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CFWWIRF UNVEILS EPISODE #13, THE CAMPS WEBSERIESBY RYAN BOYKO OF ARMISTICE FILMS.

CFWWIRF UNVEILS EPISODE #13, THE CAMPS WEBSERIES
BY RYAN BOYKO OF ARMISTICE FILMS.

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA – December 1, 2016 – The Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund (CFWWIRF) announces release of Season 1 – Episode #13 of The Camps webseries located on the digital interactive map on its website – www.internmentcanada.ca.

Over 100 years ago the Amherst Internment Camp was the largest prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in Canada. The most famous internee at Amherst was the Russian revolutionary, Leon Trotsky.

SYNOPSIS OF EPISODE #13 – Amherst, Nova Scotia
Internee Descendant Anne Clarke tells the story of Amherst Internment Camp, which became one of the largest in Canada. A former RCMP officer, she shares her personal journey of discovering her grandfather had been wrongfully interned during WWI.
Link: http://internmentcanada.ca/map – Click on Amherst