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Dec 16, 2020 · The Christie Pits Riot occurred on 16 August 1933 in Toronto, Ontario. It remains one of the worst outbreaks of ethnic violence in Canadian history with over 10,000 participants and spectators. The riot was sparked by Nazi-inspired youth flying a swastika flag at a public baseball game to antagonize and provoke Jewish Canadians.
May 28, 2023 · Here's what it all looked like. The skyline in the 1930s is vastly different than today's view. An aerial shot of downtown, 1930s. Looking north up Bay, 1930. Airship and Canadian Bank of Commerce ...
- Strathcona Hospital, at 32 Gothic Avenue, west of Quebec Avenue, 1930. Upvote Downvote.
- Rear of 84 Oak Street – June 25, 1936. Upvote Downvote.
- Construction site of a new plant for Barker’s Bread Limited, on the south side of Davenport Road, opposite Casa Loma at Kendal. View is looking south on Walmer towards Davenport Road.
- Construction site of a new plant for Barker’s Bread Limited, on the south side of Davenport Road, 1930. Upvote Downvote.
Oct 23, 2010 · One of the reasons for high unemployment among the unskilled workers was due to the fact that the value of products fell by half in 1933. The same year, wages dropped to 60% of their levels in 1929.
Aug 9, 2013 · "The Toronto of today is light years away from the Toronto of 1933," he said, adding that Toronto has now become one of the most welcoming places in the world for both Jews and other ethnic groups.
- Daniel Bitonti
Image: Christie Pits (1933), City of Toronto Archives. In 1933, an anti-semitic race riot during a baseball game left many injured—and foreshadowed a decade of persecution and violence. It’s easy to imagine Toronto as removed from the violence of anti-semitism and the rise of Adolf Hitler, but on an August evening in 1933, the animosity ...
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Aug 16, 2013 · That's 87-year-old Joe Black (pictured below), talking to the Associated Press about the night of August 16, 1933, when Toronto's Christie Pits park was transformed into a battleground by one of ...
