Internee Descendants

Published: August 4, 2010

How one woman discovered that her grandfather was interned simply because he was Ukrainian.

Marsha Skrypuch, an author and internee descendant, tells The Mark about her grandfather, who was one of thousands of Ukrainian and Eastern European Canadians who were interned during and after the First World War. She speaks about how her family discovered her grandfather’s past and the toll it took on his life.