April 2007 HIDDEN STORIES OF WORLD WAR II: A Conference on Enemy Alien Restrictions and Internment and FREEDOM LOST: Three One Act Plays on Enemy Aliens in World War II In 2001, a unique collaboration among the Japanese, German, and Italian communities produced the highly acclaimed photo-exhibit “The Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fall 2006 Contact person: Eric Brandt at 651.292.8700 or programs@TRACES.org . Traveling Exhibit Tells Unknown Story of German-American Civilian Internment in the United States during World War II Some disappeared under the cover of night, while others were taken during raids on their place of employment. About a third were kidnapped by U.S. agents in other countries and […]
Manzanar National Historic Site News Release 661 N. Edwards Street Independence, CA 93526 For Immediate Release: May 20, 2006 Contact: Richard Potashin Phone: 760 878-2194 ext. 2712 From June 10 to August 25, 2006, Manzanar National Historic Site will host the “Enemy Alien Files, Hidden Stories of World War II” traveling exhibit which powerfully depicts the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2006 The German American Internee Coalition (GAIC) has been advised by the California Civil Liberties Education Project (CCLPEP) that it has been awarded a $10,000 grant. The GAIC will use the grant to develop a multicultural curriculum package with lesson plans focused on World War II alien enemy issues. Speaking […]
Snow Country Prison Exhibit Opening Brings Internees Back to Internment Camp (posted here with permission of the author, March 2006) November 18, 2003 by Martha Nakagawa
July 30, 2006 Release Party for Assembly on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (AWRIC) Report & DVD Community Delegation Account of Washington DC Trip Sunday, July 30th, 2006 . 2:30-4 pm Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak Street . Oakland 94607 Info and RSVP to NJAHS at 415.921.5007 njahs@njahs.org On July 30, 2006, at the […]
“The Assembly on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians” was held April 8 and 9, 2005, at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California. This public testimonial event highlighted the wartime experiences of immigrants of German, Italian, and Japanese ancestry in the U.S. and from Latin America who were classified as “enemy aliens” […]
Read It’s Time to Admit Wrongs By Karen Ebel, for the Monitor