I Am An American
This historic photo shows a 1942 photo taken by Dorothea Lange on the corner of 8th and Franklin, Oakland, CA. It was part of an exhibition about the Minidoka War Relocation Center, Idaho, one of 10 similar internment camps. (Note : Although her photo exhibit was in Idaho, I have geotagged it as Oakland)
After Pearl Harbor, all Japanese Americans were interned, almost 10,000 being sent to Minidoka. This was not a "concentration camp" such as those in Germany. However, it certainly destroyed existing lives. It is not clear whether the Masuda family, who before internment owned the Wanto Company store, were sent to Minidoka or another camp. However, what is clear is that many did not return to their previous lives after the war ended and that many lost everything as a result.
I Am An American
This historic photo shows a 1942 photo taken by Dorothea Lange on the corner of 8th and Franklin, Oakland, CA. It was part of an exhibition about the Minidoka War Relocation Center, Idaho, one of 10 similar internment camps. (Note : Although her photo exhibit was in Idaho, I have geotagged it as Oakland)
After Pearl Harbor, all Japanese Americans were interned, almost 10,000 being sent to Minidoka. This was not a "concentration camp" such as those in Germany. However, it certainly destroyed existing lives. It is not clear whether the Masuda family, who before internment owned the Wanto Company store, were sent to Minidoka or another camp. However, what is clear is that many did not return to their previous lives after the war ended and that many lost everything as a result.