Canadian Knowledge and (In)Action During The Holocaust

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This factsheet shows what information Canadians had about Jewish persecution and the Holocaust. The factsheet unpacks Canadian attitudes toward this persecution and the actions taken by government bodies.

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References

Frisse, Ulrich. “The Bystanders’ Perspective: Toronto Daily Star and its Coverage of the Persecution ofthe Jews and the Holocaust in Canada, 1933-1945.” Yad Vashem Studies, 39.1 (2011): 213-243.
Sitara, Georgia. “1930s: Antisemitism and the Holocaust in Canadian Context.” HSTR 382B: Race,Racism and Ethnicity in Canada Since 1900. Class Lecture at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC,February 27, 2024.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Kristallnacht.” Holocaust Encyclopedia.https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/kristallnacht (accessed April 11, 2024)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “The Nuremberg Race Laws.” Holocaust Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-race-laws (accessed April 11, 2024)

Source Authors

Frisse Ulrich, Georgia Sitara, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum., United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Events

The Holocaust

Keywords

'Deutscher Bund Canada', antisemitic newspaper, antisemitic policies, Antisemitism, concentration camps, European Jews, Extermination, Federal Government of Canada, German Jews, inaction, Jewish deportations, Jewish expulsion, Jewish history, Jewish persecution, Jewish refugees, Jews, Le Channeau, Le Goglu, Le Miroir, Nazi extermination policy, Nazis, race riots, State Sanctioned Violence, Swastika Clubs, systematic mass extermination, The National Social Christian Party, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, The Social Credit Party, The St. Louis, Toronto Daily Star

Key Figures

Camillen Hounde, Frederick Charles Blair, Norman Jaques, Premier William Aberhart, Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Ulrich Frisse

Locations

Alberta, Austria, Belzec, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Ontario, Poland, Quebec, Romania, Sobidor, Spain, The Netherlands, Treblinka, Western Europe