The Conditions
-The camps were mostly uninsulated and unheated
-1 room, with nothing but cots and a stove for a family
-Desert camps can get into the negatives in winter and over 100 in summer
-Terrible food
-Roughly 2,000 died
-1 room, with nothing but cots and a stove for a family
-Desert camps can get into the negatives in winter and over 100 in summer
-Terrible food
-Roughly 2,000 died
Response
-Many went along with it, they formed their own societies with schools, churches and markets
-However there were cases of violence in many camps including Topaz and Tule Lake
-However there were cases of violence in many camps including Topaz and Tule Lake
First Hand Accounts
It was a prison indeed . . .There was barbed wire along the top [of the fence] and because the soldiers in the guard towers had machine guns, one would be foolish to try to escape." - Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
The stall was about ten by twenty feet and empty except for three folded army cots on the floor. Dust, dirt, and wood shavings covered the linoleum that had been laid over manure-covered boards, the smell of horses hung in the air, and the whitened corpses of many insects still clung to the hastily white-washed walls." - Yoshiko Uchida
The stall was about ten by twenty feet and empty except for three folded army cots on the floor. Dust, dirt, and wood shavings covered the linoleum that had been laid over manure-covered boards, the smell of horses hung in the air, and the whitened corpses of many insects still clung to the hastily white-washed walls." - Yoshiko Uchida