First World War internment camps / Sandra Semchuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Semchuk, Sandra, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War (1914-1918).

World War, 1914-1918--Concentration camps--Canada.

World War, 1914-1918.

Noncitizens--Canada--History--20th century.

Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Canada.

Local Subjects:

Noncitizens--Canada--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lviii, 247 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, 2019.

Summary:

From 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly imprisoned as "enemy aliens," some with their families. Many communities in Canada where internees originated do not know these stories of Ukrainians, Germans, Bulgarians, Croatians, Czechs, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, Alevi Kurds, Armenians, Ottoman Turks, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, and Slovenes, amongst others. While most internees were Ukrainians, almost all were civilians. The Stories Were Not Told presents this largely unrecognized event through photography, cultural theory, and personal testimony, including stories told at last by internees and their descendants. Semchuk describes how lives and society have been shaped by acts of legislated discrimination and how to move toward greater reconciliation, remembrance, and healing. This is necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the cross-cultural and intergenerational consequences of Canada's first national internment operations.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Learning from the Past

The War Measures Act

Enemy Aliens

Families in Danger

2.Standing Where the Internees Stood

3.Stories from Internees and Descendants

Mary Bayrak

Jerry Bayrak

Philip Yasnowskyj, excerpt from "Internment"

Nikola Sakaliuk, "WWI Internment Account of a Ukrainian at Fort Henry," an interview by Lubomyr Y. Luciuk

Ferdinand Zieroth, as told by grandson David Zieroth

Wasyl Bobyk, as told by son Albert Bobyk

Emile Litowski, as told by niece Christine Witiuk

Vasyl Doskoch, as told by daughter Anne Sadelain

Stefa (Mielniczuk) Pawliw, as told by granddaughter Kim Pawliw

Petro Witrowicz, as told by granddaughter Valdine Ciwko

Anonymous, as told by a grandson

Uncle's Story, as told by nephew Andrew Antoniuk

Yurko Forchuk, as told by son Marshall Forchuk

Yuri Babjek and his brothers, John, Bill, and Theodore, as told by grandson Nick Topolnyski

Mikhail Danyluk, as told by granddaughter Florence McKie

Frederick, Hilda, and Fred Jr. Kohse, as told by son and brother Gerald Kohse

Metro Olynyk, as told by son Fred Olynyk

Maksym Boyko, as told by son Otto and daughter-in-law Kathleen Boyko

William Sharun, as told by son Lawrence Sharun

Harry Levitsky, as told by step-granddaughter Donna Korchinski

4.A Spirit Lake Photographs

5.Engaging Memory Work

A Loss of Identity

They Were Kids

Authorities Can't Control Memory

Telling the Story as Resistance

Humiliation

These Are the Last Flowers I Will See in My Life

Healing

Resilience

The Doors Open.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781772124392

1772124397

OCLC:

1080219136