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Title: |
The Stories Were Not Told |
| Sub-title: |
Canada’s First World War Internment Camps |
Search Result:
| By (author): |
Sandra Semchuk |
| ISBN10-13: |
1772123781 : 9781772123784 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
228x228x17mm |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Weight: |
.936 Kg. |
| Published: |
University of Alberta Press - December 2018 |
| List Price: |
29.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Photographs: collections : Social & cultural history : Social discrimination & inequality : Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies |
| From 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly imprisoned as â enemy aliens,â some with their families. Many communities in Canada where internees originated do not know these stories of Ukrainians, Germans, Bulgarians, Croatians, Czechs, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, Alevi Kurds, Armenians, Ottoman Turks, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, and Slovenes, amongst others. While most internees were Ukrainians, almost all were civilians. The Stories Were Not Told presents this largely unrecognized event through photography, cultural theory, and personal testimony, including stories told at last by internees and their descendants. Semchuk describes how lives and society have been shaped by acts of legislated discrimination and how to move toward greater reconciliation, remembrance, and healing. This is necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the cross-cultural and intergenerational consequences of Canadaâ s first national internment operations. Foreword by Jen Budney. |
| Table of Contents: |
| 1 Learning from the Past The War Measures Act Enemy Aliens Families in Danger 2 Standing Where the Internees Stood 3 Stories from Internees and Descendants Mary Bayrak Jerry Bayrak Philip Yasnowskyj, excerpt from "Internment" Nikola Sakaliuk, "WWI Internment Account of a Ukrainian at Fort Henry," an interview by Lubomyr Y. Luciuk Ferdinand Zieroth, as told by grandson David Zieroth Wasyl Bobyk, as told by son Albert Bobyk Emile Litowski, as told by niece Christine Witiuk Vasyl Doskoch, as told by daughter Anne Sadelain Stefa (Mielniczuk) Pawliw, as told by granddaughter Kim Pawliw Petro Witrowicz, as told by granddaughter Valdine Ciwko Anonymous, as told by a grandson Uncle's Story, as told by nephew Andrew Antoniuk Yurko Forchuk, as told by son Marshall Forchuk Yuri Babjek and his brothers, John, Bill, and Theodore,as told by grandson Nick Topolnyski Mikhail Danyluk, as told by granddaughter Florence McKie Frederick, Hilda, and Fred Jr. Kohse, as told by son and brother Gerald Kohse Metro Olynyk, as told by son Fred Olynyk Maksym Boyko, as told by son Otto and daughter-in-law Kathleen Boyko William Sharun, as told by son Lawrence Sharun Harry Levitsky, as told by step-granddaughter Donna Korchinski 4 Spirit Lake Photographs 5 Engaging Memory Work A Loss of Identity They Were Kids Authorities Can't Control Memory Telling the Story as Resistance Humiliation These Are the Last Flowers I Will See in My Life Healing Resilience The Doors Open |
| Awards / Prizes: |
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Book Design of the Year | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta
2019
Canada
Short-listed
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Kobzar Book Award
2020
Canada
Short-listed
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| Reviews: |
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"To dwell in this book's pages is to experience dismay, sadness and sobering revelation. Finally though, a century later, internment stories are being told, making our nation's history more authentic." -- Steven Ross, Alberta Views -- 20190601
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"The book is a melding of Semchuk's personal journey, visual art, narrative, and recall.... The Stories Were Not Told is an intriguing composition, stimulating thought and offering an artistic integrative approach to history and culture.... This grounding of the human experience through a variety of approaches reveals more than history per se." [Full review at https://ormsbyreview.com/2020/05/13/823-regular-hinther-mochoruk-semchuk-black-internment/] -- Keith Regular, The Ormsby Review, May 13, 2020
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"[The author] underscores the linkage between the past and the present and the potential implications of not doing the individual and collective "memory work" that forces us to confront our personal and national histories in a meaningful and respectful fashion. It is a powerful invocation--and one we should heed." -- Jim Mochoruk -- Prairie History, 20200201
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