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About Densho Board & Staff News Get Involved Contact Us Core Story A Community Grows Looking Like the Enemy American Concentration Camps Responses to Incarceration Righting a Wrong Why Does this Matter Now? Encyclopedia Digital Archives Densho Digital Repository Visual History Program Share Your Collections Create Family Archives Learning Center Online Course Densho Resource Guide Examining Racism & Discrimination Sites of Shame Newspapers in Education Blog Give Densho Dinner A grassroots organization dedicated to preserving, educating, and sharing the story of World War II-era incarceration of Japanese Americans in order to deepen understandings of American history and inspire action for equity. A comprehensive reference tool with nearly 1,000 free and accessible entries related to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Oral history interviews, photos, newspapers, and other primary sources that document the Japanese American experience from immigration through redress with a strong focus on the World War II mass incarceration. Online education center featuring multidisciplinary curriculum, instructional guides, and primary source material that allow teachers and students to connect with the lived experiences of Japanese Americans. JAPANESE AMERICAN WWII INCARCERATION: THE CORE STORY Learn the basics about World War II Japanese American incarceration through a series of short videos and essays. The Core Story Oral History Spotlight Nobu Suzuki on the difficulties of obtaining typhoid shots for Japanese Americans during forced removal. See More Videos Blog Stay connected with Densho through regular posts, guest contributions, and photo essays that put our work and the story of WWII incarceration in conversation with current events. Recent News Announcing a New Digital Genealogy Series April 16, 2020 announcement , education Densho is pleased to announce a new digital genealogy series with Linda Harms Okazaki, noted expert in Japanese American genealogy. All sessions will be held on Zoom and advance registration is required. The initial webinar will be held on April 30th, with subsequent webinars to be held every two to three weeks (check back soon — we’ll update this post with dates and times as they are finalized). Read More ‘It was my first grown-up feeling of responsibility’: Student Views of Life in a Japanese American Concentration Camp April 15, 2020 archives , camp life We’re fortunate today to have access to hundreds of testimonies from Nisei elders who were incarcerated as children during WWII. But the perspective captured in these oral histories is that of an adult looking back on decades-old memories, rather than a child or teen describing contemporaneous experiences. The journals and writing assignments they left behind, however — composed while they were students in concentration camp schools — offer a unique glimpse at how Japanese American youth thought and felt about their life behind barbed wire. Read More 5 Ways To Learn Japanese American History From the Comfort of your Home April 6, 2020 education As we navigate this new world of mandatory home time, many of us are finding ourselves suddenly having to set up makeshift schools for our kiddos, engage students online, or maybe brush up on our own history education to fill the extra time on our hands. Here are some resources from Densho and a few of our partners to help you do just that. Read More Appealing to the Model Minority Won’t Stop Anti-Asian Hate April 3, 2020 critique , current events In an op-ed for The Washington Post this week, former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang urged Asian Americans to combat a recent surge in anti-Asian hate by “embrac[ing] and show[ing] our American-ness in ways we never have before.” He praised Japanese Americans who volunteered for military service from WWII concentration camps “to demonstrate that they were Americans” — conveniently ignoring the state violence that narrowed their choices, and erasing those who were enlisted against their will — and concludes that Asian Americans who face racism today should likewise “show without a shadow of a doubt that we are Americans who will do our part for our country in this time of need.” Read More Stay up to date on Densho News. Sign up for our Newsletter > Subscribe For a glimpse at how Japanese American youth thought and felt about their life behind barbed wire, we took a deep d… https://t.co/hkGw3VWAZc USPS recently unveiled a new set of stamps celebrating visionary Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa. While we all… https://t.co/YoieXExH5c "Performing a sort of uber-American pastiche has never protected us, and why should we feel that we have to? The ev… https://t.co/TgSqh6WcDG Government surveillance enabled the exile & imprisonment of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans during WWII, and i… https://t.co/vuWjJidt6v As we navigate this new world, many of us are suddenly having to set up makeshift schools for our kiddos, engage st… https://t.co/04f6exHYyO About Densho Densho is a Japanese term meaning “to pass on to the next generation,” or to leave a legacy. The legacy we offer is an American story with ongoing relevance: during World War II, the United States government incarcerated innocent people solely because of their ancestry. 日系アメリカ人の歴史ポータル Additional Links Terminology Timeline Additional Resources FAQ Terms of Use / Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Support Densho Densho’s extensive digital collections chronicle the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans. Your donations allow us make our material free to everyone and to continue in the important work of preserving the stories of the past for the generations of tomorrow. Densho is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, tax number 91-2164150 Donate Now Contact Densho Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project 1416 S. Jackson St. Seattle, WA 98144 P. (206) 320-0095 F. (206) 320-0098 info@densho.org Media Inquiries media@densho.org About Densho Core Story Encyclopedia Digital Archives Learning Center Blog Give © Copyright 2019 Densho. 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