Children of the Camps | HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

"The exclusion, removal and detention inflicted tremendous human cost. There was the obvious cost of homes and businesses sold or careers and professional advancement. But, most important, there was the loss of liberty and the personal stigma of suspected disloyalty..ot;
- "Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians"

This section includes several of the key historical documents regarding World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans:

Executive Order 9066. The complete text of the order that set the stage for mass evacuation and incarceration.
Civil Liberties Act of 1988. The Congressional Act that mandated an apology and reparations.
Presidential Letter. A copy of the letter of apology sent to former prisoners with reparations.

More documents will be added in the future.

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