The Holocaust: Jewish Internment Camps

Have you ever been in a room so crowded you thought you might implode? Or been so sick you questioned if you were still alive? How about so hungry you felt as though you would shrivel up and simply cease to exist? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you may almost be able to imagine what life was like in the Jewish ghettos. There were ghettos before the Holocaust, the first being in Venice in the 16th century, there are ghettos today, and there will be ghettos in the future, but the Jewish ghettos of the Holocaust are by far the most prominent.

Throughout history of the world , we have experienced many horrific occurrences, two of these being the Holocaust and Japanese internment. Although both of these incidents are terrible, the Holocaust was much worse. The Jewish people were put ti to concentration camps but by Nazis by Adolph Hitler was racist towards them. The Japanese were relocated to internment camps. The way of life in these camps are way worse then anyone knows.

After the attack on the Pearl Harbor in 1941, a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy air service, United States was thrilled and it provoked World War II. Two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. President FDR ordered all Japanese-Americans regardless of their loyalty or citizenship, to evacuate the West Coast. This resulted over 127,000 people of Japanese descent relocate across the country in the Japanese Internment camps. Many of them were American Citizens but their crime was being of Japanese ancestry. They were forced to evacuate their homes and leave their jobs and in some cases family members were separated and put into different internment camps. There were ten internment camps were placed in “California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas”(History.com). However, until the camps were fully build, the Japanese people were held in temporary centers. In addition, almost two-thirds of the interns were Japanese Americans born in the United States and It made no difference that many of them had never even been to Japan. Also, Japanese-American veterans of World War I were forced to leave their homes and relocate in the internment camps. Japanese families in internment camps dined together, children were expected to attend school, and adults had the option of working for earning $5 per day. The United States government hoped that the internment camps could make it self-sufficient by farming to produce food.

The issues of Japanese-American internment camps is one of the most controversial, yet important time periods of American history. Many have asked: Why should we learn about this event? The event of Japanese-American internment camps has changed the way America and its citizens are looked upon. As Americans, this event is important to learn so that an injustice like this will never happen again in our history. This event has helped many people gain more rights and civil liberties. This event has also helped other groups fight for their rights and freedoms. Although this event had caused fear and pain, it had changed America and its treatment toward citizens of different descents and ethic backgrounds.

Humanity. It is disconcerting to think about what we the humans have done to our own race. All because we believe in trying to find a difference such as our ethnicity, intellect, or looks to try to find how we are better than some. Hitler did this to the Jews as he wanted the world to have the Aryan race with the Holocaust, and America did this to the Japanese during the Japanese internment. The Holocaust and the Japanese internment are very different from one another yet they are both very similar to each other.

The Holocaust was a very tragic time period as well as the Japanese-American Internment Camps. They took place at different time periods. The Holocaust first started on January 30, 1933 and ended on May 8, 1945. The Japanese-American Internment camps took place on February 19, 1942 to the end of 1945. A brief summary of the Holocaust is that Adolf Hitler, the ruler of Germany lied to the people of Germany. He made it seem as if was “clean” and would make the country great. They obviously believed him because 1: they would have never thought Hitler was going to become a dictator and 2: he probably backed himself up with a lot of evidence. When Hitler became ruler he turned everything upside down. He was not the man he said he was, he was just a dictator. It was then when he made the death camps for the Jews. The Internment Camps however, did not go that extreme as the Holocaust. The Internment camps was declared by Franklin D. Roosevelt. He made every one who was Japanese or had a Japanese decent go to these camps. Even soldiers who had a decent had to go. They gave them very bad food but no death camps were involved. This effect was from the cause of Pearl Harbor. Overall, the Holocaust and Internment Camps were different but similar in many ways.

