Gerhard P BasslerGerhard P. Bassler is Professor Emeritus at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a specialist in Modern German and Canadian Immigration History. He has published eight books, including The German Canadian Mosaic Today and Yesterday (1991); Sanctuay Denied: Refugees from the Third Reich and Newfoundland Immigration Policy, 1906-1949 (1992); Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival (2000): Vikings to U-Boats: The German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador (2006); and Escape Hatch: Newfoundland's Quest for German Industry and Immigration, 1950-1970 (2017). Read More Read Less