A Question of Loyalty

During WWII Italians in Vancouver were declared enemy aliens. Some were monitored by the authorities and were required to sign in at their local post office, but 44 Italian men were interned. A local theater company called Bella Luna Productions is in a process of creating a theater piece based on their research into the history of Italians in Vancouver during the second World War. The play is called A Question of Loyalty and it is part of a project the Italian Cultural Centre is creating including an archival show of images and a book by Ray Culos. This all happens in April 2012 and I'm really looking forward to seeing the project because this is part of Vancouver's history which remains a mystery to me.

Today on CBC Radio One's BC Almanac between noon and one pm Mark Forsythe will be talking to Lynne Bowan who wrote a book about called Whoever Gives us Bread: the story of Italians in British Columbia.