Title The little Third Reich on Lake Superior : a history of Canadian internment Camp R / Ernest Robert Zimmermann ; Michel S. Beaulieu and David K. Ratz, editors

Edition First edition Published Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 346 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits Contents Preface / Ernst Robert Zimmermann -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Situating the Red Rock POW Experience / Michael 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 Summary 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. Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Camp R (Prisoner of war camp) World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Canadian Prisoner-of-war camps -- Ontario -- Red Rock Prisoners of war -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Prisoners of war -- Canada -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Ontario -- Red Rock HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Prisoner-of-war camps Prisoners of war SUBJECT Red Rock (Ont.) -- History -- 20th century Subject Canada Germany Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Ratz, David K. (David Karl), 1965- editor Beaulieu, Michel S, editor ISBN 9781772120318 1772120316 0888646739 9780888646736 9781772120295 1772120294

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