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NPS Study Honouliuli
National Park Service News Release Release Date: May 22, 2014 Contacts: PaulDePrey, Superintendent, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, (808)266-0826 Barbara Butler, Study Lead, (415) 623-2311 Draft Special Resource Study Identifies Honouliuli...
German Sailors on the High Desert: a WW II Detention Camp at Fort Stanton
"German Sailors on the High Desert: A WW II Detention Camp at Fort Stanton" was written by Tomas Jaehn, an historian who works as archivist and librarian at the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Published for El Palacio, the oldest museum...
“Treatment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent, European Americans, and Jewish Refugees in WWII”-Hearing video
19 March 2009—Committee on the Judiciary - Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Video provided by U.S. House of Representatives and posted by House.Resource.Org.
World War II Enemy Aliens Program
World War II Enemy Aliens Program (2009)—National Archives and Records Administration, C-Span Video Library Archivist Lynn Goodsell talks about various aspects of the World War II “enemy alien control” programs and related records available at the National...
Fort Stanton: a German Internment Camp
In 1941, German Merchant seamen from the scuttled luxury liner S.S. Columbus found themselves held in the U.S. America was not yet involved in WWII, and Fort Stanton, New Mexico, was chosen to house the 400 plus sailors. (More information about Fort Stanton)
Michael Luick-Thrams on WWII German American Internment
Historian, writer, and lecturer, Michael Luick-Thrams worked with TRACES, a non-profit educational organization created to gather, preserve and present stories of people from the Midwest and Germany or Austria who encountered each other during World War II. Begun in...
Langer Bill
LUDECKE V. WATKINS, 335 U.S. 160 (1948)
U.S. Supreme Court LUDECKE V. WATKINS, 335 U.S. 160 (1948) 335 U.S. 160 LUDECKE v. WATKINS, District Director of Immigration. No. 723. Argued May 3, 4, 1948. Decided June 21, 1948. Rehearing Denied Oct. 11, 1948. See . [ Ludecke v. Watkins 335 U.S. 160 (1948) ] [335...
Easter Bunny’s Visit to Ellis Island
An artistic inmate recounts the well-meaning Easter bunny’s ill-fated visit to the island:
Ellis Island Immigration Museum: Ellis Island Timeline
View the Ellis Island Immigration Museum: Ellis Island Timeline Over 12 million Immigrants passed through the halls of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum from 1892-1954. Ellis Island served as the gateway to the New World where immigrants came in search of freedom...
National Park Service: Ellis Island
Visit: U.S. NPS Ellis Island Official Website
Eiserloh Birth Report
Handbook of Texas Online, “World War II Internment Camps”
Handbook of Texas Online, Emily Brosveen, "World War II Internment Camps" describes the three Immigration and Naturalization Service internment camps in Texas, located in Seagoville, Kennedy, and Crystal City.
Birth Certificate from Camp Seagoville
Alien Enemy Detention Facility
A government propaganda film about Crystal City, TX internment camp, 1945.
Instructions to Teachers
Download: Instructions to Teachers
Congressional Report—”Treatment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent, European Americans and Jewish Refugees during World War II”
Home Events History Internment Camps Real People Resources Contact 19 March 2009 Hearing Report—"Treatment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent, European Americans and Jewish Refugees during World War II" by the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees,...
USAT Colonel Frederick C. Johnson, October 1944
USAT Colonel Frederick C. Johnson, October 1944, docked in New Orleans, Louisiana Download: USAT Colonel Frederick C. Johnson Manifest
USAT Cuba, November 1943
USAT Cuba, November 1943, docked in New Orleans, Louisiana Download: USAT_Cuba_11_1943
USAT Puebla, February 1943
USAT Puebla, February 1943, docked in San Pedro, California. Download the complete: USAT Puebla Manifest
USAT Cuba, October 1942
USAT Cuba, October 1942, docked in New Orleans, Louisiana (pgs. 5, 6--Note line 2: Leo Friedman; line 5: Eric Joseph; and line 6: Leo Keiles, are listed as Jewish) Download: USAT Cuba_10_1942