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Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment

  • Written by Susan H. Kamei, Adjunct Professor of History and Affiliated Faculty, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Cultures, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonmentJapanese Americans incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming took art classes at the craft shop, using what they could find.Tom Parker, War Relocation Authority, Department of the Interior, via National Archives and Records Administration

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