BOOK TALK | Ian Darragh- Blatant Injustice

DETAILS AND REGISTRAION:

Join Ian Darragh for a talk about the history of the internment of Jewish refugees in Canada during WW2. Drawing from the memoir of survivor Walter W. Igersheimer and his own extensive research, Ian Darragh chronicles the harrowing experience of Jewish refugees who were deemed enemies and imprisoned in internment camps in Canada during the Second World War.

Registration required: https://markham.bibliocommons.com/events/6733e81b083abe2f00ca7063

Thornhill Community Centre branch, Markham Public Library
7755 Bayview Avenue
Thornhill Ontario L3T 4P1

Ian Darragh is a former editor-in-chief of Canadian Geographic magazine. His writing has been published in National Geographic and Spacing magazines.

about the book

Grossly unsanitary living conditions, cruel and abusive treatment by camp officials, the withholding of medical treatment - these were common experiences for refugees imprisoned at internment camps in Britain and Canada. Walter Igersheimer's memoir exposes this bleak period in the British and Canadian war record.

After escaping from Nazi Germany with his family, Igersheimer was completing his medical studies when he was caught in the panic that led to the internment of 30,000 German citizens living in Britain. They were placed behind barbed wire and treated as enemies. Many of the Jewish refugees were then sent to prisons in Canada, but the internees did not let the authorities crush their creativity or desire for an education: they started a free university, mounted plays, and wrote musicals.

Laced with black humour, Blatant Injustice is a story of resilience and determination.