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New Nevertheless, the hope was
never wholly lost. A few young
Hope men were still practising in the
camps at the time. The picture
Kendo equipment was shown is an image of Kendo
hidden away or destroyed practice at an internment camp
along with the other post-World War II. This picture
beautiful pieces of Japanese was taken in 1946 in Moose Jaw,
craftsmanship that were Saskatchewan. The war ended in
buried or broken. During the 1945, but many Japanese-
war years, most of the Canadians were still held in the
Japanese- camps. The people in this camp
Americans/Canadians were were moved after the camp in
moved to concentration Angler, Ontario closed. In the
camps Kendo activities were written record, there were four
forbidden. locations where kendo was
practiced in the internment
camps.
