Segregation and Tule Lake

In July 1943, Tule Lake concentration camp was designated as a segregation center for those the camp authorities considered "disloyal" as a result of their answers on the mandatory "loyalty questionnaire." In September 1943, "loyal" Japanese Americans from Tule Lake began departing for other camps and "disloyal" Japanese Americans from other camps started arriving at Tule Lake. The number of guards increased from a few hundred to 930 and an eight-foot high double fence was erected. The camp's capacity was 15,000 but the peak population reached 18,789 as 6,249 original "loyal" Japaense Americans chose to stay rather than be uprooted again.

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Kenji Maruko Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1010-8-22)
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Transferring to Tule Lake when it was converted to a segregation center

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the …

Kenji Maruko Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1010-8-23)
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Participating in Hoshidan's morning exercises

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

Ernest Besig Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1002-3-5)
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Visit to Tule Lake to investigate stockade situation

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

Ernest Besig Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1002-3-4)
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Traveling to Tule Lake concentration camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1002-4-4)
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Recalling seeing "agitators" thrown into the stockade at Tule Lake

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, …

Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-4-3)
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Deciding to resist the draft registration; memories of the "segregation" period in Tule Lake concentration camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

Frank Miyamoto Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1002-1-15)
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Discussion of the WRA's segregation policy

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

Michi Weglyn Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-122-22-10)
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The effects of segregation on Japanese Americans

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues …

Michi Weglyn Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-122-22-12)
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Thoughts on the Tule Lake "segregees"

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding …

Toyoko Okumura Interview Segment 15 (ddr-janm-13-6-15)
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Transferring to Tule Lake: participating in group exercises in the mornings
Nancy Kyoko Oda Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-463-3)
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Family's wartime story: parents in Poston, Colorado, then father was transferred to Tule Lake and held in the stockade
George Nakano Interview I Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-359-8)
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Father's participation in the Hoshidan at Tule Lake

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

Kenge Kobayashi Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-37-10)
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Atmosphere at Tule Lake concentration camp during the "segregation" period
Kenge Kobayashi Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-37-11)
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Riots at Tule Lake concentration camp, the Okamoto shooting
Kenge Kobayashi Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-37-12)
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Implementation of martial law by camp administrators during the riots at Tule Lake concentration camp
Kenge Kobayashi Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-37-14)
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Siblings coerced to renounce U.S. citizenship at Tule Lake concentration camp
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-164-35)
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Father arrested by the FBI and removed from Tule Lake along with sixty-nine others
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-164-34)
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Observing changes in the pro-Japan organizations during the institution of the renunciation program
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-164-26)
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Arrival at Tule Lake, witnessing confusion as many people are arriving and leaving
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-164-31)
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Joining father's organization, the Kenkyu Seinen Dan: shaving head, forming a bugle corps, and marching in drills
Tom Akashi Interview Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-164-37)
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Witnessing the frenzy of people applying to renounce their U.S. citizenship
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