2008 TEMPORARY EXHIBITS: Prisoners of War
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For you the war is over. Most of Canada's military involvement has been highly visible to the people of Canada. A little known story from WWII is that nearly 34,000 German prisoners of war were sent to internment camps in Canada. As part of the war effort, Alberta housed and manned four of the largest camps. Many Albertans who served overseas were made prisoners in Germany, including those captured at Dieppe in 1942 and members of the Royal Canadian Air Force shot down over enemy territory. This exhibit compares the prison experience of Canadian and German POWs. OPENING RECEPTION FRI MAY 09.08 | 7:00 pm [by invitation]
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Adult
admission $5.00
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Museum
Free admission and special activities throughout the day: 11:00 | 3:00 Film: The Enemy Within [NFB, 2003, 52 min], Eva Colmers documentary on German soldiers in Lethbridge. 1:00 Hip Hip Hooray, a quartet of the Southern Accord Chorus
highlighting music of the 1930s and 1940s.
links of interest CBC Archives 1939-45: A Soldier's War
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MAY 17-JUN 14 With few supplies and far from home, Prisoners of War had to be creative and resourceful to survive. Items were reused and adapted. Tin cans were made into bowls, cups, trays and even stoves. Some of the items and skills used by Prisoners of War will be highlighted in this weekly family program.
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