Jan. 20, 2024: “From Generation to Generation: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration”

The UC Berkeley Bancroft Library Oral History Center has unveiled its work on “Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives,” including:

Oral history interviews with more than 16 descendants of Manzanar and Topaz concentration camp families;
Interpretive graphic narrative illustrations by artist Emily Ehlen;
A four-part Berkeley Remix podcast, “From Generation to Generation: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration” featuring clips from the interviews.
- Episode 1: “It’s Happening Now: Japanese American Activism”
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- Episode 2: “A Place Like This: The Memory of Incarceration”
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- Episode 3: “Between Worlds: Japanese American Identity and Belonging”
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- Episode 4: “Origami as Metaphor: Creative Expression, Memorializing, and Healing”
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For an overview of the project with links to all of the above, click here.

The Topaz Stories Team

Media Coverage:
Read Internee’s story told with ‘Topaz Collages’ (Wheel of Dharma, Vol. 5, Issue 3, March 2023).
Watch Topaz survivors tell their stories (abc4 news, 4/22/2022)
Listen to the “In the Hive” podcast with interviews with Ann Dion, Jonathan Hirabayashi, and Topaz survivors Jeanie Kashima and Joseph Nishimura (KCPW, 4/28/2022)
Read How a Utah exhibit about Topaz Camp looks to find empathy in ‘an ugly stain on American history (ksl.com, 4/22/2022)
Read “Topaz Stories rise from the dust,” (Department of Culture & Community Engagement, 4/2022)
Listen to KQED Forum, Day of Remembrance interview with Ruth Sasaki, 2/15/2022
Listen to Max Chang and Ruth Sasaki interviewed (KRCL RadioActive, 2/9/2022
Read On Topaz Stories and ‘Authentic Voice’, the Discover Nikkei interview with Ruth Sasaki (10/14/2022)
Listen to Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration, the Topaz Stories podcast with Ruth Sasaki and Jonathan Hirabayashi (6/2/2021)