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Did the Japanese hate that when they went to the internment camps they saw the USA flag which meant freedom?
Answer 1
they were furious because the flag means freedom witch means for all.But they {the Japanese}.But they felt that it wasnt equal they were the onlyt ones that didnt have freedom
Answer 2
Flags only represent what we as individuals attach to them as symbols. Most US Americans see the US flag as a representative of the US political system of unity for the states and the freedoms granted by the US Constitution. Many other people in other places see the US flag similarly. However, not all people ascribe those values to the US flag. Iranians, for example, see the US flag as representative of international Imperialism, repression, secret wars, and support for Israel and the previous Shah of Iran.
Japanese-Americans, during the internment period, did not see the US flag as a symbol of freedom, but as a symbol of illusory freedom. Ostensibly, the country in which they were living granted freedom to all of its citizens as equals. However, Asian-Americans had never been truly treated as equals prior to the 1960s and many saw the US flag as a representation of the White Leadership of the United States and the fact that they would be second-class citizens. When the internment happened, these feelings sharpened for many, who felt that the ideals encapsulated by that flag to most Americans were being violated right in front of them.
Surprisingly, the Japanese-American response to this clear violation of their rights and the principles upon which the USA was founded was not to riot or protest, but to actively seek to assist the United States military in World War II. To "prevent" the Japanese-Americans from being in contact with other Japanese, most Japanese-American units were sent to the Italian Front, where some of them earned the highest amounts of commendations and medals. After the war, the Japanese-Americans were released from the camps without any property of money from which to make a living. However, many of them were resourceful and able to sustain themselves in the following decades.
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What are Japanese American interment camps?
Japanese internment camps were meant to house any Japanese Americans whom "posed a threat" to the American Government or people during WWII. Though this sounds innocent, the Americans took total liberty in putting any Japanese they could get there hands on in there.
What is the difference between an Japanese internal camp and a concentration camp?
The Japanese internment camps were sort of like special prisons for Japanese-Americans during World War II. The camps weren't very nice, nor was being imprisoned in them, but at the same time, the internees were not tortured or otherwise severely harmed. Still, it's not one of America's proudest moments. They were intended to keep Japanese-Americans on the West Coast from assisting the Japanese military if it ever invaded the USA. The Nazi concentration camps were special prisons that were initially meant to function a lot like the aforementioned internment camps. However, the Nazis didn't wait long to start doing terrible things to the internees, such as using them as slave laborers, performing medical experiments on them, or simply executing them. Unlike the Japanese internment camps, the Nazi concentration camps were intended primarily to get rid of any people that the government didn't like- Jews, Russians, Poles, Romany, homosexuals, political opponents, and so forth.
Compare and contrast prison camps and concentration camps during World War 2?
In the Pacific theater, the Japanese military outlook provided no mercy for Allied soldiers that surrendered. The Japanese believed in fighting to the death. Because of this, Japanese prison camps were essentially concentration camps. Allied prisoners died in the thousands from disease, overwork, and malnourishment. However in Europe, they were distinct. Concentration camps housed those deemed unfit, or in some way non-Aryan. People were put there not because they were soldiers, but because they were civilians. Allied prisoners of war in Europe generally received better treatment, and were not put to death on the scale of those in concentration camps.
Why were Internment camps set up for Japanese Americans?
Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the US west coast were placed in internment camps on the claim that spies and sabatouers could be hiding among them.Since Japanese and Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and in the US east of the Mississippi were not forced into camps, and since no American citizens of German or Italian descent were placed in internment camps, the actual reason is more likely related to racial stereotypes and anti-Japanese hysteria.
What did Americans do to discriminate against Japanese-Americans during World War 2?
The Japanese Americans were removed from the west coast of California and forced into camps so we could keep an eye on them. Towards the end of the war we allowed the Japanese-Americans return to their homes, even though they had to start completely over because they had to sell everything when they went to the camps. They also used the Nuclear bomb, the ultimate weapons of mass destruction. A bomb meant to take lives of inoccent people and not a battle type weapon. Since then the nuclear bomb has been banned in the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, primarily for it's very long lasting effects. There a Japanese people who are still affected by the radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A criminal act that has yet to be judged.
