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Buddhist Temple

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Terakawa Collection

After their collective forced relocation, members of the Oakland Buddhist Church started a new Buddhist church community in the Topaz concentration camp.

c. 1943

Topaz, Utah

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Courtesy of the Terakawa Collection, Densho

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