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Title: Akiko Kurose Interview II
Narrator: Akiko Kurose
Interviewer: Alice Ito
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: December 2 & 3, 1997
Densho ID: denshovh-kakiko-02-0011

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AI: Where did you first go?

AK: But we had the apartment.

AI: So you were able to...

AK: Able to come back to the apartment.

AI: Go back to the apartment as soon as you got back. And what did you find, what was the apartment like?

AK: Well, most of the things were gone. But there was enough, you know, furniture and things... and this fellow that was my brother's friend in college, stayed at the apartment. And so, we were able to come back there to stay. And then, then we kind of made a, like a hostel. So people could come and stay in the apartment as they came back.

AI: That must have been a very hectic time.

AK: Uh-huh, but, you know, it was a real strong sense of community. So when people came we all pooled our resources and ate together. And people started looking for housing, jobs, whatever.

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