In March 1917 Russian
Socialist Revolutionary Leon Trotsky left New York for Russia and the upcoming Russian
Revolution. His goal upon arrival in his homeland, was to create a new
communist country based on long-espoused ideals. During his previous ten weeks
in New York he had been under constant surveillance by British and American
intelligence. Through all of it Trotsky would continue to write, to speak, and
to generally agitate for the socialist cause.
On the trip back to
Russia, Trotsky’s ship went into the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for a
routine inspection. Little did he know that an order had been given for his
arrest. This precipitated a month-long saga which would initially find Trotsky
imprisoned in the historic Halifax Citadel. Then he and his compatriots would
be shuttled inland to the internment camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia for most of
the month of April, 1917. His wife and two children would remain under
house-arrest in Halifax.
Revolution Anyone? Trotsky in Canada 1917 recounts fascinating stories of intrigue as well as a snapshot of interned life in a German POW camp, in this little-known event in the history of World War One.
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