How Japanese American Internment Camps done secretly?
They were not meant to be "secret" as they were mentioned in newspapers, posters, billboards, etc. Except the horrible conditions that aren't widely known.
What are Japanese American interment camps?
Japanese internment camps were meant to house any Japanese Americans whom "posed a threat" to the American Government or people during WWII. Though this sounds innocent, the Americans took total liberty in putting any Japanese they could get there hands on in there.
What is the difference between an Japanese internal camp and a concentration camp?
The Japanese internment camps were sort of like special prisons for Japanese-Americans during World War II. The camps weren't very nice, nor was being imprisoned in them, but at the same time, the internees were not tortured or otherwise severely harmed. Still, it's not one of America's proudest moments. They were intended to keep Japanese-Americans on the West Coast from assisting the Japanese military if it ever invaded the USA. The Nazi concentration camps were special prisons that were initially meant to function a lot like the aforementioned internment camps. However, the Nazis didn't wait long to start doing terrible things to the internees, such as using them as slave laborers, performing medical experiments on them, or simply executing them. Unlike the Japanese internment camps, the Nazi concentration camps were intended primarily to get rid of any people that the government didn't like- Jews, Russians, Poles, Romany, homosexuals, political opponents, and so forth.
Compare and contrast prison camps and concentration camps during World War 2?
In the Pacific theater, the Japanese military outlook provided no mercy for Allied soldiers that surrendered. The Japanese believed in fighting to the death. Because of this, Japanese prison camps were essentially concentration camps. Allied prisoners died in the thousands from disease, overwork, and malnourishment. However in Europe, they were distinct. Concentration camps housed those deemed unfit, or in some way non-Aryan. People were put there not because they were soldiers, but because they were civilians. Allied prisoners of war in Europe generally received better treatment, and were not put to death on the scale of those in concentration camps.
Why were Internment camps set up for Japanese Americans?
Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the US west coast were placed in internment camps on the claim that spies and sabatouers could be hiding among them.Since Japanese and Japanese Americans living in Hawaii and in the US east of the Mississippi were not forced into camps, and since no American citizens of German or Italian descent were placed in internment camps, the actual reason is more likely related to racial stereotypes and anti-Japanese hysteria.
How were Japanese-Americans affected by World War 2?
During World War 2, many Japanese-Americans were put into internment camps or "War Relocation Camps". Many of them were only allowed to take the clothes on their backs or had to pack so quickly that they were unprepared for life in the internment camps.Many of them lost irreplaceable personal property, due to restrictions on what they could take into the camp and to theft and destruction of items that were placed in storage.Many of them lost their property or their tenant farms, or had to sell their farms within a few days at a low price.The Japanese were moved to high security surveillance camps where they were tracked constantly and kept away from the outside world for the American government feared that they were spies.
What did Americans do to discriminate against Japanese-Americans during World War 2?
The Japanese Americans were removed from the west coast of California and forced into camps so we could keep an eye on them. Towards the end of the war we allowed the Japanese-Americans return to their homes, even though they had to start completely over because they had to sell everything when they went to the camps. They also used the Nuclear bomb, the ultimate weapons of mass destruction. A bomb meant to take lives of inoccent people and not a battle type weapon. Since then the nuclear bomb has been banned in the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty, primarily for it's very long lasting effects. There a Japanese people who are still affected by the radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A criminal act that has yet to be judged.
Why were the Japanese internment camps important?
