Of Bookish ThingsWhen I moved to #NorthernOntario, I met a resident who had been a German soldier during WWII. He had been captured, and ended up in a prisoner of war camp in Northern Ontario, clearing brush and clearing roads. After the war, he returned home, married his fiancé, and then returned to #Canada with her, to become a hardworking #Canadian citizen and raise their Canadian family. Apparently, he was not the only one to do this.
Thinking back on it now, I am hard-pressed to think of another country, other than #Canada, where prisoners of war decide to return to the country that held them captive, and become citizens. If there are other countries where this happened, it would be interesting to hear about them. In the meantime, #ElbowsUp. 🇨🇦 #CanadianHistory #NorthernOntarioHistory