Secondly, Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was impact on Japanese American in the U.S. It was two months later, after bombing Pearl Harbor on December, 7 1941 Japanese-American were immediately became victim of what the Japanese did. As a result, of the President Franklin Roosevelt's "signed Exclusive order 9066" that allowed military force to removed Japanese American form the anywhere into internment camps( Uchida 407). The reason why the U.S. government relocated Japanese-American into internment camps because the U.S. concerns over the loyalty of Japanese American associated with Japanese to defeat the U.S. However, no anyone found evident to prove about the U.S. concerns. In addition, Japanese American that moved to camps, they lost everything

Between 1942 and 1945, thousands of Japanese Americans, regardless of United States citizenship status, received orders to evacuate their homes and businesses. Sparked by rising fear amongst the American people after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a Naval base in Hawaii, the U.S. government relocated Japanese Americans to remote areas on the West Coast and in the south, isolating them in internment camps. With no actual evidence supporting the creation of internment camps, the U.S. interned Japanese Americans because of Japanese involvement in Pearl Harbor resulting in a rise of anti-Japanese paranoia sparked by the economic success of Japanese Americans, increased fear and prejudice within the United States government and amongst citizens,

When faced with tragedy and trauma, sometimes the only choice is to flee your country in order to once again live in safety. However, this safety is not guaranteed in a new country. While not nearly as deadly as in their country of origin, immigrants often face hardships of a different kind in their new country of refuge. Through these experiences, immigrants, especially women immigrants, are led to learn that resilience and strength are necessary for their survival within a new country.

“We couldn’t do anything about the orders from the U.S government. I just lived from day to day without any purpose…”, this is one of the quotes from the Japanese-Americans that were relocated to one of the tragic internment camps. The Japanese-Americans were being relocated and played around with when they were under suspicion of being spies. Many people were being racist to the Japanese race at this time, which made many Japanese people feel crestfallen.

After three years and five months of being in the internment camp, the family was finally sent home to their house, but many folks and parents had a new perspective on how they saw them to be. First of all, when arriving to the house none of the neighbors had gone out of their way to go out and greet them personally. They all just stared from their windows or as they passed each other on the street. A huge factor of the people living there saw Japanese-Americans as the enemy because of the war and Pearl Harbor. Therefore, there were times where even going to the store was a hassle because of the quick glances that everyone gave them and the question about whether they were Japanese or Chinese. After a while the kids found ways to lessen to

After long research on the“ Japanese-American Internment Camps” I learned many things I never knew. To begin with before this class I never even had one small clue the country where I live in can do such thing. Most people view this country as a blessed place to live in including myself, not knowing such harm leaders in this country have cost to many. People often think of horrible historical events and judge many not knowing many of those events are repeating in today’s life. I judged many people and even countries like Germany for events that ruined thousands of lives, know knowing the country I live in has done the same.

World War II, created hysteria around the world that took years to get over. It affected so many different people, but, this essay will be focusing on the Japanese-AMERICANS affected during World War II. I am against the fact that these people were put into internment camps. My reasoning is that they didn’t pose a national threat, the internment camps promoted racism, and the internment camps can be see as a shameful episode on behalf of the US.

Whenever you think of World War II camps, the first thing that comes to mind are the Nazi concentration camps. Although not many people think about the American internment camps, they were a very big problem at the time for the Japanese. Most of the Japanese were relocated to these camps, many of which were atrocious. During World War II, the Japanese-American internment camps had many issues, such as: being forced from communities, harsh living conditions, and prejudice from the non-Japanese.

Foreigners who seek asylum and new beginnings often go to The United States of America to seek freedom, opportunity and equality. America, to most Asian Americans perceived the United States of Americas as the "land of the free" or "the land of opportunity". People who migrate to the United States of America, have high exceptions and hopes to obtain a better life for not only for themselves and their families but for future generations. However, the land of opportunity isn't for sale for people of color and is not so welcoming from people from other countries. Foreigners go to America due to rural and corruptions and or forced out of their country in hope to be free from the chaos. They often choose America, for the famous slogan "the land