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How many were interned at Manzanar?
A total of 11,070 Japanese Americans were processed through Manzanar. From a peak of 10,046 in September 1942, the population dwindled to 6,000 by 1944. The last few hundred internees left in November 1945, three months after the war ended. Many of them had spent three-and-a-half years at Manzanar.
What kind of camp was Manzanar?
Manzanar War Relocation Center
Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where the US government incarcerated Japanese immigrants ineligible for citizenship and Japanese American citizens during World War II.
How long was Manzanar in operation?
The best known of these, and the first to be established, was the Manzanar War Relocation Center near Lone Pine, Calif.; it operated from March 1942 to November 1945. During this time some 10,000 people were confined there.
What is an internment camp?
noun. a prison camp for the confinement of prisoners of war, enemy aliens, political prisoners, etc. a concentration camp for civilian citizens, especially those with ties to an enemy during wartime, as the camps established by the United States government to detain Japanese Americans after the Pearl Harbor attacks.
How many people died at Manzanar internment camp?
135 people
Of the 135 people who died at Manzanar, 28 were buried in Manzanar’s cemetery and six remain today.
What did they eat at Manzanar?
Food at Manzanar was based on military requirements. Meals usually consisted of hot rice, vegetables, and cans of fruit. Their food was basically syrupy fruit over rice and some vegetables to the side, they had to eat this most of the time.
Who wrote Farewell to Manzanar?
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
James D. Houston
Farewell to Manzanar/Authors
How many people were held in the Manzanar internment camp?
10,046 adults
Manzanar held 10,046 adults and children at its peak, and a total of 11,070 were incarcerated there.