"Roll Call" booklet available online

CALGARY - In 1999 the first listing of thousands of Ukrainians and other Europeans imprisoned during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920 became available in booklet form. Titled "Roll Call: Lest We Forget," it was compiled by Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk with the assistance of Natalka Yurieva and Roman Zakaluzny.

This roster included the names of over 5,000 men, women and children who were interned in 24 Canadian concentration camps during the First World War I period.

Due to the overwhelming response of the print version of "Roll Call," the names of more internees have been uncovered. In order to keep the information as up-to-date as possible, "Roll Call" will now be available on the web at: http://www.infoukes.com/uccla/images/Roll_Call.pdf.

Commenting on this new development, the director of special projects for the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Borys Sydoruk commented, "Releasing this information on the UCCLA website 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."

"We invite those who have additional information about persons interned during this period to contact us and share their sources, as we intend to add an appendix to "Roll Call" which will allow us to develop this listing. Perhaps we will eventually be able to complete a list of all those who were victims of Canada's first national internment operations," Mr. Sydoruk added.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, September 23, 2001, No. 38, Vol. LXIX

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