Fred Hirasuna Interview Segment 1
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Densho
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ddr-densho-122-29-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-hfred-02-0001)
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Opinion of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee
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.
00:04:14 — Segment 1 of 10
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CONTRIBUTOR
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.
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Densho
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-densho-122-29
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Fred Hirasuna Interview
00:49:10 — 10 segments
DATE
1998
LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born February 11, 1908, in Lodi, California. Resettled voluntarily to Mankato, Minnesota, prior to mass removal. Resettled in central California in 1947. Member of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) since 1929. Became active in redress movement as fundraiser and lobbyist for Central California District Council of JACL. Mr. Hirasuna passed away on February 12, 2004.
(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
TOPICS
FACILITY
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.