The RCRM Speakers Series is a program launched by The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in early 2020. The goal of the program is to engage with patrons by means of academic research across the country. Scholars of history or history buffs, well-known authors or museum curators were invited for a talk of their choice. For the inaugural year, two anniversaries are in focus: 120 years since the Battle of Paardeberg, during the South African War and the 75th anniversary from the end of the Second World War. The monthly talks were recorded live. Guest speakers accompanied their talks with images, moving or still; voice overs were added to clarify the use of support material as necessary. When it was possible, the Question(s) and Answer(s) at the end of the presentation are included. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared only two weeks before the third event, which forced us into a different approach. The third event of the series was cancelled, but the program continued in April 2020 as an audiovisual production streamed live on the museum YouTube channel. Program Director Mark Vogelsang from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology recorded the public events.
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The RCRM Speakers Series is a program launched by The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in early 2020. The goal of the program is to engage with patrons by means of academic research across the country. Scholars of history or history buffs, well-known authors or museum curators were invited for a talk of their choice. For the inaugural year, two anniversaries are in focus: 120 years since the Battle of Paardeberg, during the South African War and the 75th anniversary from the end of the Second World War. The monthly talks were recorded live. Guest speakers accompanied their talks with images, moving or still; voice overs were added to clarify the use of support material as necessary. When it was possible, the Question(s) and Answer(s) at the end of the presentation are included. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared only two weeks before the third event, which forced us into a different approach. The third event of the series was cancelled, but the program continued in April 2020 as an audiovisual production streamed live on the museum YouTube channel. Program Director Mark Vogelsang from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology recorded the public events.
First Canadian Army and the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps in April 1945
RCRM Speakers Series - Season 1
40 minutes
5 years ago
First Canadian Army and the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps in April 1945
Season 1, Episode 4 This episode of the RCRM Speakers Series will explore the little-known role of Canadian soldiers in the liberation of Nazi concentration and transit camps. In spring 1945, First Canadian Army was working to liberate the Netherlands from German occupiers. Here, they discovered Nazi camps and the Holocaust survivors left abandoned within them. After coming upon the camps, Canadian soldiers moved from a position of combat to providing humanitarian relief assistance. Soldiers dealt with challenges that six years of war had not prepared them to face such as the logistical issues of securing essential supplies necessary to combat mass famine, malnourishment, and disease as well as longer-term issues like the repatriation of the survivors. The discovery of the Nazi camps across Europe forever changed the meaning of the Second World War for Canadians as a conflict not only about preventing Nazi world domination but also providing relief and rehabilitation for their millions of victims. As Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Lieutenant T.S. Byrne explained, liberation was "Why we fought World War II." We have invited a Doctoral candidate in History at the University of Western Ontario to share the discoveries of her research on the topic of Canadians' work in liberating the Netherlands from the German occupiers. Her name is Sara Poulin, she completed her BA in History at King's University College in 2014 and her MA in History at the University of Western Ontario in 2016. Her research focuses on Canada's role in the liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps at the end of the Second World War and how the legacy of that action shaped Canadian understanding of the Second World War and the country's position in the postwar order. Contributors: Mark Vogelsang Sara Poulin Georgiana Stanciu The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
RCRM Speakers Series - Season 1
The RCRM Speakers Series is a program launched by The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in early 2020. The goal of the program is to engage with patrons by means of academic research across the country. Scholars of history or history buffs, well-known authors or museum curators were invited for a talk of their choice. For the inaugural year, two anniversaries are in focus: 120 years since the Battle of Paardeberg, during the South African War and the 75th anniversary from the end of the Second World War. The monthly talks were recorded live. Guest speakers accompanied their talks with images, moving or still; voice overs were added to clarify the use of support material as necessary. When it was possible, the Question(s) and Answer(s) at the end of the presentation are included. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared only two weeks before the third event, which forced us into a different approach. The third event of the series was cancelled, but the program continued in April 2020 as an audiovisual production streamed live on the museum YouTube channel. Program Director Mark Vogelsang from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology recorded the public events.
