World War II

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Prologue

Prologue

From: Hanged in Medicine Hat

In this chapter, Greenfield discusses how in 1946, sixteen-year-old Joyce Reesor attended the first of six murder trials in Canadian history in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where German prisoners of … 13 $1.30 Add
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Promised Lands

Promised Lands

From: Chrystia

In this chapter, Tsalikis traces the origins of Chrystia Freeland’s two families in their homelands. 14 $1.40 Add
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Ready to Rally

Ready to Rally

Marshalling Public Opinion, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 3, Klein examines the challenges the Canadian public face when trying to bring about climate action. Klein focuses on increasing widespread awareness through Public Education, … 40 $4.00 Add
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References

References

From: Family Ties

This "chapter" is a list of references and endnotes. 23 $2.30 Add
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Remaking the Economy, Then and Now

Remaking the Economy, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 6, Klein examines the practically of fundamentally retooling our entire economy by reexamining how it has been done before during the Second World War. Klein focuses much of this … 64 $6.40 Add
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Return of the Radical Ukrainian Nationalists

Return of the Radical Ukrainian Nationalists

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses Chrystia Freeland’s Ukrainian identity and her views on Ukrainian independence and culture. 6 $0.60 Add
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Return of the Thunder

Return of the Thunder

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses the experiences of a Jewish Ukrainian family hiding during Nazi occupation. 7 $0.70 Add
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Returning Home

Returning Home

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War

This chapter describes the end of the internment and the experiences of Italian Canadians after the war. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Rewriting History

Rewriting History

Iraq War Resisters’ Struggle for Asylum in Canada and the Mythology of Vietnam

From: Worth Fighting For

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Rex v. Adolf Kratz March 7 to March 16, 1946

Rex v. Adolf Kratz March 7 to March 16, 1946

From: Hanged in Medicine Hat

In this chapter, Greenfield examines the 1946 trial of Adolf Kratz, a German prisoner of war, unfolded in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where he faced a murder charge for the killing of August Plaszek, … 15 $1.50 Add
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Rex v. Werner Schwalb February 25 to March 5, 1946

Rex v. Werner Schwalb February 25 to March 5, 1946

From: Hanged in Medicine Hat

In this chapter, Greenfield recounts the 1946 trial of Werner Schwalb, a German prisoner of war prosecuted in Medicine Hat, Alberta, for the hanging of fellow prisoner August Plaszek in 1943. 28 $2.80 Add
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS <i>St. Louis</i>
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Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

Canada's Anti-Semitic Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of Canada’s anti-Semitic immigration policies throughout the twentieth … 90 View
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS <i>St. Louis</i>

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

Canada's Anti-Semitic Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of Canada’s anti-Semitic immigration policies throughout the twentieth … 90 View
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the internment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. This title … 114 View
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the internment of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. This title … 162 View
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“Scruples of Conscience” and the Historic Peace Churches in the War of 1812

“Scruples of Conscience” and the Historic Peace Churches in the War of 1812

From: Worth Fighting For

Upper Canadian settlers in the Niagara region probably suffered greater effects from the land battles of the War of 1812 than citizens of any other region on the continent. Yet the many instances … 14 $1.40 Add