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 Group of four at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-420)

Written below photograph: ????, Daisy Uyeda, George Yasutaki, Janice Uyeda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-420/

img Man poses across a fallen tree (ddr-densho-542-754)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-754/

img Alice and Kay at the Kikawa barrack (ddr-densho-542-401)

Written below photograph: Alice and Kay.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-401/

img Three men seated (ddr-densho-542-484)

Written below photograph: [left to right] "Muculos," "Smouker [sic]," "Joker."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-484/

img Gary, Mary, and Ed (ddr-densho-542-655)

Written below photograph: ?? [Gary Kikawa], Mary Sakata, Ed.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-655/

img Gary Kikawa and woman beside a garden (ddr-densho-542-533)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-533/

img Gary Kikawa outside a barrack (ddr-densho-542-523)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-523/

img Two women at doctors quarters (ddr-densho-542-692)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-692/

img Erny at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-681)

Written below photograph: Erny.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-681/

img Woman with two braids (ddr-densho-542-737)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-737/

img Suoko Nishikawa poses outdoors (ddr-densho-542-496)

Written below photograph: Suoko Nishikawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-496/

img Rohwer hospital administration building (ddr-densho-542-697)

Written below photograph: Hospital Ad.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-697/

img Mabo and Frank Eya at the warehouse (ddr-densho-542-541)

Written below photograph: Mabo, Frank.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-541/

img Lillian Uyeda and Hide on a porch (ddr-densho-542-421)

Written below photograph: Lillian Uyeda, [undecipherable].

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-421/

img Sets at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-673)

Written below photograph: Sets.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-673/

img Kunikazu and Mits (ddr-densho-542-698)

Written below photograph: Kunikazu [Kikawa], Mits [Kikawa].

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-698/

img Women around a table (ddr-densho-542-750)

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img View of a tree-lined river (ddr-densho-542-470)

Written below photograph: Rohwer Ark.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-470/

img Woman wearing a pinafore (ddr-densho-542-726)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-726/

img Janice Uyeda on a Rohwer porch (ddr-densho-542-426)

Written below photograph: Janice Uyeda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-426/

img Portrait of Kiku (ddr-densho-542-708)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-708/

img Woman in a plaid outfit (ddr-densho-542-689)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-689/

img Tishi at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-527)

Written below photograph: Tishi [Nakagawa].

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-527/

img Woman with a soldier (ddr-densho-542-735)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-735/

img Mabo at work (ddr-densho-542-575)

Written below photograph: Mabo at work.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-575/