Summary Of Us Internment Camps During Ww2

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Summary – US internment camps during WWII
Analysis – not much taught in our schools about US internment camps, taught about German and Japanese camps, US had many camps/detention centers – some were almost as bad as the German concentration camps, not called concentration camps – had a negative connotation – camps sounded better, number varies in research 24 – 30, Seagoville most unusual camp run by INS, set up like a college campus, had dorms, had many luxuries, had more freedom than those which held only men, had hospital, rec hall, library, allowed gardening, farming and many outside activities, still a prison as evidence by barbed wire fence and guards, was a women’s reformatory prior to WWII, able to cook and grow own food, Crystal City, Texas family internment camp - a prison, more freedom than other camps, largest camp in country, housed whole families, were able to grow & cook own food, whole families traded for “more important” American prisoners in Germany & Japan, had
Many detainees from Central and South America, married couples with no children, and some Japanese language teachers were sent to Seagoville internment camp. This camp could have been mistaken for a college campus except for the barbed wire fence, the big white line painted down the middle of the road, and the constant monitoring by armed guards. If they were highly trained or skilled – such as doctors, writers, editors, engineers, architects – and they had a family, they were “chosen” to go to Crystal City, Texas. This was because they were considered more dangerous to the US because of their skills and training. The families sent here were treated far better than almost all the other internment camps. This was to ensure their well-being for political purposes. FDR had a secret program to use entire families to trade for “more important” American prisoners of