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Apr 28, 2024 · A Japanese child with his family’s identification number attached to his jacket, while waiting for transport to an internment processing center in spring 1942. (Photo courtesy Library of Congress) On Sunday afternoon, I had the distinct pleasure of attending a moving and highly educational session in Lynnwood that combined live theater ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Why I Love a Country that Once Betrayed Me. "When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a “security" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy."
4 days ago · Sook Ching was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese. It was a systematic purge and massacre of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore, with the Singaporean Chinese particularly targeted by the Japanese military during the occupation .
- 25,000 to 50,000 (consensus and retrospective analysis)
- Japanese-occupied Singapore
- 18 February 1942 – 4 March 1942 (UTC+08:00)
Apr 23, 2024 · A research guide with the search term “japanese internment” from Library of Congress. It contains 11,340 items available online and 11,818 items in total. The overwhelming majority being newspaper articles. 9,962 of these articles are in english while 4,146 are in Japanese.
- Linda Salem
- 2020
6 days ago · The new Noguchi Museum exhibit Self-Interned displays pieces inspired from Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi's voluntary internment into the Poston camp.
Apr 24, 2024 · Japanese Internment. Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps.
Apr 11, 2024 · Japanese American Internment Camp Newspapers from 1942-1946. Produced by the Japanese-Americans interned at concentration camps around the country during World War II, these newspapers provide a unique look into the daily lives of the people who were held in these camps.
