that while researching the book, he was often surprised by profound events in Canadian history that had previously been unknown.
A series of POW camps were established across the country that were noted for their humanity and the freedoms accorded the defeated Germans. Many of the soldiers, sailors and aircrew liked it so much that they emigrated here after the war.But not everyone took Canada’s benevolence in the spirit in which it was intended, Greenfield writes.Article content
Former Foreign Legionaire August Plaszek was the first to die on July 22, 1943 following an argument over ideology. The Hitler Youth units parade in the streets of Soltau, in September 1937, in front of German nazi Führer and Chancellor Adolf Hitler . The Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that existed from 1922 to 1945.“They thought Lehmann was a spy and the Nazis in the camp became more rigid after the 1944 Hitler bomb plot which they heard about on a secret radio,” Greenfield said. “Inside the wires, the camp was considered to be Germany.
The killers were eventually sentenced to hang, but the fighting that had roiled the planet for six, long years had ended.
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