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Christmas letter
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OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-483-132
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Christmas letter from Tsutomu Fukuyama to family friends. The letter describes Christmas at Minidoka, housing conditions following transfers from Tule Lake and Manzanar, the agricultural impacts of the boll weaver, and the resettlement of Nisei Christians.
DATE
December 13, 1943
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Correspondence
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
TOPICS
- Religion and churches -- Christianity
- Identity and values -- Nisei
- World War II -- Concentration camps -- Holidays and festivals
- World War II -- Concentration camps -- Living conditions
- World War II -- Concentration camps -- Religion
- Race and racism -- Cross-racial relations
- Industry and employment -- Agriculture
- World War II -- Leaving camp -- "Resettlement"
CREATORS
- Fukuyama, Tsutomu (author)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Kenji Ima Family Collection, Densho
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
