The New York Times covers a 60 year reunion of Japanese-Americans who were interned at Minidoka Relocation camp in Idaho during World War II.
Her family had no idea where they were going, she said. Her father, a restaurant worker, had immigrated to Seattle from Japan in 1899 ? about the time when many Japanese immigrants were settling on the West Coast ? and he was not an American citizen, which Ms. Sudo said made him afraid to fight the relocation."For my father, it was devastating," she said. "He was 64 or 65 when he left camp, and he had lost everything. He lived until he was 88, but he didn't really live, he just existed."
Both sisters said that returning to Minidoka this weekend made them deeply angry about the internment.
"When I think back," said Mrs. Ikeda, who was 10 when the family was sent to the camp, "I think that if I were older and able to speak out, I feel I would have resisted."
I was wondering if you can send me some more information on minidoka internment camp. I would appreciate it alot.
Thanks,
Matt C.
give us more pictures of the minidoka internment camp during ww2 pleeeeeez!
I am doing a project on the japanese american internment and i was wondering if you could send me some more info. about this topic. p.s. thanx a bunch !!!
Ineed more for my prodject on internment camps, especially minidoka, because I live in Idaho, not far from where Minidoka is.
pictures would be nice too