http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp

The above link has some very interesting facts and figures regarding Japanese Internment Camps-this gives a very good idea of what they were like and it sheds a bit more light (with pictures) of what It was like for the family in “When the Emperor was Divine“.

https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html

This link tells a story through Hayashi’s photo collages.

If you take a minute to walk a mile in their shoes we can only imagine the pain and despair that a great deal of Japanese Americans endured in these camps. I am ashamed and saddened that this happened.