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 Nori by a wood stack (ddr-densho-542-606)

Written below photograph: "Nori."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-606/

img Kunikazu holding a hammer (ddr-densho-542-508)

Written below photograph: Kunikazu and Gran-pop.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-508/

img Warehouse crew (ddr-densho-542-531)

Frank Eya second from the left, Rose Nomura fourth from the left. Written below photograph: Ware House [sic] crew.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-531/

img Group poses on the steps of the Kikawa barrack (ddr-densho-542-407)

Written below photograph: Tagashira, Mits, Pop, Tagashira, Mrs. Tagashira, Mom, Alice, Kay, and Mrs. Sano.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-407/

img Gary Kikawa on a porch (ddr-densho-542-552)

Written below photograph: ???, ???.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-552/

img Kiyo and Lily in patterned outfits (ddr-densho-542-581)

Written below photograph: Kiyo and Lily.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-581/

img Yamashita twins (ddr-densho-542-604)

Written below photograph: Yamashita twin.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-604/

img Rohwer watch tower (ddr-densho-542-605)

Written below photograph: "Watch Tower" Rohwer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-605/

img Man smoking a cigar (ddr-densho-542-632)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-632/

img Margaret with an umbrella (ddr-densho-542-571)

Written below photograph: Margaret Kamefujii.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-571/

img View of a bridge (ddr-densho-542-262)

View of a bridge at Manzanar.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-262/

img Gary Kikawa gets a haircut (ddr-densho-542-580)

Written below photograph: Kikawa Baber [sic] Shop.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-580/

img Young woman outside barracks (ddr-densho-542-239)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-239/

img The Kikawas in front of their barrack (ddr-densho-542-406)

Written below photograph: Pop, Mom, Mits, and myself in front of our home in Rohwer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-406/

img Chiyo Dote at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-504)

Written below photograph: Chiyo Dote.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-504/

img Woman in a print dress (ddr-densho-542-757)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-757/

img Mits standing at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-628)

Written below photograph: "Mits."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-628/

img Gary Kikawa and another man on a porch (ddr-densho-542-127)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-127/

img Group on a field at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-415)

Written below photograph: Mas "Speedy" Dote, Janice Uyeda, Bob Sato, Tuyo [undecipherable], Jumibo Eya.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-415/

img Three women on a bridge (ddr-densho-542-558)

Written below photograph: Yuki - Kiya - Chiyo.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-558/

img George Yasutaki at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-412)

Written below photograph: George Yasutaki.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-412/

img Lillian Uyeda at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-435)

Written below photograph: Lillian Uyeda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-435/

img Roy Sumida at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-641)

Written below photograph: Roy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-641/

img Man getting a medical examination (ddr-densho-542-746)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-746/

img Pharmacy at Rohwer (ddr-densho-542-666)

Written below photograph: "Pharmacy" at Rohwer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-542-666/