Internment Camps: Violations of Human Rights

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Internment CampsViolations of Human Rights
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Executive Order of 9066

• Executive Order that allowed the US government to
  use of internment camps to contain the Japanese
  into certain areas
• US government felt this was necessary after the
  attack on Pearl Harbor, fearing that Japanese
  Americans would help Japan

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• Germany, Italy, and Japan were major countries
  fighting against the US during WWII.
• Because of this, alongside Japanese Americans,
  many German and Italian Americans were also sent
  to internment camps

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Nationalism of the US

• Nationalism- patriotic feeling, principles, or
  efforts.
• The US applied the concept of nationalism when
  they felt they were protecting their country
  (even though they took away Japanese-Americans
  basic human rights)

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Extreme Nationalism of the US

• Due to Pearl Harbor, some people in the US
  developed an extreme form of nationalism by
  thinking they were better than other countries

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Extreme Nationalism
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Relocation of Japanese

• There were a total of 10 camps that the Japanese
  were moved to
• They were told only to bring what they could
  carry had to leave all other possessions behind
• About 120,000 Japanese were relocated most were
  American citizens
• War Relocation Centers

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Camps were mainly in the western part of the
United States. US government were particularly
concerned with Japanese living on the west coast,
closest to Japan
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Life in the Camps

• Camp was surrounded by barbed wire
• Ate in mess halls, had community bathrooms, lived
  in cramped quarters
• Razors, scissors and radios were banned
• Children were sent to schools, run by US
  government, taught American ideals

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Leaving the Camps

• Could leave in 1943 if joined US military
• Roosevelt revoked the order in 1944 and the last
  camp was closed in 1946

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Lasting Impression

• Korematsu v. United States- lawsuit against the
  US for harsh treatment during WWII towards
  Japanese Americans.
• In 1990 US finally admitted wrong doing
• US apologized to 60,000 survivors and paid each
  20,000