PP Presentation shown at the book and web launch at Columbus Centre. BOOK: Beyond Barbed Wire WEB: www.ItalianCanadianWW2.ca

1. Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens:
Memories of World War II
Book and Website Launch
Columbus Centre, March 31, 2012

2. Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens: Memories of WWII
new website, www.ItalianCanadianWW2.ca
Left: Splash page
Right: Homepage

3. Beyond Barbed Wire: Essays on the
Internment of Italian Canadians
Edited by Licia Canton, et.al
The Association of Italian Canadian
Writers (AICW), in partnership with
Guernica Editions and Accenti
Magazine, and co-publisher Columbus
Centre of Toronto.

4. Also available…
A second volume by AICW, in
partnership with Guernica Ed. And
Accenti Magazine:
Behind Barbed Wire: Creative Works
on the Internment of Italian Canadians
Edited by Licia Canton et. al.
Fictional stories, poems, and other
works inspired by the internment.

5. View of internment camp in the winter, 1942.

6. View of internment camp in the summer, 1940.

7. Guard tower overlooking Camp Kananaskis, AB, 1939.

8. Internees at Camp Kananaskis, AB, 1941.

9. Italian Canadian internees at Camp Fredericton
(also known as Camp Ripples), NB, 1943.

10. Left: Internee Ruggero Bacci of Toronto.
Right: Internee Osvaldo Giacomelli of Hamilton.

11. Left: Internee Eliseo Orlando of Toronto.
Right: Internee Carmine De Marco of North Bay.

12. Brothers from Montreal, Giuseppe Di Pietro (left) and Antonino
Di Pietro (right), both interned.

13. Brothers from Timmins, Leopoldo Mascioli (left) and Antonio
Mascioli (right), both interned.

14. Left: Internee Rev. Libero Sauro of Toronto.
Right: Internee Dr. Luigi Pancaro of Sudbury.

15. Left: Internee Massimo Iacopo Magi of Toronto.
Right: Internee Nicola Zaza of Toronto.

16. Top Left: Internee Leonardo Frenza of Montreal.
Top Right: Frenza with daughter, Ninetta Ricci.
Bottom: Screen cap of Ricci’s interview with the project.

17. Left: Internee Felice Martiniello of Sydney.
Right: Screen cap of son’s, Frank Martinello’s, interview with
the project.

18. Left: Enemy alien Toni Ciccarelli of Toronto.
Right: Screen cap of Ciccarelli’s interview with the project.

19. Screen caps: 86 interviews nationwide, featuring personal
testimonies from enemy aliens and their families, and others
affected by the internment.

20. A selection of items from the Italian Canadian Enemy Aliens
(ICEA) Digital Archives, Columbus Centre Collection

21. Image Credits:
In order of appearance:
Barbed Wire barricades at an internment camp
Petawawa, ON | ca. 1940 | Photograph from the March of Time
film Canada at War | Wide World Photos | Columbus Centre
Collection
Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens: Memories of WWII, splash and
home pages. © 2012.
Cover of Beyond Barbed Wire: Essays on the Internment of Italian
Canadians, co-publication with Association of Italian Canadian
Writers (AICW), in partnership with Guernica Editions and Accenti
Magazine.
Cover of Behind Barbed Wire: Creative Works on the Internment of
Italian Canadians. Second volume by Association of Italian
Canadian Writers (AICW), in partnership with Guernica Editions
and Accenti Magazine.

22. View of internment camp in the winter, 1942 by internee Oscar
Bendl │Oil on paper │ Gifted to internee Carmine De Marco │
Courtesy of Judy Jessen, granddaughter of Carmine De Marco |
Columbus Centre Collection
View of internment camp in the summer, 1940 by internee Oscar
Bendl | Oil on paper │Private Collection of the Prasifka Family |
Columbus Centre Collection
Guard tower overlooking Camp Kananaskis, AB, 1939. Glenbow
Archives NA-5474-4
Internees at Camp Kananaskis, AB, 1941. Glenbow Archives
NA-5124-22
Italian Canadian internees at Camp Fredericton, NB │1943
│Courtesy of the Giacomelli Family │ Columbus Centre Collection
Ruggero Bacci, Toronto internee │ Courtesy of the Bacci Family
Columbus Centre Collection

23. Osvaldo Giacomelli, Hamilton internee │ Courtesy of the Giacomelli
Family │Columbus Centre Collection
Eliseo Orlando, Toronto internee | Courtesy of the Cozzi-Orlando
Family │Columbus Centre Collection
Carmine De Marco, North Bay internee | Courtesy of Anthony De
Marco │Columbus Centre Collection
Giuseppe Di Pietro, Montreal internee | Courtesy of the Biscottii-Di
Pietro Family Columbus Centre Collection
Antonino Di Pietro, Montreal internee | Courtesy of the Biscottii-Di
Pietro Family Columbus Centre Collection
Leopoldo Mascioli, Timmins internee | Courtesy of Joan McKinnon
and Sandra O’Grady │Columbus Centre Collection
Antonio Mascioli, Timmins internee | Courtesy of Joan McKinnon and
Sandra O’Grady │Columbus Centre Collection

