{"id":"612","model":"narrator","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/612/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/612/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nesther.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nesther.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/612/interviews/"},"display_name":"Esther Takei Nishio","bio":"Nisei female. Born February 20, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Venice, California, where father and uncle ran a carnival concession stand. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. In 1944, was part of a group organized by the Quakers to leave camp and return to the West Coast. Settled in Pasadena, California.","created":"2016-12-14T11:15:15","modified":"2016-12-14T11:15:15","nr_id":"88922/nr003vn04","b_date":"1925-02-20T00:00:00","last_name":"Nishio","first_name":"Esther","middle_name":"Kazue","nickname":"Es","gender":"F","generation":"Nisei","ethnicity":"Japanese","nationality":"US","religion":"Christian","birth_location":"Los Angeles, California","has_published":"1"}