- Crystal City Internment Camp
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Crystal City Internment Camp was a World War II internment camp, named for Crystal City, Texas, the town where it was located. Many Japanese, German, and Italian Americans, as well as some Hispanics were imprisoned there for the duration of the war.[1][2] Among the internees were many Japanese Peruvians rounded up in 1942 by the Peruvian government and sent to the U.S. for internment. (Even so, Peru did not declare an actual "state of belligerency" with Japan [and Germany] until 1945.) [3]
References
- ^ Josephs, Leslie (2008-08-10). "Japanese-Americans Won Redress For Imprisonment; Some Peruvians Still Seek Justice". Associated Press and Prince George Citizen. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20080810145556/wire/world-news/japanese-americans-won-redress-for-imprisonment-some-peruvians-still-seek-justice.html. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ "World War II Civilian Internment Camp: Crystal City, Texas U.S.A.". Jacobs, Arthur D.. 2007-11-30. http://www.foitimes.com/internment/cc_tx.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ "Japanese Latin Americans". http://www.densho.org/learning/spice/lesson4/4activity4-7handouts.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
Categories:- History of Texas
- Japanese-American internment camps
- Buildings and structures in Zavala County, Texas
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