UCCLA releases roll of internees (02/13/00)

UCCLA releases roll of internees

CALGARY, Alberta - The first listing of thousands of Ukrainian and other European internees imprisoned during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920 is now available in booklet form.

Titled "Roll Call: Lest We Forget" and compiled by Lubomyr Luciuk with the assistance of Natalka Yurieva and Roman Zakaluzny, this rooster includes the names of over 5,000 men, women and children who were interned in 24 Canadian concentration camps during the first world war period.

Commenting on this publication, the director of special projects for the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Borys Sydoruk, said: "Until now we have not been able to answer the numerous inquiries we have had from Canadians of various European heritages asking us for information on whether or not members of their families were among those unjustly interned during the internment operations. The publication of 'Roll Call' by the UCCLA will make it possible for surviving internees, family members, friends and genealogists to uncover more details about what their forefathers in this country endured during this relatively unknown episode in Canadian history."

Copies of the booklet are available free of charge however, to help defray publishing and postage charges, a donation of $10 or more is requested.

Checks should be made payable to the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association and sent directly to: Borys Sydoruk, UCCLA-Calgary Office, 48 Woodcrest Close SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3P9.

In time, the entire list will be posted on the UCCLA and UCC websites. Complimentary copies of the booklet are now being distributed to major Canadian university and public libraries and to members of Parliament.

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