Upon their arrival at Manzanar, the Wakatuski family, like many other interned Japanese Americans, faced significant hardships, including the loss of their homes and businesses, which were often abandoned or confiscated. Living conditions in the internment camp were harsh, with overcrowded barracks lacking basic privacy and inadequate sanitation. Additionally, they endured psychological distress and stigma due to the pervasive anti-Japanese sentiment, which further marginalized them in a society that viewed them with suspicion and hostility. This combination of physical and emotional challenges severely impacted their lives during their time in the camp.
During World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and interned in camps across the United States. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. government, fueled by fear and prejudice, ordered the internment of around 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens. This action was later recognized as a grave injustice, and in 1988, the U.S. government formally apologized and provided reparations to surviving internees.
Japanese-American internment was the forced relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese residing along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps" (a polite way of saying Concentration Camps) in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the United States was gripped by war hysteria. This was especially strong along the Pacific coast of the U.S., where residents feared more Japanese attacks on their cities, homes, and businesses. Leaders in California, Oregon, and Washington, demanded that the residents of Japanese ancestry be removed from their homes along the coast and relocated in isolated inland areas.While the threat from Japanese spies and saboteurs was real, it was primarily the distrust many Americans felt of the mysterious Japanese culture. Combined with virulent Propaganda against the Japanese enemy, it created a dangerously hostile situation. Some top military leaders (later known for undisguised racial bias) were allowed to contravene the rights of loyal Americans. Years later, some were compensated for their hardships, albeit both belatedly and inadequately.Pearl Harbour led to the internment of the Japanese Americans because it scared the American citizens into being sucpisious of any Japanese person, and the government's solution was to place the Japanese Americans in internment camp so no uprisings would occur.
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During World War II, approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and interned in camps across the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor. This action was fueled by wartime hysteria and racial prejudice, leading to the wrongful imprisonment of U.S. citizens and residents of Japanese descent. Many lost their homes, businesses, and personal property, and the internment lasted until the war ended, with some individuals remaining in camps even longer. In subsequent decades, the U.S. government formally acknowledged this injustice and provided reparations to survivors.
Japanese residents were interned. Japanese POW were treated in accord with the Geneva Convention.
Their loyalty was questioned.
They were interned in internment camps.
Most Japanese were interned for the duration of the war.
1. In Britain most adult male enemy aliens were interned (in internment camps), in many cases for a few months only. British Fascists were also interned or held in prisons. 2. The US had similar policies, but in the case of the Japanese even people born in America by Japanese parents and naturalized Japanese were interned as well as actual Japanese citizens.
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Japanese Americans living on the west coast of the US were interned for the duration of the war. There was mass hysteria about their supposed lack of loyalty. Strangely enough Japanese Americans in the Hawaiian Islands were not interred.