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Narrator Mary Blocher Smeltzer

White female. Born in 1915 in Texas. Grew up in La Verne, California, where family was active with the Church of the Brethren. During World War II, lived in the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and worked as a teacher there. Along with husband, established a hostel in Chicago, Illinois, for Japanese Americans leaving the camps.

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vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview (ddr-manz-1-38)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 2 (ddr-manz-1-38-2)

Family background

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vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-38-18)

Current causes

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vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-38-12)

Description of Chicago hostel

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-12/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-38-14)

Husband's involvement in the civil rights movement

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-14/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-38-7)

Protesting World War II, being questioned by the FBI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-7/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-38-11)

Establishing a hostel for Japanese Americans in Chicago

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-11/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-38-5)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-5/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-38-10)

Teaching in camp, witnessing problems and unrest among the residents

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-10/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-38-9)

Working and living in the Manzanar concentration camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-9/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-38-16)

Diversity within church

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-16/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 15 (ddr-manz-1-38-15)

Helping to set up the Church of the Brethren's Women's Caucus

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-15/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-38-17)

Church's opposition to war

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-17/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 6 (ddr-manz-1-38-6)

Meeting husband and getting married

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-6/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-38-3)

Description of the Church of the Brethren

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-3/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 1 (ddr-manz-1-38-1)

Born in Texas; description of siblings

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-1/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-38-19)

Reflections

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-19/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 4 (ddr-manz-1-38-4)

Involvement with the Church of the Brethren from an early age

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-4/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-38-8)

Assisting Japanese Americans during mass removal

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-8/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 13 (ddr-manz-1-38-13)

Moving to Austria for husband's work

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-13/

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