Abigael Krueger's MRP defence: "Canada’s First National Internment Operation: The First World War and the “Enemy Alien” Experience in Brantford and Hamilton, Ontario."
Abstract:
This study analyzes the experiences of the Turkish immigrants from Brantford and Hamilton,
Ontario who were arrested as part of Canada’s first national internment operation during the First
World War. In total 8579 “aliens of enemy nationality” were interned, including 2009 Germans,
5954 Austro-Hungarians, 205 Turks, 99 Bulgarians, and 312 miscellaneous aliens. More than
half of the Turkish interns were residents of Brantford and Hamilton. As Muslim communities,
