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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 14, 2015
Caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center
Additional Description: has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
Between 1942 and 1945, guard towers and barbed wire fences on this site confined a community of nearly 11,000 forcibly unrooted people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were American citizens. All were victims of racial prejudice wartime hysteria, and failed political leadership.
This site possesses national significance in illustrating the history of the United States of America
2006
National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior
Submitted: December 2, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p340617
File Size: 3.611 Megabytes

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