Minidoka

Concentration Camp

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Robert Coombs Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-146-22)
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Encouraging Japanese American students to believe in a positive future
Robert Coombs Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-146-19)
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Description of a typical day of teaching in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho
Robert Coombs Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-146-24)
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Encountering prejudice while in Twin Falls, Idaho, buying goods for the Japanese Americans in Minidoka
Robert Coombs Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-146-23)
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Unique challenge of teaching Japanese American students about democracy while in a concentration camp: democracy in the U.S. is "imperfect"
Chiye Tomihiro Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-93-4)
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Leaving Minidoka for Denver with the Yasui family's assistance

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to …

Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-152-21)
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Moving to Minidoka concentration camp; several older siblings leave camp for the Midwest
Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-152-27)
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Getting into some mischief with friends; one of the later families to leave camp
Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-152-26)
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A younger sister is born in camp; mother stayed to work in camp while father went out to work in Oregon
Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-152-23)
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Attending grammar school in Minidoka; memories of a teacher who nearly used the term "Jap"
Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-152-25)
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Memories of the funeral service of a family friend who was killed while serving in the U.S. Military Intelligence Service
Mas Akiyama Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-188-15)
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Visiting a friend in Minidoka: "that was the worst camp that I visited"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Francis Mas Fukuhara Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-9-12)
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Moving to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho: "It was just hotter than blazes"
Francis Mas Fukuhara Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-9-13)
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Eroding of traditional values, stealing supplies in Minidoka concentration camp
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