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The Japanese Internment Camps were America's version of Concentration Camps for US citizens of Japanese ancestry. However we felt the term Interment was more "polite" than Concentration to describe the camps. There was little difference between them and Nazi Concentration Camps of the time, except that they were not also frequently Extermination Camps where inmates were deliberately executed en masse as in the Nazi camps.

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A desert in Utah


How many Japanese-Americans died at the Topaz internment camp?

At the Topaz internment camp in Utah, where Japanese-Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II, there were a total of 11 recorded deaths. These deaths were primarily due to health-related issues, exacerbated by the harsh conditions of the camp. The camp housed around 8,000 Japanese-Americans, many of whom faced significant hardships during their internment.


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