BOOKS & CONVERSATIONS: "Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp" by Priscilla Wegars

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Conference/Presentation

Jul 201116
2:00p.m.

Japanese American National Museum
100 N Central Ave
Los Angeles, California, 90012
United States


Come find out about the Kooskia Internment Camp, an obscure and virtually forgotten World War II detention facility that was located in a remote area of north central Idaho. Kooskia held men of Japanese ancestry who were termed "enemy aliens," even though most of them were long-time U.S. residents, denied naturalization by racist U.S. laws.

Program is free with admission. Reservations recommended to rsvp@janm.org or 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior to the event. Include the name, date, and time of the program, as well as your name and the total in your party.

www.janm.org

For more information on the Kooskia Internment Camp and onImprisoned in Paradise, including links to some reviews and an interview, please visit visit www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC/KOOSKIA.HTM/.

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JANM . Last modified Jun 07, 2011 6:01 p.m.


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