He also surprised the professionals when his talent for magazine illustration quickly made him the star contributor to Maclean’s magazine. Their Canadian captors were sympathetic and a visiting British official persuaded the Canadian government that the internment was unwarranted. In the 1980s, Koch wrote a book, Deemed Suspect: A Wartime Blunder, describing the causes and effects of this monumental goof. Jaleen Grove, in her sensitive text for a recent book, Oscar Cahén: Life & Work (Art Canada Institute), explains how he left the barracks earlier than most. From there he went to Toronto as art editor for Magazine Digest.

Source: National Post October 12, 2018 19:18 UTC