Barbed Wire and Mandolins

*7.0

Status

Released

Production

ONF | NFB

Aired

1997-03-04

Barbed Wire and Mandolins

Upon Canada's entry into World War II, the RCMP rounded up thousands of people it considered fascist sympathizers. Among them, 700 Italian-Canadians were held for up to three years in internment camps. None were ever charged with a criminal offence.