Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

Nisei female. Born August 5, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Washington representative and researcher for National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) and primary archival researcher for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), and the three coram nobis cases. Consultant to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History exhibition. "A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution"; and consultant for the Justice Department's Office of Redress Administration.

Interviews

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Interview I — ddr-densho-1000-16
September 11, 1997. University of CA, Los Angeles.
00:55:52 — 11 segments.
Aiko Herzig Interview — ddr-densho-1002-8
March 20, 1994. San Francisco, California.
01:52:29 — 20 segments.
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga
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