The riot at Christie Pits was a disaster that started in Toronto on the evening of August 16, 1933, when numerous pro‐Reich spectators at a baseball game repeatedly tried to provoke Jews and their (often Italian) friends with Reich symbols and slogans. The violence soon outgrew the baseball field and thousands, possibly as many as ten thousand, took part in the riot. Although nobody died because of the riot, many people required medical attention and it had significant consequences for Canadian law.

This is a surprisingly good (if somewhat cheesy) documentary on the riot, which involves interviews with elderly Canadians and even has some class analysis. My favorite quote:

‘Why can so many police be marshalled to suppress the communists and not the Swastika clubs?’

‘I am not prepared to make any public statement as to the disposition of my men.’

Speaks volumes, doesn’t it?

If you would like a book on this subject then Cyril Levitt’s & William Shaffir’s The Riot at Christie Pits is a must‐read. For a briefer look at this tragedy, there is a video titled The Christie Pits Riot: The Worst Anti-Semitic Riot in Canada. Although it is technically government propaganda, everything in the first five minutes can safely be assumed to be accurate — if, of course, simplified in the typical liberal fashion.