24. Reverend Libero Sauro, Toronto internee | Courtesy of the Sauro
Family │ Columbus Centre Collection
Doctor Luigi Pancaro, Sudbury internee | Courtesy of Maggie
Pallotta │Columbus Centre Collection
Massimo Iacopo Magi, Toronto internee | Courtesy of the Magi
Family │Columbus Centre Collection
Nicola Zaza, Toronto internee |Courtesy of Dolores Di Rocco │
Columbus Centre Collection
Leonardo Frenza, Montreal internee; Leonardo Frenza with
daughter, Ninetta Ricci, Cartier St., Montreal, a month after
Leonardo’s release from Camp Petawawa April 1942;
Interview with Ninetta Ricci │ All courtesy of the family of
Leonardo Frenza │ Columbus Centre Collection
Felice Martiniello, Sydney internee; Interview with Frank Martinello
| Courtesy of Frank Martinello │ Columbus Centre Collection

25. Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli. C. 1940; Interview with Antoinette (Toni)
Ciccarelli; Courtesy of Antoinette (Toni) Ciccarelli | Columbus
Centre Collection
Screen caps: Interviews with Aldo Bacci; Linda Rosati and Noreen
Alberico; Geno Scattolon; Galileo Ricci; Gerard and Victor Di
Battista; Eugene Guagnelli; Chester Capponi; Assunta Dotto; and
Mildred Steer │ With permission from the individuals │Columbus
Centre Collection
Selection of items: Domenico Gaggi, Registration Certificate and
Certificate of Naturalization; Arrest photo of Windsor Italian
Canadians; Luisa Guagnelli; John Edward De Toro │ With
permission from Linda Rosati and Noreen Alberico; Windsor Star;
Eugene Guagnelli, and John Edward De Toro | Columbus Centre
Collection

26. Acknowledgements:
Project Team:
Project Management
Lucy Di Pietro, Hons BA, MMSt
Project Director
Project Staff
Louanne Aspillaga, Hons BA, MA
Project Coordinator
Krystle Copeland, Hons BA, MA
Project Assistant
Melina De Guglielmo, Hons BA, BEd
PT Researcher
Stefanie Petrilli, Hons BFA, MA
Exhibit/Collections Coordinator
Travis Tomchuk, Hons BA, MA, PhD
Lead Researcher/Senior Writer

27. For the Columbus Centre:
Board of Governors 2009-2012
Karen Manarin, Chair (current)
Nick Sgro, Chair (2010-2011; 2009-2010)
Nick Ametrano
Tony Barbosa
John Bozzo
Filomena Frisina
Ester Bucci
Marianne Corigliano
Armando Cristinziano
Liana Flabiano
Tony Genco
Anna Iafrate
Lenny Lombardi
Mario Longo
Stephen Pasquale
Susanna Ranalli-De Santis
Teresa Santoro
Jason Sordi

28. Management
Ugo Di Federico, Administrator
Pal Di Iulio, CEO/Executive Director
Project Development
Virginia Ariemma
Accounting & Financial Reporting
Olimbi Idrizllari, Accounting Clerk
Mario Reyes, Accounting Manager
Yongmei Xu, Accounting Supervisor/Payroll &Human
Resources
Paul Pass, Accounting Manager
Marketing & Promotions
Stefanie Polsinelli, Communications & Marketing Coordinator

29. For research and interview work:
Local Research/Interviews
Vittorina Cecchetto
Sarah Cozzi
Ray Culos
Adriana Davies
Grant Karcich
Francesca L’Orfano
Nadia Mior
Cristina Pietropaolo
Joyce Pillarella
John Potestio
Christine Sansalone
Nick Sehl
Local Videographers
David Bates
Vittorina Cecchetto
Julian Colilli
Spencer Johnston
Maverick Films
Adriana Rinaldi
Anna Wilkinson

30. Transcriptions
Elissa D’Souza
Francesca L’Orfano
Nadia Mior
Lisa Kadey
Melinda Richter
Emily Rondel
Video Consultant
Zak Rogers
For writing, translation and editing work:
Translation & Editing
Licia Canton, Editor
Vittorina Cecchetto, Italian Translator
Giulia De Gasperi, Italian Translator
Juliana Gaubert, French Translator
Emanuele Oriano, Italian Translator

31. For design and development work:
Evaluation & User Testing
Christine Lockett
Exhibit Design
Sheila Dalton
Website Design & Programming
Kevin Robb, Miromo
Rachelle Au, Savoury
Scott Cameron, Savoury
Diane Lee, Savoury
Graphic Design & Illustration
Brian Boyd, Villa Charities Inc - Graphics
Jemma Kim
Giancarlo Piccin, Villa Charities Inc - Graphics
Tara Winterhalt
THANK YOU ALL!