Interviews
Forcibly deported to the U.S. from Peru
We were given a room, one room for all our brothers and sisters. We took our belongs, whatever we could carry, some were confiscated, they took it away from us. Like my sister would…she hid some money in her shoes and they took that away. No one told us anything. Even my mother and father, didn’t know where we were going. We just went along, whenever they went, we went. It took us about three weeks. So we landed in New Orleans, Louisiana, we got off and right away they DDT fumigated everybody.
.
Date: September 20, 2019
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Tom Ikeda and Yoko Nishimura
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum and Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project.
Explore More Videos
Father interrogated by FBI, but not taken away
(1925 - 2018) Nisei educator from Hawai‘i
The political effects on Nikkei during the war (Spanish)
(b. 1950) Nisei Chilean, Businessman
Avoiding the Japanese military
(1914-2004) Nisei Bonsai master in the United States
Hiding out to avoid the concentration camps (Spanish)
(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter
Origins of the Matsuri Daiko Group in Peru (Spanish)
(b. 1974) Director of Ryukyu Matsuri Daiko in Peru
The kimochi surpasses technique (Spanish)
(b. 1974) Director of Ryukyu Matsuri Daiko in Peru
A Dutiful Son
(1918-2012) Fought the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066.
Is non-integration due to the distrust because of what happened in the Second World War? (Spanish)
(b. 1962) Peruvian Poet, Okinawan descendant
I’m a Japanese, Peruvian… who am I? (Spanish)
(b. 1962) Peruvian Poet, Okinawan descendant
Nikkei identity (Spanish)
(b. 1962) Peruvian Poet, Okinawan descendant
Ambassador of Good Will (Spanish)
(b. 1962) Peruvian Poet, Okinawan descendant
Histories of immigrants (Spanish)
(b. 1962) Peruvian Poet, Okinawan descendant
Integrating As First-Generation Japanese-Peruvian (Japanese)
(b. 1962) Japanese restaurant owner and chef in Peru
Peru Representative vs. Japan Representative (Japanese)
(b. 1962) Japanese restaurant owner and chef in Peru
World-Renowned Peruvian Cuisine (Japanese)
(b. 1962) Japanese restaurant owner and chef in Peru
