h124 - Q: Deppe; Dewitt
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- 1981 September 23
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The Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) was established in 1980 by Congress to investigate the impact of Executive Order 9066, a mandate issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II that forcibly evacuated and detained civilians and permanent resident aliens of Japanese ancestry. The CWRIC held hearings in major cities across the country and heard testimonies from over 750 witnesses; Northeast...
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- Northeastern Illinois University
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- Chicago (Ill.)—History
Concentration Camps
Identity and Values—Japanese American Identity
Identity and Values—Nisei
Japanese Americans—Evaluation and relocation, 1942-1945
Reparations for historical injustices
United States Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Citizens
World War, 1939-1945 – Reparations
World War II -- Administration -- War and Relocation Committee Witnesses
World War II -- Incarceration Camps
World War II -- Incarceration Camps -- Impact of Incarceration Camps - Type
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- English
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- h124 - Q: Deppe; Dewitt. 1981 September 23. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nei_japan/id/2292. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- (1981 September 23) h124 - Q: Deppe; Dewitt. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nei_japan/id/2292
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nei_japan/id/2292>.