Topaz Stories: "Through the Eyes of Children"

Join us for our first event of 2024: “Topaz Stories: Through the Eyes of Children.”

1: Three teenaged Japanese American girls pose outdoors, with the Topaz water tower and a barrack in the distant background. 2. An elementary school class poses in front of a barrack. 3. Three 7 year olds with arms around each other pose in front of a barrack. 4. A 6 year old boy and his baby brother play in the sand in front of a barrack. — *^{1. Kaz Iwahashi with friends Sets Asano and Yae Kami. 2: Joe Nishimura’s elementary school class. 3. Michi Takeshita (right) and pals. 4. Norm Hayashi and brother Pat.}*

What was it like to be a child in a U.S. concentration camp? How did the experience impact later lives? The Topaz Stories Project is honored to present four Topaz survivors who were children or teens in camp during WWII. Norman Hayashi, Michi Takeshita Mukai, Joseph Nishimura, and Kazuko Oyamada Iwahashi will share their stories during and after the war and answer questions.

When: Saturday, February 24, 2024, 1-3 p.m.
Where: Rosie the Riveter Visitors’ Center, 1414 Harbour Way S., #3000, Richmond, CA 94804

Update (2/10): The event is sold out, and the waiting list is now closed. The event will stay at the Visitors Center theater. We will make every effort to get those on the waiting list into the event, but we can’t guarantee seating. Thank you so much for your interest. If you were unable to register, contact us to get on our email list and we will inform you of future events.

Sponsored by the National Park Service and Rosie the Riveter Foundation.

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)

Topaz Stories: “Through the Eyes of Children”

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