Publication detail

German Internees' Impressions of Canada and Canadian Impressions of Them: The Case of Piggy [Wiggy]

FROEHLING, K.

Original Title

German Internees' Impressions of Canada and Canadian Impressions of Them: The Case of Piggy [Wiggy]

Type

conference proceedings

Language

English

Original Abstract

My paper describes the treatment of German and Austrian anti-Nazis who were interned in Canada during the Second World War. Since many of these internees were Jewish, their continual internment and treatment as real prisoners of war had a great deal to do with the prevalent anti-Semitism in the Canadian government and country as a whole. However, the commandant of Camp L (Major Wiggs) near Quebec City showed that not all Canadians shared this opinion and, in Wiggs' case, actually did things to help these internees in making their lives better.

Keywords

Major L.C.W. Wiggs (Piggy Wiggy), German internees, Jews, internment camps, anti-Semitism

Authors

FROEHLING, K.

Released

1. 10. 2009

Publisher

Masarykova univerzita

Location

Debrecen, Madarsko

ISBN

978-80-210-4924-6

Book

IMAGINATIVE SPACES: Canada in the European Mind, Europe in the Canadian Mind.

Edition

1

Edition number

2009

Pages from

105

Pages to

113

Pages count

9

BibTex

@proceedings{BUT30995,
  editor="Kenneth {Froehling}",
  title="German Internees' Impressions of Canada and Canadian Impressions of Them: The Case of Piggy [Wiggy]",
  year="2009",
  series="1",
  number="2009",
  pages="105--113",
  publisher="Masarykova univerzita",
  address="Debrecen, Madarsko",
  isbn="978-80-210-4924-6"
}