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Collections & Research Collections Overview Densho Digital Repository Oral History Historical Materials Family History & Genealogy Encyclopedia Names Registry Sites of Shame Manzanar CloseUp Learn Learning Overview Introduction to WWII Incarceration Densho Catalyst: Essays and Opinion Campu: A Podcast Terminology Self-Guided Learning for Students Encyclopedia Facing the Mountain (Book) Teach Teaching Overview Lesson Plans Books, Films, and Media Guide Introduction to WWII Incarceration Terminology Collections & Research Overview Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment About DenshoBoard & Staff History of Densho Densho Artist-in-Residence Program Media Mentions For Media, Researchers, & Artists Frequently Asked Questions Contact Us Get Involved Get Involved Overview Make A Gift Events Volunteer & Jobs Share Your Collections Nominate a Narrator Promote Equity Today Donate Search for: Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment Collections & Research Collections Overview Densho Digital Repository Oral History Historical Materials Family History & Genealogy Encyclopedia Names Registry Sites of Shame Manzanar CloseUp Learn Learning Overview Introduction to WWII Incarceration Densho Catalyst: Essays and Opinion Campu: A Podcast Terminology Self-Guided Learning for Students Encyclopedia Facing the Mountain (Book) Teach Teaching Overview Lesson Plans Books, Films, and Media Guide Introduction to WWII Incarceration Terminology Collections & Research Overview About DenshoBoard & Staff History of Densho Densho Artist-in-Residence Program Media Mentions For Media, Researchers, & Artists Frequently Asked Questions Contact Us Get Involved Get Involved Overview Make A Gift Events Volunteer & Jobs Share Your Collections Nominate a Narrator Promote Equity Today Donate Search for: Preserving Japanese American stories of the past for the generations of tomorrow. Discover the History of WWII Incarceration 120,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. Learn about this unprecedented denial of civil liberties and why it still matters today. Explore Personal Stories Learn about Japanese American history and the legacy of WWII incarceration by exploring personal stories from those who lived through it. Promote Equity Today History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Join us in putting the lessons of Japanese American WWII incarceration into action today. Densho Catalyst: History, Essays, & Opinion Dive into hidden histories and learn why these stories matter today with the latest essays and opinions from Densho and other community voices. Intern Spotlight: Kathryn Perry Walters on How Archives Can Be a Platform for Social Justice Work Kathryn Perry Walters is a graduate student at the University of Washington pursuing a Master’s in Information and Library Science (MLIS), and recently completed an internship with Densho’s archives team.... Naomi Ostwald Kawamura: Building Community and Connection that Transcends Borders In early March, I had the opportunity to be part of the 2024 Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD), a program jointly supported by the US-Japan Council and Japan’s Ministry of... The Densho Legacy Archive Offers a Glimpse into Hard Work and Passion That Built Densho Densho Project Archivist Will Allen has been helping to create Densho’s Legacy Archive, an archive of Densho’s organizational records since its founding in 1996. Will shares some highlights from this... Explore Densho Catalyst Manzanar CloseUp Welcome to Densho’s newest digital platform, Manzanar CloseUp! An evolution of Densho’s popular Sites of Shame project, Manzanar CloseUp applies similar data extraction and visualization tools to offer a close-up view of Manzanar concentration camp. Users are able to see geographical and population features of the camp with an unprecedented level of detail, including information about camp population down to the individual family and barrack level. Explore the Map Upcoming Events The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration – Frank Abe with Karen Maeda Allman Thursday, May 16, 7:00-8:00pm IN-PERSON EVENT Join Elliott Bay Book Company and Densho for a book event with Frank Abe as he discusses his latest book, the co-edited anthology, The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration, with Karen Maeda Allman. The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration presents a new vision that recovers and reframes the literature produced by the people targeted by the actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress to deny Americans of Japanese ancestry any individual hearings or other due process after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. From nearly seventy selections of fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, and letters emerges a shared story of the struggle to retain personal integrity in the face of increasing dehumanization – all anchored by the key government documents that incite the action. More Info Stay Informed: Join The Mailing List First Name Last Name Email Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Campu: A Podcast Campu weaves together the voices of survivors to spin narratives out of the seemingly mundane things that gave shape to the incarceration experience: rocks, fences, food, paper. Follow along as hosts Hana and Noah Maruyama move far beyond the standard Japanese American incarceration 101 and into more intimate and lesser-known corners of this history. Listen Today Encyclopedia Thousands of articles about the history of the Japanese American WWII exclusion and incarceration experience. Here are a few to get you started: Documentary films/videos on incarceration The following is an attempt at a comprehensive listing of documentary films/videos that include a significant treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II, broken up into several broad categories. Scene (magazine) Japanese American pictorial monthly magazine that ran from 1949 to 1955. Largely produced by and for Nisei, Scene magazine highlighted "successful" Japanese Americans as well as Japanese culture. Owens Valley (detention facility) The Owens Valley Reception Center—later the Manzanar Reception Center—was the first of the WCCA -administered short-term detention camps to open when the first "volunteers" from the Los Angeles area arrived on March 21, 1942. 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