“After the War: Photos”

On March 30, 2025 four Topaz survivors and one descendant shared their family stories at the Berkeley Historical Society. The event, “After the War,” focused on their families’ postwar resettlement after the camps closed.

An audience of about 130 people sit in an auditorium. A large screen show a photo of row and row of barracks in the middle of a desert. Five senior Japanese American men and women sit at the front. One woman is standing and speaking to the crowd.
The audience at the Berkeley Historical Society’s event, “Topaz Stories: After the War” on March 30, 2025. Photo courtesy of Kimi Hill.

Three of the speakers’ families lived in Berkeley before the War; one in Oakland, and one in Penryn, CA in the Sacramento area. Of the five, only two returned to California after the War. (Two others eventually made their way back after resettling elsewhere; the fifth family, the Yamadas/Yagis, settled permanently in Denver.)

Five Japanese American seniors, three women and two men, sit in a row at a table as the eldest member speaks into a microphone.
The panel: Sandra Yagi, Kaz Iwahashi, Gay Kaplan, Ken Yamashita, and Joe Nishimura. Courtesy of Kimi Hill.
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