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Nom de l'objet : Propaganda
Titre : Propaganda
Type de l'objet : Currency
Classification de l'objet : Souvenirs
Catégorie de l'objet : P.o.w.
Matériaux : Paper
Numéro de catalogue : C-49699
Fabricant : UNKNOWN
Pays d'utilisation : CANADA
Période : WW 2
Nombre d'objets : ?
Nombre de parties composantes : ?
Étiquette ou poinçon : REVERSE STAMPED WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF...? / THIS IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT FOR OUR LABOR, OUR SERVICES, OUR WHEAT, OUR LAND, IF WE FAIL IN OUR JOB TO FIGHT A TOTAL WAR. / OUR MONEY IS GOOD ONLY IF CANADA WINS THE WAR. / THIS WORTHLESS MONEY REPRESENTS SLAVERY, BROKEN / PLEDGES, SUFFERING, HUMULIATION. / IT MUST NOT HAPPEN HERE! BUY VICTORY BONDS / ....AND KEEP THIS BLOOD MONEY OUT OF CANADA / BOND / OR / BONDAGE.. / THE CHOICE / IS YOURS! / V-09534432
OBVERSE PRINTED X-09534432 / OCCUPATION / REICHSMARK / ARMY OF / OCCUPATION / AUTHORITY / 10 / VON / BRAUCHTSCH
Signification iconographique : NARRATIVE: STATEMENT ACCORDING TO SOURCE FILE: LETHBRIDGE WAS THE SITE INTERNMENT CAMPS DURING BOTH WORLD WARS; TOTAL OF 16 CAMPS IN CANADA, 5 IN ALBERTA DURING WW 2; #133 LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LETHBRIDGE; IN OPERATION FROM NOVEMBER 1942 TO JUNE 1946; LARGEST CAMP IN CANADA CONTAINED TWO-THIRDS OF CANADA POWS; DESIGNED TO HOLD 12,500 (AT ONE POINT HOUSED 15,500; LETHBRIDGE POPULATION AT THIS TIME WAS ONLY 14,000; COST OF BUILDING CAMP WAS $2,000,000.00; FIRST PRISONERS WERE CAPTURED IN NORTH AFRICA; MANY OF POW USED FOR FARM LABOUR, 6,000 BY JUNE 1946; FROM CAMP 133 THERE WERE ONLY FOUR ESCAPES & ALL WERE RECAPTURED...
Département : Military History
Établissement : Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum  Facebook-Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum  Twitter-Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum  YouTube-Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum
Ville de l'établissement : Calgary
Province de l'établissement : Alberta

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