Baruch, Bernard Helmut (Oral history)

German Jewish student at University of Liverpool, GB, 1938-1940; internee in Huyton Internment Camp, Huyton, GB, 5/1940-7/1940; internee aboard HMT Ettrick on voyage from GB to Canada, 7/1940; internee in Internment Camp Q, Monteath, Ontario and Internment Camp N, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 7/1940-12/1941; medical student at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1/1942-8/1945

REEL 1 Background in Hamburg, Germany, 1920-1930: family; education; early experiences of anti-Semitism. Aspects of period as schoolchild in Liverpool, GB, 1930-1938: reasons for family move to Toxteth, Liverpool, 4/1930; education in Liverpool; his sense of German patriotism prior to 1933; how his contacts with German schoolfriends disappeared after 1933; experiences of anti-Semitism in GB; lack of influence of British Union of Fascists in Liverpool. Aspects of period as student at University of Liverpool in GB, 1938-1940: winning scholarship to University of Liverpool; his elder brother's political beliefs and problems it caused his parents; medical studies. Recollections of period as internee in Huyton Internment Camp, GB, 5/1940-7/1940: classification as 'enemy alien'; father's internment, 1939-1940; his elder brother's internment, 1939-1942; classification as B Class 'enemy alien' and refusal of tribunal to change it to C Class 'enemy alien'. REEL 2 Continues: parent's reaction to father's A classification; brief flirtation with pacifism, 1939; restrictions on movements; attitude of Liverpool City Police towards 'enemy aliens'; his arrest at Liverpool University, 5/1940; initial internment in drill hall at Lime Street, 5/1940; move to Huyton Internment Camp, 5/1940; conditions in camp; impressions made by arrival of Italian internees in camp. Aspects of voyage as internee aboard HMT Ettrick from GB to Canada, 7/1940: embarkation at Liverpool, GB, 4/7/1940; sickness amongst internees; memories of Kaiser's grandson; initial sight of lights of United States of America. Recollections of period as internee in Internment Camp Q, Monteath, Ontario and Internment Camp N, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 7/1940-12/1941: arrival in Canada, 7/1940; internment in Internment Camp Q, Monteath; camp facilities; security precautions taken by Canadian authorities; his psychological break down on arrival. REEL 3 Continues: background of internees in Internment Camp Q, Monteath; boycotting of Swiss Consul by left wing and anti-Nazi internees; removal to Internment Camp N at Sherbrooke; conditions in camp; election of camp leaders; anti-Semitic comments by camp guards; education classes; effect on morale of first wireless broadcasts, 5/1941; sponsorship of his studies by philanthropists; reaction to his release from internment, 12/1941; resumption of medical studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1/1942. Aspects of period as internee in GB, 5/1940-7/1940: attitude of policemen who arrested him in Liverpool, 5/1940; attitude to internment in drill hall at Lime Street and at Huyton Internment Camp; attitude towards being interned. REEL 4 Continues: story of visiting police station on outbreak of Second World War. Aspects of period as internee in Canada, 7/1940-12/1941: thefts from internees by Canadian troops; reaction of internees to slapping of fellow internee by Sergeant-Major Mackintosh; invisibility of authority on board SS Ettrick. Aspects of period as medical student at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1/1942-8/1945: how internment effected completion of medical studies; background to taking Canadian citizenship, 1945; provincial nature of university; experience of anti-Semitism; friction with his sponsors; reunion at university, 10/1995; internment of father, brother and mother; effects on family of internment.