tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21847606.post114952022830877050..comments2023-04-06T06:33:46.332-07:00Comments on Nash Holos: the more things change ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21847606.post-1149739226412456192006-06-07T21:00:00.000-07:002006-06-07T21:00:00.000-07:00Good point. Often in the discussion of concentrati...Good point. Often in the discussion of concentration camps, that distinction is overlooked. <BR/><BR/>Another point is that the war was not being fought on Canadian soil. I wonder if similar concentration camps were set up anywhere else at any other point in history to incarcerate civilians in a country where no battles were being fought?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21847606.post-1149681636474659132006-06-07T05:00:00.000-07:002006-06-07T05:00:00.000-07:00Some maintain that the camps set up during the Boe...Some maintain that the camps set up during the Boer War were the first concentration camps but the Boer war was exactly that - a War with POW camps (although this included Boer family members). Concentration camps target non-combat civilians .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21847606.post-1149655451376809392006-06-06T21:44:00.000-07:002006-06-06T21:44:00.000-07:00Yes, certainly in Canada. The internment operation...Yes, certainly in Canada. The internment operations ushered in the War Measures Act as well. <BR/><BR/>Interestingly, many Canadian historians routinely overlook these incidents. <BR/><BR/>This book will help raise the calibre of our historical record, and add some much-needed depth to our collective memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21847606.post-1149643687440630032006-06-06T18:28:00.000-07:002006-06-06T18:28:00.000-07:00These are arguably the first concentration camps!These are arguably the first concentration camps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com