The Stories Page Two

In 1942, more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed from their homes along the West Coast of the United States after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They were incarcerated in concentration camps in remote areas until 1945. One of those camps was in Topaz, Utah. Volunteers from the Friends of the Topaz Museum have gathered these stories of Topaz survivors, told by the survivors themselves or their descendants.

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Handwritten letter from Harold's mother
Harold’s Excuse
by Kimi Kodani Hill
Closeup of a knothole in wood
Oakland to Tanforan
by Grace Mori Saito Tom
Chiura Obata sumi painting Japanese Americans in Berkeley boarding bus to Tanforan.
Separation
by Ruth Hayashi
The grandstand at Tanforan Race Track
The Band’s Visit
by Yae Wada
Yon Kawakita high school yearbook photo
Pomp and Circumstance
by Yoneo Kawakita
Min Tamaki
Min’s Decision
by Ann Tamaki Dion
May 22, 1942 letter to Tanforan
Good Friends
by Ruth Sasaki
The Naruos with baby Judie
First and Last Tanforan Babies
by Ruth Naruo Saito Hara
Lining up on arrival at Tanforan; Shizu is in the center in a white coat.
The Proposal
by Jonathan Hirabayashi
Aerial view of Topaz barracks
On to Topaz
by Grace Mori Saito Tom
Woman with baby boarding train to Topaz
Journey and Arrival
by Ruth Sasaki
The Cedars, Berkeley
Not Oxford Street
by Ruth Hayashi

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