Topaz (Central Utah)

Concentration Camp

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-164-19)

Attending school in camp, interviewing school faculty as class reporter

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-164-23)

Father decides to volunteer to go to Japan, wife and children insist on accompanying him

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-164-20)

Memories of father's friend who was shot and killed by a sentry in camp

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-164-22)

Father vocally protests conditions in camp, and is questioned by FBI regarding allegations made against him

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-164-21)

The confusing questions 27 and 28 on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-164-24)

Feeling shocked upon hearing of family's decision to go to Japan; labeled a "disloyal" by peers

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vh Tom Akashi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-164-18)

Arrival at Topaz concentration camp: "desolate, dry, dusty"

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vh Helen Takeshita Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-471-4)

Memories of father making natto in camp

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vh Helen Takeshita Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-471-5)

Father's job as a mess hall cook in camp

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vh Jun Dairiki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-326-10)

Studying music and dance in camp

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vh Jun Dairiki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-326-9)

Celebrating holidays in camp

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vh Jun Dairiki Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-326-14)

Postwar reflections: redress and returning to camp site

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vh Jun Dairiki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-326-8)

Sister leaves camp early to attend college

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vh Jun Dairiki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-326-7)

The train ride to Utah

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vh Norm Hayashi Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-468-6)

Childhood memories of camp: being bullied

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vh Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-216-10)

The journey to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah

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vh Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-216-13)

Relocating to Colorado after hearing about the policies of Colorado Governor Carr

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vh Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-216-12)

A huge responsibility: working with the camp's farm supervisor

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vh Bob Y. Sakata Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-216-11)

Attending school in camp

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vh Toru Saito Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-307-16)

Organizing pilgrimages back to Topaz

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vh Toru Saito Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-307-11)

Unpleasant memories of camp

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vh Toru Saito Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-307-8)

Beginning school in Topaz

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vh Satsuki Ina Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-474-2)

During World War II, parents answered "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-474-2/

vh Ben Takeshita Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-467-7)

The controversy over the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

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vh Ben Takeshita Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-467-6)

The train ride to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-467-6/