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: Families were given only days to sell homes, businesses, and vehicles, often at a fraction of their value.

Incarcerees were sent to ten main "Relocation Centers" situated in desolate, harsh climates, including: and Tule Lake in California. Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Topaz in Utah. Poston and Gila River in Arizona. The Psychological Toll g9066.mp4

The historical significance of this footage lies in its role as a witness to a "failure of political leadership, war hysteria, and racial prejudice," as later concluded by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians . Formal Apology : Families were given only days to sell

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This directive authorized the Secretary of War to designate military areas from which "any or all persons may be excluded." While the order never specifically named a racial group, its enforcement was directed exclusively at people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast—two-thirds of whom were American citizens. The Erasure of Civil Liberties Topaz in Utah

: President Gerald Ford officially rescinded Executive Order 9066.

: Before the permanent camps were built, families were held in temporary "assembly centers" located at racetracks and fairgrounds, often living in converted horse stalls. Life Behind Barbed Wire