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Guidelines for Visitors, Petawawa Internment Camp, ca. February 1942
Guidelines for Visitors, Petawawa Internment Camp, ca. February 1942.
Erminia (Minnie) Bacci and her two sons Aldo and Alfo were able to visit Ruggero Bacci, husband, father and internee, in person at Camp Petawawa. Prior to their visit, they seem to have been sent these guidelines or rules.
During the early stages of internment, family visits were prohibited at the camps. As time passed, it does seem that in rare cases, family members travelled to Petawawa for a brief meeting with a husband or father.
Bacci was interned for almost three years. In his absence, his wife Erminia (Minnie) suffered a serious nervous breakdown and was hospitalized at length. His oldest son Aldo was forced to quit high school to help support the family. When his father was released and returned home, Aldo received notice that he was conscripted into the Canadian Army; however, he did not serve overseas.
