Grande evento martedì 5 aprile 2011 al Columbus Centre di Toronto. Sarà infatti possibile visionare in anteprima alcuni degli oggetti,documenti e spezzoni di interviste che faranno poi parte di una mostra permanente sull’internamento dei cittadini italiani durante la seconda guerra mondiale.
La cerimonia avrà luogo nel municipio sito al numero 901 di Lawrence Street Avenue West dalle ore 1900 alle 2100.
Il progetto a scopo didattico è stato reso possibile da un fondo governativo e avrà sede permanente nella Joseph D Carrier Gallery del Columbus Centre.
Il contributo di 916.827 dollari canadesi da parte del Community Historical Recognition Program (Program of the Community Historical Recognition) will be used for the creation of "Italian as Enemy Aliens: Memories of World War II" ("Italians as enemy aliens: Memories of World War II") which will include a permanent exhibition of objects , photographs, and other material connected with the period of internment, a memorial wall with all the names of those interned, a collection of tales from oral history and an inventory of materials and sources on the inside for students, researchers and teachers.
The finished project will be presented in March 2012.
On June 10, 1940 is the date on which the innocent were branded Italian-Canadians as "enemy aliens" by the Canadian government following the declaration of war on Canada Mussolini's fascist Italy. Thousands of Italians, adults and children, were arrested and forcibly taken to the fair in Toronto (CNE - Canadian National Exhibition) before being transferred to the prison camp in Petawawa.
The history of the Italian internees to Canada is ably told by Mario Dulian in his book "The City Without Women" in which he describes his experience in the field before and Petawawa and Gagetown. Fate similar to that of other Italians who were interned in India, USA, Australia and even in Costa Rica page ugly and not yet well known in our contemporary history.
also included in the project will be a series of interviews with people of Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia who were interned or indirectly touched the inside.
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