Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview Segment 9
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Description of physical layout of concentration camp
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 the resistance movement itself.
00:04:07 — Segment 9 of 9
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Frank Abe Collection
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Courtesy of Frank Abe
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview
00:43:27 — 9 segments
DATE
August 22, 1995
LOCATION
Los Angeles, California
DESCRIPTION
Kats Kunitsugu is a Nisei female, incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp during World War II. Was on the staff of the camp's newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel.
Paul Tsuneishi is a Nisei male. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and was drafted into the military at age eighteen. After World War II, served as a district governor for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in Southern California. In his position with the JACL, sought to reconcile the Japanese American community with the World War II draft resisters.(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 the resistance movement itself.)
PRODUCTION
Frank Abe, interviewer; Frank Chin, interviewer
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Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.