“Like wild horses of Utah, we were driven away, west and east.” – Senba (Tamesuke Harada (1889-1968), an Issei incarcerated in Topaz).
On October 3, two Topaz survivors and two descendants shared Topaz stories about the scattering of the Japanese American community in “Dispersed,” the second program in the Topaz Stories 2024 Exhibit speakers series.
Jun Nakahara Dairiki told a “Topaz Fish Story” about the fish pond that her father built next to the Block 20 mess hall, and of her family’s subsequent resettlement in Weiser, Idaho. Joseph Nishimura told of “Leaving Topaz” for New York City.