Concentration camps

The War Relocation Authority (WRA) oversaw construction of ten concentration camps in sparsely populated and isolated areas. Between June and October 1942, Japanese Americans were transferred from the "assembly centers" to the larger camps. Housing approximately 120,000 people, the camps were designed to be self-contained communities, complete with hospitals, post offices, schools, warehouses, and residential areas. The WRA attempted to establish normalcy by setting up newspapers, a degree of self-government, sports leagues, and social events. But confinement, monotony, and harsh conditions exacerbated tensions between pro- and anti-camp administration residents and between the disempowered Issei and their U.S.-born Nisei children. At several centers, conflicts erupted into violence and at the Manzanar concentration camp the unrest resulted in fatal shootings. The WRA gradually granted work and school leave to those they considered "loyal." The last camp closed in March 1946.

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img Kaz Kanda wearing an argyle sweater (ddr-densho-518-177)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Kaz Kanda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-177/

img Chunaka Fujihira with his son Muck (ddr-densho-518-37)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Muck and Pop.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-37/

img Tomio wearing sunglasses (ddr-densho-518-173)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Tomio.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-173/

img Mrs. Okamoto with two children (ddr-densho-518-67)

Mrs. Okamoto holding a baby, seated next to Eddie. Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Okamoto.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-67/

img Cairn at Minidoka (ddr-densho-518-10)

This photograph is a cutout in the shape of a "D" for a title page. See also ddr-densho-518-276.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-10/

img Mrs. Okamoto with three children (ddr-densho-518-66)

Mrs. Okamoto holding a baby, seated next to Eddie [middle] and Ronold [right]. Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Okamotos.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-66/

img Mrs. Tokuda and baby (ddr-densho-518-72)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Mrs. Geo. Tokuda and Baby.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-72/

img Butch the dog in a pond (ddr-densho-518-211)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Butch. See also ddr-densho-518-17.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-211/

img Ayako Yamanaka outdoors (ddr-densho-518-58)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Ayako Yamanaka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-58/

img Portrait of Pancho Nakashima (ddr-densho-518-183)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Pancho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-183/

img Portrait of Mr. K. Iwanabe (ddr-densho-518-104)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Mr. K. Iwanabe.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-104/

img Portrait of Jack Nakamura (ddr-densho-518-151)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Jack Nakamura.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-151/

img Portrait of Amy Mukai (ddr-densho-518-48)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Amy Mukai.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-48/

img Four men at Minidoka (ddr-densho-518-224)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: [left to right] Jinks, Ben, Mas, Smoky.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-224/

img Muck Fujihira and friends (ddr-densho-518-163)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: [left to right] Sun, Muck, Sat.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-163/

img Nobi Sato wearing a cap (ddr-densho-518-172)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Nobi Sato.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-172/

img Tod Fujihira strikes a pose (ddr-densho-518-53)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Tod.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-53/

img Mr. and Mrs. Nakamura (ddr-densho-518-103)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Mr. and Mrs. Nakamura.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-103/

img Kibo and Mike Urakawa (ddr-densho-518-65)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Kibo [left] and Mike [right] Urakawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-65/

img Embroidered handkerchief (ddr-densho-518-3)

A handkerchief embroidered with a Minidoka motif and a collection of signatures.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-3/

img Haruko Watanabe at Minidoka (ddr-densho-518-165)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Haruko Watanabe.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-165/

img Fred Noda at the post office (ddr-densho-518-115)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Post Office, Fred Noda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-115/

img Five friends in a row (ddr-densho-518-52)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: [back to front] Eddie Nobuye, Amy Mubai, Ayako Yamanaka, Tosh Yoshida, May Saitani.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-52/

img Izumi boys (ddr-densho-518-166)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: [left to right] Roy, Richard, Fred Izumi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-166/

img Portrait of Hank Ozawa (ddr-densho-518-144)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Hank Ozawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-144/