—Martial Law—
Internment in Hawaii
U.S. Citizen Internees
Berg Story
Internment of German Americans in Hawaii under Martial Law By: Doris Berg Nye—My Memories of the War Years My parents […]
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Smith Story
Alfred and Susan Schmidt married in Germany in 1932, moved to the U.S. the following year, eventually working their […]
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United States Resident Internees
U.S. Resident Internees
Banzhaf Story
My parents Emmy Elfriede and Eugen Banzhaf’s lives included two world wars, the severe inflation in Europe during the […]
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Heitmann Story
“Untrue and Unjust Accusations”1 As told by John Heitmann, Ph.D — Son History and past memories, especially recent past memories, […]
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Neupert Story
The Neupert Family Story My father and mother, George Neupert and Emma Hoechner Neupert, were both born in Germany. My […]
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Reseneder Story
The Reseneder Family Internment Story My mother, Charlotte Reseneder Dimmling, her sister, Othilia “Tilly” Reseneder Busse and my grandparents were […]
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Scheibe Story
On the 8th of November, 2002, my brother (Egon Scheibe Jr.) and I (Erika Scheibe Seus) went on a journey […]
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The Schmitz Family Story
We have all read about the mass relocation of about 120,000 Japanese from the west coast shortly after Pearl […]
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Schneider Story
A Mother Interned, A Family Left Behind Gertrude Anna Schneider, an interned German immigrant Paul Schneider, an excluded naturalized German […]
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Voester Story
The Voester Family Story As told by Kurt Voester (son) Being a German “enemy alien” at the beginning of WW […]
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Vogt Story
The Karl Vogt Story The following are excerpts/condensations of portions of the book, THE MISPLACED AMERICAN, which was compiled and […]
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Greis Story
The Greis Story — Interned with Sons in the US Military My parents, Peter Joseph and Franziska Greis, were born […]
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Fuhr Story
The Fuhr Family Story My Internment by the US Government By Eberhard E. Fuhr © 2006 My parents, Carl and […]
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Ebel Story
Max Ebel, a German Immigrant’s Story Max Ebel, a U.S. resident German alien, was interned from September 1942 until June […]
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Herrmann Story
“The Hard Way to Become a Citizen” As told to grandson, Michael Murphy The reality of World War II came […]
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Levermann Story
My name is Bernard Levermann. My parents Kaethe and Bernard emigrated to the US from Northern Germany in the late […]
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Eiserloh Story
The Eiserloh Story Mathias and Johanna Eiserloh met in Johanna’s hometown of Idstein, Germany after WWI, where Mathias was a […]
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The Grabers
The Grabers, two young boys and their German-born parents, lived in New Jersey in an apartment building owned by a […]
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Inouye Memoir
Hisao Inouye’s Story While our website is about German American and Latin American residents interned during WW II, we […]
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