Answer 1Japanese Internment Camps were important in World War II, because the US Government was trying to make sure none that of no Japanese-Americans could contact their homeland and tell them what's going to happen.Answer 2When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, many Americans saw the Japanese-Americans as a fifth column. This meant that they viewed the Japanese-Americans as secret spies for Japan and inherently disloyal to the United States. Strangely, from a modern perspective, German-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Italian-Americans, who were much more vociferous opponents of US military policy in World War II were not even considered for discriminatory treatment, showing that this boils down to racism and fear of Asians more than it does legitimate security concerns.In order to deal with this perceived loyalty, the President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. This order was used to round up Japanese-Americans all along the Pacific coast (the largest area of Japanese-Americans in the United States) and place them in internment camps. In 1944, the US Supreme Court upheld the validity of the camps on the grounds of necessary military action. Surprisingly, the Japanese-American response was not to riot or protest, but to actively seek to assist the United States military in World War II. To "prevent" the Japanese-Americans from being in contact with other Japanese, most Japanese-American units were sent to the Italian Front, where some of them earned the highest amounts of commendations and medals. After the war, the Japanese-Americans were released from the camps without any property of money from which to make a living. However, many of them were resourceful and able to sustain themselves in the following decades.In the 1980s, the US Federal Government admitted its wrongdoing and compensated every family that still had a surviving member from the internment camps for this violation of their civil liberties.It is critical for US Americans to remember these horrible atrocities so that US Americans can see how easily they can fall into the trap of racist treatment of minorities. Hopefully the memory of how US Americans stole the lives of fellow citizens because of the color of their skin can make us take the words of Civil Rights leaders seriously. Additionally, the Bill of Rights should apply to all Americans and the US Government failed its obligation to observe that here, resulting in the internment of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
When were Japanese Americans sent to Relocation Camps?
The reason relocation for Japanese Americans was put to use. Was due to the fact of the bombing Pearl Harbor. The American people were so stereotypical that they thought all Japanese people were linked to the attack on Pearl Harbor. They were taken to places almost like the concentration camps in Germany. But these relocation camps were meant for holding people until the war with Japan was over. Not for exterminating a race from existence.
How Japanese Americans were affected by world war 2?
Unfortunately, racism was a huge part of United States history and Blacks were not the only race to suffer unequal and prejudicial treatment. Asian-Americans did not become accepted as "true Americans" until the mid-1960s. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, many Americans saw the Japanese-Americans as a fifth column. This meant that they viewed the Japanese-Americans as secret spies for Japan and inherently disloyal to the United States. Strangely, from a modern perspective, German-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Italian-Americans, who were much more vociferous opponents of US military policy in World War II were not even considered for discriminatory treatment, showing that this boils down to racism and fear of Asians more than it does legitimate security concerns.In order to deal with this perceived loyalty, the President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. This order was used to round up Japanese-Americans all along the Pacific coast (the largest area of Japanese-Americans in the United States) and place them in internment camps. In 1944, the US Supreme Court upheld the validity of the camps on the grounds of necessary military action. Surprisingly, the Japanese-American response was not to riot or protest, but to actively seek to assist the United States military in World War II. To "prevent" the Japanese-Americans from being in contact with other Japanese, most Japanese-American units were sent to the Italian Front, where some of them earned the highest amounts of commendations and medals. After the war, the Japanese-Americans were released from the camps without any property of money from which to make a living. However, many of them were resourceful and able to sustain themselves in the following decades.In the 1980s, the US Federal Government admitted its wrongdoing and compensated every family that still had a surviving member from the internment camps for this violation of their civil liberties.Japanese Americans were compelled to enter into what were essentially concentration camps . ~ see related link below .See the story of the Japanese Americans being put into internment camps on the link below. There is a link there too. Click on that link and you will get the sad story.
What happened to Japanese belongings after they were sent to Internment camps?
In Canada, most of their belongings and land/homes, fishing boats, stores etc were simply auctioned off by the government. The Canadian government issued an order that anything that could not be taken with the Internees to the camps, was to be "taken into custody". This meant it became the property of the Canadian government. Although the property was supposed to be kept safe, this did not happen. Almost everything was sold off - much for a fraction of what it was actually worth. In America, I think that most of the furniture and valuable possessions were raided out of the house by the army. When the Japanese went to the internment camps they got to take some clothing, and left the rest at home. In some cases, neighbors and friends took care of homes and businesses during the war and returned them intact upon their return. In others, they simply lost everything. It was many decades before any sort of reparations where paid to those losing so much.
How did Americans treat Japanese immigrants after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941?
Those on the west coast (declared military zones) were placed in internment camps for three years, many losing their homes and businesses. They were also discriminated against, as people felt all Japanese were untrustworthy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The propaganda campaigns during World War II included considerable anti-Asian racism.
