Artist Vincenzo Poggi, who had lived in Canada since 1929, was one of 500 Italian Canadians interned during the Second World War. His 1940 arrest may have been related to his affiliation with a press service that was also a propaganda agency for Fascist Italy. Given a conditional release in 1943, he was required to report to the RCMP each month, and to avoid any Fascist activity.

Italian-Canadian Internee
By Vincenzo Poggi
1940
Gift of Maurice Poggi

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