What Is Manzanar?
Manzanar: A Memory for Past and Future Generations
The history of Manzanar, along with the stories of those who were there, is recorded for current and future generations, thanks to the efforts of former inmates and others. The legislation that created the Manzanar National Historic site specified the focus of the primary focus. The site interprets the history of the former town of Manzanar, the ranch days, and the role that water played in shaping the Owens Valley.
The Owens Valley
The Owens Valley of California is where 11,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese resident aliens were imprisoned during the Second World War. Manzanar was one of 10 internment camps used during the Second World War, but it has become the most famous because of the fact that it hosted an assortment of famous residents. Manzanar was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
The National Parks Service manages Manzanar as a national historic site. Life at Manzanar was not pleasant. The Owens Valley can be quite warm, and people had to live in poorly insulated tarpaper shacks.
The camp was cut off from the community and prisoners were constantly reminded of their status by guard towers, patrols and other measures which were designed to keep them contained. There was also a lot of distrust between native-born Japanese and Japanese Americans. There are a number of artifacts and writings about the camp that can be seen by visitors to Manazanar.
The Dusty Camp
The camp was often blanketed with sand dust by strong winds. Dust continued to blow in between the floorboards until the linoleum was installed in 1942, after which the knotholes were covered.
Heart Mountain Relocation Center
The Heart Mountain Relocation Center is one of the few centers still standing today, and it was also the location of the Heart Mountain World War II Japanese American internment site.
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Farewell to Manzanar: The First Seven Years of Jeanne's Life
President Roosevelt issues an executive order requiring all people of Japanese descent who live on or near the West Coast to report to internment camps. The Wakatsuki family is going to be the first to be put in a group at Manzanar, a hastily erected internment camp. The camp is located in the middle of a desert with a harsh climate that is alien to many internees.
The news of freedom brings worry, rather than joy. The Wakatsukis can't return to their home because it's been lost. It is difficult for them to relocate because of anti-Japanese racism.
Wartime propaganda depicts anyone with a Japanese face as vicious and hate-filled, increasing tensions between Caucasians and the Japanese. Hate groups are formed to prevent Japanese Americans from returning to the West Coast. The memoir is not focused on battle scenes or front lines.
There is little violence in a traditional war story, except for the camp riot. The memoir depicts violence that is government-sanctioned. The story of the approximately one hundred and ten thousand Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants who were confined internment camps from 1942 to 1945 is common to the one family that James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston focus on.
There have been relatively few critical essays written about Farewell to Manzanar. Interviews with the authors are a sign of the book's stature. Its publication history is where the cultural value is best understood.
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