Interviews
Listen to compelling accounts, from coast to coast, from those who lived through World War II as Italian Canadians and enemy aliens. Family members recount the impact on interned men, as well as the situation for wives and children at home. A national project, the collection includes 86 personal testimonies.
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Pasqualina Pat Adamo
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Rino Albanese
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Noreen Alberico & Linda Rosati
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Aldo Bacci
Felicia Battigalli
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Gina Benetti
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Alessandro Biffi
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Roger Boccini
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Genero Joseph Brescia
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Doug Brombal
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Peter Butti
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Chester Capponi
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Nellie Cavell
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Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli
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Fernada Colangelo
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Sandra Corbo
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Emanuele Cosentino
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Trina Costantini-Powell
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Alice D’Appolonia
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Anthony De Marco
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John Edward De Toro
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Gerard Di Battista & Victor Di Battista
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Dino Di Maurizio, Mary Gasbarini & Mario Lorito
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Giulietta Doganieri
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Ann Dolson
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Andy Donato
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Assunta Dotto
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Mary Biollo (Keehn) Doyle
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Attilio Girardi
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Gloria Giroux (Costantini)
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Andrea Grimes
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Eugene William Guagneli
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Hon. Dolores Holmes
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Hon. Frank Iacobucci
Beatrice (Galardo) Ladyk
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Lawrence Lamentia
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Frank Martinello
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Emilio Mascia
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Paula Mascioli
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Norman Mascioli
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Joseph Mastromonaco
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James McCreath
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Antoinette (Toni) McDermott
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Joan McKinnon
Gloria Miron & Richard Ladyk
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Mary Monaco & Michael Monaco
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Michael Monaco
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Teresa Mongiat
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Phyllis Morreale & Rita Morreale
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Dominic (Buddy) Nardocchio Jr.
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George Nincheri
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Sandra Raffaella Stirling O’Grady
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Antoinette Olivieri
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Karen Orlando & Paul Cozzi
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Jeanne Iannuzzi Ouellette & Jean Ouellette
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Antoinette Palmeri
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Sal Pantalone
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Irene Paone
Teresa Pateras
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Leonard Pennachetti
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Elisa Germano Pillarella & Joyce Pillarella
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Maurice Poggi
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Marie A. Prospero (née Sguigna)
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Mary Raso
Esperando Razzolini
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Antonia Maria (Ninetta) Ricci
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Galileo Ricci
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Dom Romeo
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Elio Salciccioli (Al Salci)
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Luc Salvador
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Geno Scattolon
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Mildred Irene Steer
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Leonard Tenisci
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Mary Thornton
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Italo Tiezzi
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Grace Tomasicchio
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Vladimira Dalle Vedove Tontini
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Vincenza Travale