The Battle At Market Square
Sources
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The Paper Nazi’s (Documentary), Dir. Andrew Wall.
Jewish Heritage Centre for Western Canada Archival Files
Lita-Rose Betcherman, Swastika And The Maple Leaf Fascist Movements in Canada in the Thirties (1978)
Doug Smith, Joe Zuken: Citizen and Socialist (1990).
Barbra Roberts, “Shoveling Out The Unemployed”, Manitoba Historical Society.
Johnathan Fine, “Anti-semitism in Manitoba in the 1930s and 40s”, Manitoba Historical Society.
Canadian Anti-Hate Network, Battle at Market Square Winnipeg.
Henry Trachtenberg, “Marcus Hyman”, Dictionary for Canadian Biography.
John Queen, Manitoba Historical Society.
Jacob Penner, Manitoba Historical Society.
Winnipeg Free Press Files
Winnipeg Tribune Files
Archives of Manitoba Oral History Fonds
Sabrina and Alex explore an uglier side of Winnipeg’s history in this episode, namely, the rise of fascism and Nazism in Winnipeg in the 1930s. We discuss the rise and fall of the various parties (yes, there was more than one) and the countless ways Winnipeggers fought back against them, including a large riot called the Battle At Market Square.
Warning: this episode does contain discussion of antisemitism.
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A huge thank you to the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada for their help with this episode.
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