Hearings

The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) was created on July 30, 1980, by an act of Congress. The CWRIC was formed mainly to investigate matters surrounding the incarceration and to recommend appropriate remedies. Hearings were conducted by the CWRIC in 20 cities across the nation beginning in 1981. Testimonies of former camp inmates given at these hearings -- along with exhaustive research -- provided the basis for the CWRIC report 'Personal Justice Denied.' These hearings were the turning point of the redress movement. Former opponents of redress were won over after the hearings. The often emotional testimony was also a catharsis for the Japanese American community, as many former incarceration camp survivors spoke of their experience in public for the first time.

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doc Letter to Joan Bernstein from Frank Chin (ddr-densho-122-199)

Re: addressing the Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC). Personal information redacted.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-199/

doc Testimony of Jack Tono before Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-densho-122-537)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-537/

doc List of people testifying at Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-122-277)

With time markers for taped recording of hearing

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-277/

doc Biographical data for Paul Tsuneishi (ddr-densho-122-541)

Sent to Frank Abe

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-541/

doc Newspaper ad encouraging Japanese American to testify at hearings (ddr-densho-122-278)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-278/

doc Letter to Frank Abe from William Hohri (ddr-densho-122-225)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-225/

doc Letter to Frank Abe from Frank Chin (ddr-densho-122-204)

Notes about Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings, Chin's play "The Big Aieeee. . . " and Mike Masaoka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-204/

doc Statement to the Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-densho-122-205)

by Frank Chin

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-205/

doc Letter to Frank Abe from Frank Chin (ddr-densho-122-201)

Notes on Commission for Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings, Mike Masaoka. Personal information redacted.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-201/

doc "Repairing America" - chapter 17 - Los Angeles Hearings (ddr-densho-122-276)

Incomplete section, unknown author

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-276/

doc Editorial by Frank Chin on Los Angeles hearings (ddr-densho-122-279)

Published in The Rafu Shimpo

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-279/

doc Letter to Joan Bernstein from W.G. Kubick (ddr-densho-122-289)

Regarding Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment (CWRIC) hearings, personal information redacted.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-289/

doc Wire Copy report from San Francisco hearings of Commission of Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) (ddr-densho-122-282)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-282/

doc Testimony of Kiku Hori Funabiki to Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment (CWRIC) (ddr-densho-122-290)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-290/

doc Schedule for the Public Hearing by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 12, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-31)

Schedule for the Public Hearing in San Francisco, California by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 12, 1981).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-31/

doc Schedule for the Public Hearing by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 11, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-30)

Schedule for the Public Hearing in San Francisco, California by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 11, 1981).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-30/

doc Soul Corner cartoon about Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima (ddr-janm-4-3)

Xerox copy of a Soul Corner cartoon about Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima sharing her experience in camp during World War Two.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-3/

doc Letter (with envelope) and copy of Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation (August 13, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-5)

Letter to Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima from Katrina Shores, Special Assistant to the Chair of the Commission on Wartime Relocation (January 11, 1982). It encloses a draft copy of Kitashima's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation she gave at the hearing on August 13, 1981 in San Francisco, California. Envelope is postmarked January 20, 1982 from …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-5/

doc Mailgram to Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima (ddr-janm-4-4)

Western Union Mailgram to Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima regarding her testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-4/

doc Poster informing the public to attend the Commission hearings (ddr-janm-4-6)

Poster informing the public to attend the Commission hearings. It gives a list of dates and times as well as the location and telephone numbers for more information.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-6/

img Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-346-253)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-346-253/

img Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-346-198)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-346-198/

img Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-346-228)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-346-228/

img Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-346-215)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-346-215/

img Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-346-246)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-346-246/