Exploring Central European History: A Wirth Institute Podcast with Joseph F. Patrouch
The Wirth Institute is pleased to present a special six-part original podcast series hosted by Wirth Institute Director, Joseph F. Patrouch (History & Classics)! "Exploring Central European History" will take you from the plague-ravaged lands of Central Europe during the Black Death to the 1873 World's Fair in Vienna -- all from the comfort of your favourite cozy chair.Click here for more:https://www.ualberta.ca/wirth-institute/online-programming/lectures-and-podcasts/exploring-central-european-history/index.html
Exploring Central European History: A Wirth Institute Podcast with Joseph F. Patrouch
Austro-Hungarians in Canada’s Internment Camps, 1914-1920: Part of a Worldwide Story
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Wirth Institute
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Season 1
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Episode 6
Starting in the 1890’s, countries around the world, including Spain, the US, and the British Empire, began a policy of interning populations considered potentially dangerous. Professor Patrouch outlines this context before concentrating on the internment camp system set up in Canada during the First World War in which thousands of men (and some women and children) from Austria-Hungary were incarcerated.