Ebook: Isle Of The Displaced: an Italian-Scot's Memoirs of Internment during the Second World War

Joe Pieri was arrested in Glasgow in June 1940 because he was an Italian. He was neither a Fascist, a Nazi nor a dangerous war criminal, but because of a government error he was shipped to a POW camp in Montreal, Canada, where he remained until the end of 1943. Born into a poor rural family in Tuscany in 1919, his family emigrated to Glasgow, Scotland when he was two, where his father found work as a fish fryer. Joe grew up to the daily taunts of 'Wee Tally' at school, but ironically often had to fight alongside his tormentors against rival gangs of boys on the way home. At home Joe spo.;Isle of the Displaced; Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1 Origins; 2 Allegiances; 3 Arrest; 4 Woodhouselea; 5 Warth Mills; 6 The Ettrick; 7 Division; 8 Reception; 9 Ile Sainte Hélène; 10 Mutiny; 11 Negotiation; 12 Tension; 13 Mr Paterson; 14 Work; 15 Recreation; 16 Health; 17 Language; 18 Escape; 19 O'Connor; 20 Finale; 21 Return; 22 Aftermath; 23 Endings; Notes; Epilogue; Illustrations; Copyright.