This article was originally published on December 16, 2012. It has been updated to include video from the event.
Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated in American concentration camps during World War II are shown here telling their
stories at Speaking Of Camp, an event held at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Center in Los Angeles’ Little Toyko, on December 1, 2012.
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Photo: Alan Broch
Co-sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, the event was part of an ongoing effort to capture the significance of individual stories of those who came through the World War II camp experience.
Videographers also recorded incarceree stories and memories of their days behind the barbed wire.
Speaking Of Camp – Group Interview
The following video clips are from one of the interviews conducted at the event, a group interview where the incarcerees, all young children while at Manzanar, “talk story” about their time behind the barbed wire.
Speaking Of Camp – Photographs by Alan Broch
View as a slide show, directly below, or click on any photo in the gallery to view a larger image, and to be able to click through the gallery.
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