The historian Andrew Theobald discusses his new book “Enemy Sympathizers” Canadian Internment Camp B, 1940-1945 (Goose Lane Editions, 2019), with Joseph Planta.
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“Enemy Sympathizers” Canadian Internment Camp B, 1940-1945 by Andrew Theobald (Goose Lane Editions, 2019).
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Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
In remote, rural New Brunswick, Camp B was established by the Canadian government in 1940 to intern so-called “Enemy Sympathizers.” A new book looks at this camp and illuminates a dark period in Canadian history. It’s called “Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers” Canadian Internment Camp B, 1940-1945. Its author is Andrew Theobald, who joins me now, and I’ll ask him about where Camp B was, who was interned, what they did there up to the end of the Second World War, as well as the contemporary discussions as to the ethics of internment. Andrew Theobald holds history degrees from Mount Allison University, the University of New Brunswick, and Queen’s University. He has worked as a researcher on an oral history project interviewing veterans from the Second World War, as well as historical documentaries. His previous books include The Bitter Harvest of War: New Brunswick and the Conscription Crisis of 1917. This new book is published by Goose Lane. It is volume 26 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, in Toronto, Andrew Theobald; Dr. Theobald, good morning.
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