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In July, 1940, Walter Kohn was sent to Canada by the British, because he was a German national.
He was transported in a British convoy moving through U-boat-infested waters to Quebec City, and then put on a train, and taken to a camp in Trois Rivieres,.
He was held in detention in a camp near Sherbrooke.

During World War II, approximately 38,000 Germans were detained in 25 permanent internment camps and dozens of smaller work camps throughout Canada, under the Department of National Defence (DND)'s Directorate of Internment Operations.
Of these, 34,000 internees were POWs from all branches of the German armed forces.
The Canadian Goverment authorized construction of 5 internment camps in southern Quebec:
* Camp A, on the Dominion Experimental Farm, at Farnham
* Grande Ligne
* Camp I, at Fort Lennox, on Île-aux-Noix
* Camp N, at the Quebec Central Railroad property at Newington, outisde Sherbrooke
* Sorel
Martin F. Auger cites:
* Camp S, at the fort on Île Ste. Hélène, in Montreal, "whose purpose was to incarcerate Italian inmates."
Martin F. Auger cites: Temporary internment centers were constructed in Quebec:
* Camp L, at Cove Fields, on the Plains of Abraham
* Camp T, at the exhibition grounds at Trois Rivières
* Camp V, at Valcartier

Camp T, located on the exhibition grounds at Trois Rivières was meant as a temporary camp, holding POWs, as well as Jewish and Christian internees and Enemy Aliens.

Walter Kohn made significant contributions to semiconductor physics, which led to his award of the Oliver E. Buckley Prize by the American Physical Society, as well as the Feenburg medal for his contributions to the many-body problem.

During World War II, approximately 38,000 Germans were detained in 25 permanent internment camps and dozens of smaller work camps throughout Canada, under the Department of National Defence (DND)'s Directorate of Internment Operations.
Of these, 34,000 internees were POWs from all branches of the German armed forces.
The Canadian Goverment authorized construction of 5 internment camps in southern Quebec:
* Camp A, on the Dominion Experimental Farm, at Farnham
* Grande Ligne
* Camp I, at Fort Lennox, on Île-aux-Noix
* Camp N, at the Quebec Central Railroad property at Newington, outisde Sherbrooke
* Sorel
Martin F. Auger cites:
* Camp S, at the fort on Île Ste. Hélène, in Montreal, "whose purpose was to incarcerate Italian inmates."
Martin F. Auger cites: Temporary internment centers were constructed in Quebec:
* Camp L, at Cove Fields, on the Plains of Abraham
* Camp T, at the exhibition grounds at Trois Rivières
* Camp V, at Valcartier