Economic losses

The economic and emotional toll associated with the uprooting of Japanese Americans from their homes and businesses was enormous. The cost was especially high for the issei (first-generation immigrants), who had worked most of their lives to establish financial security for themselves and their children. Many Japanese Americans bitterly recall being forced to sell property, personal belongings, and business equipment for a fraction of their value to opportunistic scavengers. Evacuees could take only what they could carry. They left behind heirlooms, cherished toys, and family pets. Farmers continued to work for a harvest they would never see, told it would be "disloyal" to stop. The bustling Nihonmachis (Japantowns) of the West Coast closed down and never fully recovered, even after the war ended.

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Form (ddr-csujad-29-18)

Form to Department of Justice. Claim for damage to or loss of real personal property by a person of Japanese ancestry. Ernest Yamada, applicant. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1949_M01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-18/

doc List of Justice Department internment camp papers (ddr-densho-314-3)

This set of Justice Department papers include documents spanning from 1942-1945. The papers include a family welfare report of the Takanishis from the Red Cross, a petition for parole from internment and return to Hawaii, a letter concerning unblocking interned Japanese bank accounts, a CGRB review, and Kazuichi Takanishi's recommendation for return to Hawaii.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-3/

doc Corrspondence concering unblocking Japanese bank accounts (ddr-densho-314-4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-4/

doc Press Release for results of study of economic losses of Japanese Americans during WWII (ddr-densho-122-297)

Conducted by Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-297/

doc Handwritten calculations about population and economic impacts of incarceration (ddr-densho-122-156)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-156/

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/

doc William Hohri Petition for Rehearing & Rehearing En Banc (ddr-densho-1007-1860)

A petition from a 1986 lawsuit, William Hohri, et al. v. United States, by Japanese Americans seeking compensation for property loss as a result of wartime incarceration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1860/

doc Fujii Family claim (ddr-densho-578-23)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-578-23/

doc Notice to Claimant to Katsuyo Sally Fujii Domoto (ddr-densho-329-1232)

Filing for Evacuation claim from Department of Justice Civil Division

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1232/

doc Receipt for seized property from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-975)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-975/

doc Letter to Sally Domoto from John Gorfinkel (ddr-densho-329-1238)

Settlement of Evacuation Claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1238/

doc Letter to John Gorfinkel from Sally Domoto (ddr-densho-329-1239)

Settlement of Evacuation Claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1239/

doc Letter from John Gorfinkel and Julian Mack to Katsuyo Sally Fujii Domoto (ddr-densho-329-1235)

Filing for Evacuation claim from Department of Justice Civil Division

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1235/

doc Letter to Sally Domoto from John Gorfinkel (ddr-densho-329-1236)

Settlement of Evacuation Claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1236/

doc Notice to Claimant to Katsuyo Sally Fujii Domoto (ddr-densho-329-1234)

Filing for Evacuation claim from Department of Justice Civil Division

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1234/

doc Letter to Sally Domoto from John Gorfinkel (ddr-densho-329-1241)

Including affidavit for filing Evacuation Claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1241/

img Vandalism of Japanese American property (ddr-densho-37-284)

Original WRA caption: View of the results of vandalism at the White Star Soda Works, 416 Jackson Street, Los Angeles, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-284/

img Vandalism of Japanese American property (ddr-densho-37-283)

Original WRA caption: Scene showing the results of vandalism at the Nichiren Buddhist Temple, 2800 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-283/

img Boarded-up store formerly run by Japanese Americans (ddr-densho-37-303)

Original WRA caption: Stores and homes formerly inhabited by Japanese. Some of them are now used by Chinese people. Note boarded up windows and doors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-303/

doc Administrative Notice No. 23 Registration of Evacuees' Rentable Property (ddr-densho-356-800)

Administrative Notice No. 23 from Santa Anita Assembly Center informs internees that if they have any property that is "rentable" to register it immediately and lists what is rentable property and how to register it.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-800/

doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on January 6, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-761)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on January 6, 1942. Topics covered in the meeting include: reading of correspondence regarding Issei being detained by authorities, relief funds frozen as some of the account holders were Issei, Japanese American Citizens' League seeking advise, and violence by Filipino Americans against Japanese Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-761/