This Man Filmed Life Inside an Internment Camp

[@kd1s]

That was one of the biggest moral failings of the U.S. during that time. Shameful.

[@brandondenver4331]

Blacks in the South had it worst due to rampant lynching and KKK manhunts, which were common at the time. Both situations are pretty shitty, to be honest.

[@kd1s]

Precisely why I said it was on of the biggest. I find the slavery issue abhorrent too. That plus the lynchings and manhunts were morally reprehensible too.

[@darksidelead]

lel says the internet keyboard warrior

[@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090]

War is Hell, This would have been on the opposite end of the shameful stick compared to what they did in Japan(or what Japan did to America for the matter) If the Japanese had won, you can bet your ass they wouldn't be talking about how the Americans had it much worse, That's because they still don't let in outsiders and therefore have no media to pander too minority interests. Just something to think about.

[@krayziejerry]

Truth, he must have forgotten the slaves.

[@abdelhamidcherragui]

The irony is that at that time tens of thousands of American soldiers were fighting for ''freedom'' in foreign lands while their fellow Americans were being put in internment camps, others segregated and lynched, and the natives driven to ''preservations''.

[@thebigitchy]

Dave Tatsuno's brother was one of those fighting with the 442nd. He narrated his footage back in the 90's, and mentioned how his brother, wearing a US Army uniform, was treated like a prisoner when he got some time to visit his family.

[@pandarush.]

@@thebigitchy My dad was in the 442nd. Go For Broke My aunt and uncle were taken to Amache in Colorado.

[@raidb0ss29]

America was a strange place internally in the 20th century.

[@koscocosco5309]

@@raidb0ss29 still is... Going to seek justice for 911 and illegally attacking Iraq and killing thousands of innocent people.

[@orozcoapaza1660]

It's always good to know the truth, great information.

[@jessie801000]

HOMAR OROZCO APAZA things like these used to be on the history channel now all they play is pawnshop and American pickers

[@MrTweetyhack]

you think this is the truth? This is just scratching the surface.

[@connecticutimmigrantrefuge3986]

This is a history lesson that all Americans must never forget. Thank you, Smithsonian.

[@Voucher765]

Same especially as a Chinese American, My friend August Caccavone remembers the day this took place right after Pearl Harbor

[@GucciGambino1967]

My Great Grandma was sent to Tanforan ( San Bruno, CA were the horse track once stood & taught sewing. Thanks Grandma & the rest of the Japanese for what you stood for🙏

[@envisionwewew2270]

A lot men and woman worked very hard to buy those houses and cars and toys for their children and to get to where they were at their job for work. It’s unfortunate that they had to sell or throw away a lot of their possessions or left it behind to be stolen as well as losing their pets and jobs.

[@frozen_waffle1688]

You guys do know this happened 78 years ago. It’s America’s dark past something we should never forget, something that should never be repeated again.

[@marshalastovall4270]

Please…enough of that Kumbbaya BS! 78 years is NOT that long ago.

[@rickydinto]

@@marshalastovall4270 It's my uncle's age...

[@JCarlos.556]

I can't believe this happened in America. It makes me ashamed.

[@ryancato5558]

you should research the Mexican - American War. never gets talked about

[@525Lines]

I don't understand why they couldn't keep their homes and stuff.

[@MrTweetyhack]

Government seizure. Still happens today, just look at all the sheriff auctions.

[@lostinbago]

It's the same thing today with immigrants who have been here 20-40 years being deported because they didn't complete the steps for citizenship. Some have grandchildren who only know english. Bye Bye Grandpa, nevery see you again.

[@525Lines]

Not the same. If they're here illegally, they should be out the door.

[@hazy_thoughts]

525Lines cause of the greedy racist white government. There was never one Japanese spy caught. Tons of white German spies

[@hazy_thoughts]

Max Berry your fucking stupid. These people were legal citizens.

[@inigojuancarlos]

One of the dark times of American history together with the slavery. These people should have been remunerated for what the government have done to them. So shameful!

[@envisionwewew2270]

A lot of kids worked hard to get to work to where they were in school before the camps . It’s unfortunate they had to leave their school behind and that their parents had either sell or throw away a lot of their possessions in the house or left it behind to be stolen.

