Government & Organizations
The Tenement Museum in NYC posts internees' stories
The Tenement Museum of New York City has an online exhibit highlighting the experiences of some former German American and […]
Read More ›Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition
The Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition formed in 2013 “to preserve the stories of the Japanese, Germans, Italians, Japanese Peruvians […]
Read More ›Recollections of Internment and Repatriation
The Missouri Humanities Council a tax-exempt, non-profit organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, published the internment and repatriation […]
Read More ›WW II Enemy Aliens—State of Wisconsin Collection of Letters and Reports
An on-line collection of letters concerning enemy aliens of German ethnicity, by internees themselves, as well as official reports on individuals […]
Read More ›Commemorating Crystal City: The Transnational Dimension of German American Internment Experiences
Commemorating Crystal City: The Transnational Dimension of German American Internment Experiences was published on-line in the American Studies Journal, number 59, […]
Read More ›Oral History Interviews of Internment Camp Administrators
California State University, Fullerton has posted some oral history interviews of administrators of WWII camps holding civilians. Amy N. Stannard was the […]
Read More ›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 […]
Read More ›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 […]
Read More ›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, […]
Read More ›Story Preservation Initiative
Story Preservation Initiative—who’s mission “is to create and make available to the general public a diverse collection of oral histories of […]
Read More ›American Jewish Archives Journal
“Jewish Internees in the American South, 1942-1945,” by Harvey Strum; American Jewish Archives Journal.
Read More ›University of Texas, San Antonio 1979 oral history interviews with personnel of the Crystal City, Texas Internment Camp
University of Texas, San Antonio 1979 oral history interviews with personnel of the Crystal City, Texas Internment Camp—Superintendent of Schools, […]
Read More ›University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Digital Collections
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Digital Collections have numerous photographs of Crystal City, Camp Kenedy, and Seagoville internment camps, […]
Read More ›Japanese, German, and Italian American and Latin American Internment
Texas Historical Commission: Japanese, German, and Italian American and Latin American Internment
Read More ›Medical Care for Interned Enemy Aliens: A Role for the US Public Health Service in World War II
“Medical Care for Interned Enemy Aliens: A Role for the US Public Health Service in World War II” American Journal of […]
Read More ›Return to Sender: U.S. Censorship of Enemy Alien Mail in World War II
“Return to Sender: U.S. Censorship of Enemy Alien Mail in World War II.” National Archives, Prologue Magazine, Spring 2001, Vol. 33, […]
Read More ›Enemy Alien Program Overview
Enemy alien program overview National Archives and Records Administration website
Read More ›Authors and Historians
John Christgau
Author and historian, John Christgau wrote the first book published in the United States about the Enemy Alien Control Program, Enemies.
Read More ›Major Arthur D. Jacobs
Author and German internment researcher, Major Arthur D. Jacobs’ website
Read More ›Priscilla Wegars
Author and historian Priscilla Wegars’ website—She has a Table of Justice Department and U.S. Army Internment Camps and Detention Stations in the U.S. […]
Read More ›Miscellaneous Websites
Good Neighbor Renditions and the Enemy Alien: the Latin American Civilian Internees of World War II and the Integrity of the Good Neighbor Policy
“Good Neighbor Renditions and the Enemy Alien: the Latin American Civilian Internees of World War II and the Integrity of […]
Read More ›Daily Life at Crystal City Internment Camp
Have you ever wondered what daily life was like for internees held in a WWII internment camp in the U.S.? […]
Read More ›WW II History of Fort Meade
In two recent articles, the Baltimore Sun described the role Fort Meade, Maryland played as an internment facility during WW II, […]
Read More ›Crystal City Family Internment Camp on Facebook
Werner Ulrich, a former Crystal City, Texas internee, recently started a Facebook page where former internees and interested viewers can […]
Read More ›Political Posters and Cartoons
Political posters and cartoons were used by the US government to convey its message about the enemy. More political cartoons by […]
Read More ›The U.S. Internment of Families from Latin America in World War II
“The U.S. Internment of Families from Latin America in World War II” by Max Paul Friedman, author of Nazis and Good […]
Read More ›"Fancy Skullduggery"; Economic Warfare, Enemy Civilians, and the Lessons of World War II
“Fancy Skullduggery”; Economic Warfare, Enemy Civilians, and the Lessons of World War II — a review of Max Friedman’s Nazis and Good […]
Read More ›Nottebohm's Nightmare: Have We Exorcised the Ghosts of WWII Detention Programs or Do They Still Haunt Guantanamo?
“Nottebohm’s Nightmare: Have We Exorcised the Ghosts of WWII Detention Programs or Do They Still Haunt Guantanamo?” Cindy G. Buys, Southern […]
Read More ›Legacy of Crystal City's Internment Camps
Robyn Ross’s 2014 article for the Texas Observer, “Legacy of Crystal City’s Internment Camps,” discusses the Crystal City, Texas, Family Internment Camp […]
Read More ›Two Articles about German Latin American Experiences during WW II
Zach Dyer, a journalist based in San José, Costa Rica, wrote two articles in December 2014, about German Costa Rican […]
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