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Tanforan Assembly Center
(b. 1934) Award-winning Disney animation artist who was incarcerated at Topaz during WWII

Father making shell brooches at Topaz
(b. 1934) Award-winning Disney animation artist who was incarcerated at Topaz during WWII

My daughter couldn’t fit in Japan, so I decided to go back to America (Japanese)
(b. 1936) Shin-issei welding business owner

The lack of discussion about family’s incarceration in Amache
Sansei judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California

Passing Time in the Camps with Baton Twirling
(b. 1932) Nisei American stage, film, and TV actress

Loss When Leaving for Manzanar
Japanese American animator for Walt Disney and Hanna Barbera (1925-2007)

Stories of Grandfather at a concentration camp in Fusagasuga
(b.1974) Japanese Colombian who currently resides in the United States

Her grandfather in a concentration camp in Fusagasuga (Spanish)
(b.1974) Japanese Colombian who currently resides in the United States

His sister Kiyo was like a second mother to him
(b. 1942) Japanese Peruvian incarcerated in Crystal City


Foreign language education was severely restricted during the war
Professor of Law, University of Sao Paulo, Lawyer, Translator (b. 1948)

How he met his wife
Professor of Law, University of Sao Paulo, Lawyer, Translator (b. 1948)

Parent’s Marriage
(b. 1939) a businesswoman whose family volunterily moved to Salt Lake City in Utah during the war.
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