Department of Justice camps

More than 5,500 Japanese immigrants (Issei) were arrested by the FBI following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Most were sent first to temporary Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) detention stations and then transferred to Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camps, where they waited to appear before the Alien Enemy Hearing Board. These hearings determined whether the Issei would remain in the internment camps or be "released" to the War Relocation Authority (WRA) concentration camps. After the hearings, most of the Issei were sent to U.S. Army internment camps. The U.S. Army, charged with detaining military prisoners of war (POWs), then returned the Issei internees to DOJ control. The DOJ camps also interned Italian and German nationals and Japanese Latin Americans. Most of the DOJ internment camps held only men who had been separated from their families, but three camps housed single women and families. The camps were run by the INS, part of the Department of Justice.

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img Large group of men posing for photo at Santa Fe Detention Center (ddr-ajah-2-908)

Caption below photo: August 1943-February 13, 1944 Issei Men at Santa Fe New Mexico Detention Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-908/

img Group of Issei men (ddr-ajah-2-923)

Caption below photo: Issei men at Santa Fe, New Mexico Department of Justice Internment Camp / August 1943-February 13, 1944

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-923/

doc Story of Shigekichi Kajiwara: The War Years as an Alien Enemy (ddr-densho-554-1)

Biography of Shigekichi Kajiwara's life, with a focus on his incarceration during World War II at Fort Missoula, Lordsburg, and Santa Fe.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-554-1/

doc Family information form (ddr-densho-314-15)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-15/

doc Money transfer (ddr-densho-314-17)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-17/

doc Money transfer (ddr-densho-314-14)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-14/

doc Parole order (ddr-densho-314-8)

On the back of the document, there is a stamp from The National Archives stating that this document came from Record Group No. 210.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-8/

doc National Archives letter (ddr-densho-314-9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-9/

doc Information concerning Hawaiian internees (ddr-densho-314-12)

This document lists the family members of Kazuichi Takanishi. It shows that two of his sons were serving in the US Army. Partly due to his sons' service, Takanishi was paroled first to Chicago, Illinois on the mainland and then later back to Hawaii.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-12/

doc Money transfer (ddr-densho-314-21)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-21/

doc Sante Fe internment camp transfer list (ddr-densho-314-18)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-18/

doc Issei birthdates (ddr-densho-314-16)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-16/

doc Money transfer (ddr-densho-314-13)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-13/

doc Internee behavior form (ddr-densho-314-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-11/

doc Individual clothing slip (ddr-densho-314-6)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314-6/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 26 (June 29, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-74)

Selected article titles: "Units of Two Centers to Close by Oct." (p. 1), "400 Arrive at Santa Fe Camp" (p. 1), "13,652 Relocate in Dec. 31-June 16 Period" (p. 2), and "Boxing Show Features Double Main Event" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-74/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-381)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mitsuko Nakamura in which Mistuko tells about her first days in Crystal City and how it differs from Amache. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-381/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-387)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mitsuko Nakamura in which Mitsuko tells about how her family is adjusting to life at Crystal City and asks about Yuri's relocation to Boston. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-387/

img Detainees in Santa Fe internment camp (ddr-densho-166-8)

Group photograph taken in front of the Cross of the Martyrs in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kunizo Mayeno is in the back row, fifth from the left. Shigekuchi Kajihara is in the back row, third from left.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-8/