Peace activist and internees

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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-13-45 (Legacy UID: denshopd-p13-00045)

PARENT COLLECTION

Mamiya Collection

DESCRIPTION

Floyd Schmoe, a pacifist and supporter of the Japanese American community, with Yoshi Asaba and Father Joe Kitagawa at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Father Kitagawa was the Episcopal minister at Minidoka. Floyd Schmoe was born in 1895 and is a peace activist and Quaker from Seattle, Washington. Schmoe was a strong supporter of the Japanese American community and firmly opposed the incarceration. He was investigated by the FBI because of his activism. Throughout World War II, Schmoe visited and lived in the Minidoka, Heart Mountain, and Tule Lake incarceration camps. He played a pivotal role in the resettlement of Japanese Americans in the Seattle area.

DATE

c.1944

LOCATION

Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Mamiya Family Collection

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