May Ota Higa

Nisei female. Born March 14, 1916, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle and Ellensburg, Washington, before going to Japan to teach just prior to the onset of World War II. Returned to Seattle in 1941, and was removed with family to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, resettled in Chicago, Illinois, and New York before returning to raise a family in Seattle, Washington.

Interviews

May Ota Higa Interview — ddr-densho-1000-174
December 17, 2004. Seattle, Washington.
02:13:31 — 31 segments.
May Ota Higa
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