Little Third Reich on Lake Superior

Born in 1931, in Cologne, Germany, historian Ernest Robert Zimmermann grew up in war-time Nazi Germany. After many adventures and through hard work, he received a doctorate from the University of London, England. He began a long career at Lakehead University in 1967. He passed away in 2008. Michel S. Beaulieu is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. David K. Ratz, a Professor in the Department of History at Lakehead University, specializes in Canadian military history. He lives in Slate River, Ontario.

"The firsthand accounts collected through interviews over the years alone make The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior: A History of Canadian Internment Camp R an important addition to the literature, providing a much better understanding about life in a Canadian internment camp. Further, the experience of Camp R demonstrated to Canadian authorities the need for better constructed facilities, provision of adequate recreational activities, and the need to avoid mixed camps of hard core Nazis, prisoners of war, and interned civilians. It was the origin for rewriting prisoner classifications and rights within internment camps in Canada..." [Full article at http://yourontarioresearch.ca/2014/12/not-typical-pow-camp]

• Preface // Ernest Robert Zimmermann Acknowledgements Introduction: Situating the Red Rock pow Experience // Michel S. Beaulieu, David K. Ratz and Ernest Robert Zimmermann i From Welcomed Refugees to“Dangerous Enemy Aliens”ii From Mass Internment in Britain to Deportation to Canadaiii Onward to the New World and Its Old Problems: Helping Britain in Canadian Circumstances iv Getting Ready: Acquisition and Administration of Camp Rv Settling In and Sorting Outvi Camp Life at R under Standing Orders vii Issues in Camp Life: Stresses and Opportunitiesviii A Canadian Conundrum: Deception, Anti-Semitism, Paterson Mission and Partial Solutions ix Other Aspects of Camp Life: Inspections, First Escapes, Religion, Mail x “The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior” xi Lighter and Darker Aspects of Camp Lifexii “The End Is Nigh”: The Closure of Camp Rxiii Epilogue NotesBibliographyIndex