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Japanese Internment Camps in the United States during World War II
TLDR Japanese and Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated to internment camps during World War II, where they faced subpar living conditions, fractured family dynamics, and loss of privacy. The internment was later determined to be motivated by racism and wartime hysteria, leading to reparations for the individuals affected.
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The United States interned a number of its citizens unconstitutionally during World War II in Japanese internment camps, including one called Sand Island in Oahu.
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During World War II, Japanese and Japanese Americans were relocated to concentration camps in the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor, with some being released and others sent to temporary detention camps.
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Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were forced to leave their homes and sell their possessions at a loss before being sent to internment camps during World War II.
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Japanese Americans were forced to live in internment camps during World War II, where they formed their own self-government and faced subpar living conditions.
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During World War II, Japanese Americans living in internment camps experienced fractured family dynamics, lack of privacy, and were subjected to a questionnaire that included denouncing the Emperor of Japan, leading some to renounce their American citizenship.
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Most, if not all, of the people who protested and renounced their citizenship at Tool Lake had their citizenship restored years later, but faced significant financial losses and property damage upon leaving the internment camps.
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881 Unangax people were rounded up and taken to temporary quarters in Alaska, where 54 of them died due to poor conditions and lack of basic necessities.
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In 1988, the commission on wartime relocation and internment of civilians determined that the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was motivated by racism and wartime hysteria, leading to reparations of $20,000 per person, but this amount did not cover the financial losses suffered by the individuals.
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