Public Beaches: Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler: Toronto, like much of the rest of the world, was knee-deep in the Depression. Money was scarce, jobs were at a minimum, tempers were frayed and anti-Semitism was a boorish and normal part of Toronto life, according to The Star. Many Torontonians wanted little to do with Jews. Attempts to keep them off public beaches failed but had the resultant effect of the establishment of anti-Jewish gangs, including the notorious Swastika Club and It was August 1933. Eight months earlier, Adolf Hitler had taken over as chancellor of Germany. Hitler had already made known his vicious hatred of Jews to a world that seemed largely indifferent. In Toronto, the fledgling Jewish community was mostly garment workers, vegetable merchants or like many others simply unemployed. Discrimination was rampant. Many summer resorts banned Jews even if they could afford to go, so Torontos beaches were the only escape from the heat. But even there Jews found it tough going. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.