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windsor, police officers, national unity party, june 10, 1940, june 10, confiscate, blue shirts of canada, blue shirts, arrest, adrien arcand
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Round-up of enemy aliens in Windsor, ON
Black and white photograph of two police officers holding jackets featuring "The Blue Shirts of Canada" badges. In February 1934 Montreal journalist Adrien Arcand formed the Parti National Social Chrétien (Canadian National Socialist Unity Party). Party members were known by some as "The Blue Shirts" and were often involved in altercations with immigrant or minority groups. Beginning at the end of May 1940 police began to arrest men who belonged to the National Unity Party. These men were eventually interned with Italian Canadian men accused of being fascists at internment camps throughout Canada. This photograph is a duplicate of LDICEA2011.0002.0008.
