Joe Pieri was once arrested in Glasgow in June 1940 simply because he used to be an Italian. He used to be neither a Fascist, a Nazi nor a deadly warfare legal, yet due to a central authority blunders he used to be shipped to a POW camp in Montreal, Canada, the place he remained till the top of 1943. Born right into a bad rural kin in Tuscany in 1919, his kinfolk emigrated to Glasgow, Scotland while he was once , the place his father discovered paintings as a fish fryer. Joe grew as much as the day-by-day name callings of 'Wee Tally' in class, yet sarcastically usually needed to struggle along his tormentors opposed to rival gangs of boys at the means domestic. At domestic Joe spoke simply Italian and saw the traditions of Italian relations life.In June 1940, while the family members had started to realize a undeniable point of prosperity, Mussolini declared struggle on Britain. Winston Churchill nurtured fears of a 'Fifth Column' of enemy nationals dwelling within the united kingdom, and uttered his recognized 'collar the lot' command. lots of the Italians arrested have been despatched to internment camps at the Isle of guy, a few have been torpedoed and killed at the ill-fated 'Arandora Star', and a few have been transported to Australia.But Joe's destiny used to be diverse. because of a governmental blunder he was once shipped 3000 miles and spent 3 years in a POW camp on St Helene's Island, within the shadow of the Jacques Cartier bridge spanning the St Lawrence river in Montreal. His eager for freedom and residential, his feel of displacement and injustice, heightened via the truth that his brother used to be serving within the British military, his support with tried escapes and the important bonds he shaped with different prisoners are all undying files of 1 man's fight for survival. however it used to be a survival which left him with a feeling of statelessness. whilst Joe wrote this biography he admitted to emotions of clash among his love of Scotland and his usual emotions as an Italian.