Order 9066

By: APM Reports & The Smithsonian
  • Summary

  • Order 9066 chronicles the history of the WWII Japanese American Incarceration through vivid, first-person accounts of those who lived through it. The series explores how this shocking violation of American democracy came to pass, and its legacy in the present.
    Copyright 2021 Minnesota Public Radio
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Episodes
  • Chapter 8: Seeking Redress
    Jul 2 2018
    Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War Two demand that the federal government take account of their suffering and make reparations.
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    35 mins
  • Chapter 7: Leaving Camp
    Jun 25 2018
    At the end of 1944, the U.S. government lifted the order barring people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. Many people freed from camp faced racism and poverty as they tried to rebuild their lives. Some found that leaving camp was even harder than being sent there.
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    33 mins
  • Childhood at Heart Mountain
    Jun 18 2018
    Two men who were imprisoned at Heart Mountain as boys remember their time in camp and how the experience shaped them as adults.
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    15 mins

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