What is this
cartoon saying
about Mackenzie
King?


Do you agree with
the cartoonist?


Why or why not?
Were against war on spiritual and moral basis and 10,700
Canadians fell into this category during WWII
• Included Mennonites, Dukhobors & Quakers who had come to
  Canada to escape conflict
• Supported non-violent ways to bring change and end conflict
• Contribute to the war effort by :
   • Buying Victory bonds
   • Farming or forestry
   • Serving in medical and dental corps
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Camp X was a paramilitary and commando training center located
between Whitby and Oshawa, Ontario
where Allied spies trained

• Spies helped organize the resistance
  movements in Europe
• Helped sabotage Nazi supply lines and
  railways
• Fed Germans false information
  in preparation for D-Day
The ship was carrying nearly 1000 Jewish Refugees
seeking asylum from persecution in Nazi Germany
• Turned away from Cuba
• Turned away from the US

A group of academics and clergy tried to persuade
the Canadian government to accept them but failed

The Captain managed to gain
acceptance for some of the
refugees in the United Kingdom,
France, Belgium, and the
Netherlands

The refugees were eventually
captured. Less than half of the
former S.S. St. Louis passengers
survived the war

Home front

  • 3.
    What is this cartoonsaying about Mackenzie King? Do you agree with the cartoonist? Why or why not?
  • 4.
    Were against waron spiritual and moral basis and 10,700 Canadians fell into this category during WWII • Included Mennonites, Dukhobors & Quakers who had come to Canada to escape conflict • Supported non-violent ways to bring change and end conflict • Contribute to the war effort by : • Buying Victory bonds • Farming or forestry • Serving in medical and dental corps
  • 6.
  • 8.
    Camp X wasa paramilitary and commando training center located between Whitby and Oshawa, Ontario where Allied spies trained • Spies helped organize the resistance movements in Europe • Helped sabotage Nazi supply lines and railways • Fed Germans false information in preparation for D-Day
  • 11.
    The ship wascarrying nearly 1000 Jewish Refugees seeking asylum from persecution in Nazi Germany • Turned away from Cuba • Turned away from the US A group of academics and clergy tried to persuade the Canadian government to accept them but failed The Captain managed to gain acceptance for some of the refugees in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands The refugees were eventually captured. Less than half of the former S.S. St. Louis passengers survived the war

Editor's Notes

  • #5 Mennonites spoke German arose suspicions
  • #10 Also sent Germans, Italians and conscientious objectors to interment camps