- Closing
Oct 15, 1945This internment camp closed in October 15, 1945.
- Population
Oct 15, 1945Peak population 7318.
- Interesting facts about Amache
Oct 13, 194531 Japanese Americans from Amache volunteered and lost their lives in World War II. In 1942 Amache was the tenth largest city in Colorado. Today Amache is a ghost town. The "Americanization" of the Japanese included an educational system for both children and adults.
- Population
Oct 14, 1942Amache's peak population was 7,318.
- Minidoka Internment
Oct 12, 1942Minidoka Internment
1942
The camp at Minidoka was almost a independent Japanese American community complete with vegetable gardens and hog and chicken farms. The Minidoka Internment Camp had a total population of about 13,000 internees held from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.
- Minidoka Camp
Oct 12, 1942 - Amache Camp
Oct 12, 1942This is an image of the Amache Internment Camp.
- Jerome
Oct 6, 1942Jerome
Oct 6, 1942
population: 16,000 Japanese Americans
closed: Jun 29, 1944
Interesting events: On January 1943
Hundreds of nesei peacefully marched to the camp director's building and petitioned against the program.
- Jerome Camp
Oct 6, 1942 - Rowher
Sep 18, 1942It was in operation from September 18, 1942 until November 30, 1944, and held as many as 8,475 Japanese Americans forcibly evacuated from California
no ritots noted
- Topaz
Sep 11, 1942Topaz
September 11, 1942
population: about 8,000
dates: opened: September 11, 1942
closed: October 1945
fact: On 11 April 1943 James Wakasa, age 63, was shot by a guard when he was standing near the southwest section of the fence.
- Opening of Amache
Aug 24, 1942This internment camp opened in August 24, 1942.
- Heart Mountain
Aug 1942 - Heart Mountain
Aug 1942Heart Mountain
from August 1942
13,997 internees passed through the Heart Mountain . More than 800 from Heart Mountain served in the military, becoming members of the famed
442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in U.S. military history for its size and
length of service.
- Gila River Internment Camp
Jul 20, 1942Gila River Camp
Jul 20, 1942 to Nov 1944
Construction of the camp began on May 1, 1942. Life at Gila River appeared to be the most relaxed of all the camps. Only one watchtower was erected and the barbed-wire fences were removed early on.
Population: 13,348
- Manzanar Internment Camp
Jul 1, 1942Manzanar Internment Camp
Jul 1, 1942
500 acres
The population depended on the year but the total number of people who lived in Manzanar was 11,070 people. There was a riot in 1942. In Manzanar there was a newspaper called the Manzanar free press.
The weather was extremely harsh
Around two thirds of the camps population were Americans by birth.
The site didn't mention when it closed
- Manzanar Camp
Jul 1, 1942 - Newell
May 26, 1942Notes: Tule Lake became a Segregation Center
Tule Lake was the largest and most controversial of the ten War Relocation Authority WRA camps
Opened on: May 26, 1942
Closed on: March 28, 1946
Peak population: 18,700
- Newell Camp
May 26, 1942 - Poston Internment Camp
May 8, 1942Dates: Opening Date May 8, 1942 Closing Date November 28, 1945 Population: 17,814 people Size: 71,000-acre site Climate: Desert; perhaps the hottest of all camps
- Poston Camp
May 8, 1942 - Attack of Pearl Harbor
Dec 7, 1941 - 1913 California's Alien Land Law
1913This made it so the Japanese couldn't make money to support their families. This made it hard for them to not be able to have a living that made enough money.
- 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement
1907This made it so the only Japanese to immigrate to the United States, were women who were married or engaged to men already in the States. Family members of these men were allowed to immigrate as well.
- 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
1882This Act made it so the Chinese could not come to the Sates. Therefor, the Americans had no cheap labor, so then they had to let the Japanese come and take their place.
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