Showing posts with label internment camps. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 19, 2017

1944 US Government-produced Film "A Challenge to Democracy"


The 1944 U.S. government-produced film "A Challenge to Democracy" gives an overview of the forced relocation of Japanese-American citizens and Japanese aliens during World War II.a President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the relocation on February 19, 1942 with an executive order.

1943 US Government-produced Film "Japanese Relocation" Addresses Relocation Camps


Produced in 1943 by the U.S. Office of War Information, the film "Japanese Relocation" addresses the internment of Japanese American citizens during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the forced relocation on February 19, 1942 with an executive order.

Japanese Americans Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Internment Order


Today marks the 75th anniversary since the signing of a presidential executive order that sent nearly 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II.

Japanese Americans are disturbed by the parallels they see with the recent travel ban signed by US president Donald Trump.

Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Los Angeles.