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"Eight decades ago, Andrew Cassel’s father was bundled aboard a #prison ship in #England and sent to #Canada as an “enemy alien”, where he was held behind barbed wire for two years. The elder Cassel was part of a little-known operation that in 1940 targeted about 2,300 #Jewish #Europeans whom the #British feared were spies for #AdolfHitler. Now, Cassel—along with other descendants and some historians—are raising awareness about what he calls “Canada’s dirty little secret”.
The #prisoners lived in harsh conditions at nine prisoner-of-#war camps in #Quebec, #Ontario and #NewBrunswick. In some cases, they were locked up together with groups of real #Nazi soldiers and #German U-boat crews who’d been captured by the Allies during the #SecondWorldWar. But they weren’t #spies—they were doctors, professors, #Yeshiva students and bankers who fled to England to escape the #Holocaust. The British government soon realized their mistake, but Canada..."
