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‘Shameful point in history’: New Calgary monument tells story of WWI internment camps - Calgary

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The 24 internment camps and receiving stations across Canada held 8,579 people. That included 5,954 men of Austro-Hungarian origin, the majority of whom were Ukrainian. Germans, Turks and Bulgarians were also sent to the camps. The unpaid labour done by the enemy aliens helped build much of Canada's infrastructure.

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‘Shameful point in history’: New Calgary monument tells story of WWI internment camps - Calgary

Calgary's Ukrainian community unveils an exhibit marking Canada’s First World War internment operations

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