Tule Lake

Concentration Camp

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img Pilgrims visiting the ruins of a barracks at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-43)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-43/

img A woman looking into the ruins of a barracks at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-39)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-39/

img Pilgrims on a bus (ddr-densho-294-37)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-37/

img A memorial headstone at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-22)

Writing on headstone: "In Memory of Deceased 1942-1945 Tule Lake WRA."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-22/

img Pilgrims looking at shells at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-52)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-52/

img Pilgrims inside of an old barracks at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-42)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-42/

img Filming a memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-11/

img Pilgrims visiting structures on the original site of Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-294-47)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-47/

img Pilgrims visiting structures on the original site of Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-294-49)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-49/

img A memorial ceremony at Linkville Cemetery (ddr-densho-294-19)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-294-19/

img A picnic on the way to Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-5)

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img Pilgrims at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-53)

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av Loyal American (ddr-densho-1024-119)

Keige Kaku was a U.S.-born citizen who served in the U.S. Army. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he was abruptly discharged and sent to Poston. Outraged by the betrayal, Keige refused to answer the infamous “loyalty questionnaire” and was sent to Tule Lake. He ultimately renounced his citizenship and was deported to Japan, where Henry …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-119/

doc Letters to Domoto family from Mr. & Mrs. Senda and Mr. & Mrs. Takeshita (ddr-densho-329-623)

Condolence letter to family, with envelope

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-623/

doc Letter to Sally Domoto from Yone Narumi (ddr-densho-329-317)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-317/

doc Letter from Hank to Kiezie Fujii (ddr-densho-433-17)

Hank writes to Kiezie (Kimiko) Fujii thanking her for the shoes and cloth and gives her updates on where all their friends are moving to as they leave the concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-17/

doc Letter from Lily Abiko to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-6)

Lily Abiko writes to Kimi Fujii with updates on discrimination she's encountered while apartment hunting, friends she has seen recently, and thoughts about the military draft. She also advises Kimi about concerns Kimi has about marriage and infertility.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-6/

av From a Silk Cocoon (ddr-densho-1024-54)

Documentary film recounting the wartime story of a Kibei couple, Itaru and Shizuko Ina and their two young children as reconstructed by their daughter Satsuki Ina. Ina and co-directors Emery Clay III and Stephen Holsapple tell the story largely through the couple's own words in the form of Shizuko's diary and letters to each other when …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-54/

av Children of the Camps (ddr-densho-1024-53)

Documentary film that explores the long term impact of the wartime incarceration on those who were children at the time. Much of the film documents a three-day workshop that brings together former child inmates for co-counseling sessions in which they discuss often repressed memories of the incarceration and its aftermath. See this item in the Densho …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-53/

img Group of workers in front of a dining hall at Tule Lake War Relocation Center (ddr-densho-474-218)

Back row fourth from left is Kazue "Jay" Naito

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-218/

doc Asian American Community: The Internment Camps and My Family: Part 3: Jichan's Internment Experience (ddr-densho-560-19)

Narrative of author's grandfather's experiences in camp (Keigi Horiuchi?)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-560-19/

img Overview photo of Tule Lake (ddr-densho-560-23)

Written on photo back: Tule Lake Relocation Camp Tule Lake, California 1942. Castle Rock

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-560-23/

doc Asian American Community: The Internment Camps and My Family: Part 4: Mae (ddr-densho-560-20)

Narrative of Mae Horiuchi's experiences at Tule Lake and Topaz camps and Pinedale assembly center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-560-20/

doc Ordeal of Tokio Yamane (ddr-densho-1007-1825)

Tokio Yamasaki's statement to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians describing the abuse and discrimination he faced while incarcerated which ultimately led to his renouncement of his U.S. citizenship resulting in his deportation to Japan He then argues his support for redress and reparations.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1825/

av Interview with Arthur (Art) Morimitsu, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1749)

Morimitsu discusses evacuation, his family's internment at Tule Lake, anti-Japanese sentiment after Pearl Harbor, being recruited by the military, and camp attitudes towards recruitment. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 58B, II VFW #1, VFW - Art Morimitsu, Feb. 15, 1987. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1750/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1749/