Minidoka

Concentration Camp

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Poem written in camp (ddr-densho-126-1)
doc Poem written in camp (ddr-densho-126-1)
Jim Yoshihara wrote the poem "Damned Fence" while incarcerated at Minidoka.
Censored postcard from Japan (ddr-densho-13-22)
doc Censored postcard from Japan (ddr-densho-13-22)
This postcard was sent to Yoshi Asaba in Minidoka concentration camp from her mother, Iku Asaba, who was living in Kanagawa prefecture in Japan.
Camp meal ticket (ddr-densho-13-25)
doc Camp meal ticket (ddr-densho-13-25)
This meal ticket was required when a camp inmate wanted to eat outside his or her designated mess hall.
Peace activist and internees (ddr-densho-13-45)
img Peace activist and internees (ddr-densho-13-45)
Floyd Schmoe, a pacifist and supporter of the Japanese American community, with Yoshi Asaba and Father Joe Kitagawa at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Father Kitagawa was the Episcopal minister at Minidoka. Floyd Schmoe was born in 1895 and is a peace activist and Quaker from Seattle, Washington. Schmoe was a strong supporter of the Japanese …
Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-29)
doc Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-29)
This is the interior of a Christmas card that was designed by a camp inmate.
Entrance to Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-44)
img Entrance to Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-44)
Shown here (left to right) are several administration buildings, guardhouses, and the guard tower.
Japanese American in front of a vanity (ddr-densho-15-47)
img Japanese American in front of a vanity (ddr-densho-15-47)
Yoneko Tanaka from Seattle did her best to make her austere barrack apartment homelike. She constructed the vanity from scrap lumber.
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