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 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 Claim form for Damage to or loss of real or personal property by a person of Japanese Ancestry (ddr-densho-430-65)

Mostly blank

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-65/

doc Claim form for Damage to or loss of real or personal property by a person of Japanese Ancestry (ddr-densho-430-90)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-90/

doc Notes (ddr-densho-430-41)

List of items sold in haste at the outbreak of WWII and their estimated value.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-41/

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

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

doc Pamphlet titled: American Refugees (ddr-densho-329-1052)

Published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1052/

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 Sally Domoto from John Gorfinkel (ddr-densho-329-1237)

Settlement of Evacuation Claim

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1237/

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-329-1240)

Settlement of Evacuation Claim for Sally Domoto and Kimiko Fujii

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1240/

doc Letter to Sally Domoto from John Gorfinkel (ddr-densho-329-1233)

Filing for Evacuation claim from Department of Justice Civil Division

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-1233/

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-37-304)

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-37-304/

img Vandalism of Japanese American property (ddr-densho-37-285)

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-37-285/

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/