[@larquefausse3623]

An estimated 2/3 of the incarcerated were American citizens. It truly breaks my heart.

[@Cirithungul]

And 100% were innocent. American or not.

[@Test67457]

So Americans are some kind of demi gods😂 everyone is innocent

[@grimmreality5251]

Land of the free, what a joke

[@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090]

If the US would have lost that war to the Japanese, You wouldn't even be allowed to say what you did, Fucking Joke.

[@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090]

Phil, That's idiotic, You don't start a war with someone you think you can't defeat(What do you think that they were playing Pichacho or some such shit) Yes theres was a delay tactic, Hoping to cripple us before we could help stop them conquering the world, Maybe there is a alternative universe where you can go live and be their slaves, That would be something wouldn't it.

[@jakedeeyah1640]

@WHATEVER'S CLEVER pretty obvious that he meant we couldn't say the equivalent, which would be "Japan honor is a joke". And no, if they won, and ruled the US, then anyone not of Japanese descent would be in the lower, serving class and wouldn't have been allowed to say that, and a slew of other things.

[@megshimatsu8615]

Some are freer than others.....

[@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090]

@peroh If you want to write "GO ON" to someone who hasn't talked directly to you. Then I think a mirror is what you should be looking for.

[@huntrrams]

The reason why I never liked Roosevelt’s ideals.

[@andrewtaco]

that is an impressive camera let alone in the 1940's!

[@thebigitchy]

The really sharp footage is almost certainly black and white 16mm film that's been colorized by computer. The less sharp footage taken by Dave was 8mm, but since he used color film, everything's more vibrant and real.

[@iambored678]

Cameras were pretty good back then

[@aslonz5308]

Thought the title said life in an internet camp. Life is hard when you have dyslexia.

[@Temptresstoo]

There were internment camps further east than Arkansas. The Bedford Springs Resort was one such camp, in SW Pennsylvania.

[@TravisLoneWolfWalsh]

They didn’t do it to the Germans or the Italians…why? Because it was too easy to look at someone and say they are Japanese

[@janbittner1465]

They did it to Germans during WW1.

[@stewartcampbell7794]

& still a Mohawk could not vote in Canada until 1967 !!!

[@dewelr121]

My family were interned. My grandparetns strongly disliked FDR for putting them in there. Democrats are to blame

[@CC-kj4yc]

No both parties are to blame. This was supported by almost all politicans regardless of party

[@Cirithungul]

And yet repuglikkkans put kids in cages, so...

[@dewelr121]

@@CC-kj4yc 4 years late, but you are correct.

[@Cirithungul]

America...land of the free...until those in power decide you ain't.

[@eminemishh]

Remember you don't have rights, you have privileges

[@gkelectrical1]

So true! And today in 2021 we see that reality

[@ethatsgoodwine5888]

@@gkelectrical1 But what does that mean exactly?

[@gkelectrical1]

@@ethatsgoodwine5888 at one point, you could only go out if you had your shot

[@sipsdrewshin9169]

Tragic. I feel so much sadness seeing this.

[@vettekid3326]

And this only shows one side of the coin. Civilian Americans & foreign nationals that were deemed unfriendly to Imperial Japan that were in areas that Japan invaded like Singapore or the Philippines were rounded up and put in concentration camps far worse than anything the Japanese had to endure in the US. The death rate at the Japanese camps was very high due to lack of proper nutrition, sanitation & medical care.

[@MsTheGreatLord]

VetteKid I think the problem is that these people were their own citizens.They had American citizenship and some were born in the US. What you are saying is true but the Japanese were not rounding up their own citizens and putting them in internment.

[@jcco6758]

TheLordRegina did they get killed by americans though? They were only imprisoned nott killed.

[@MsTheGreatLord]

J.C. Cosip that does not justify anything. Would you like it if your own government,who was supposed to protect you,take away everything from you and not even repay nor apologized to you until decades later?Furthermore,this program was found to be utterly redundant as most of them were loyal to their country to the end.

[@MsTheGreatLord]

J.C. Cosip of course the American camps were better but it is still disgusting that they have internment camps to begin with.With these camps,they have lost the moral high ground and it shows that while they treat their prisoners better than the Japanese, they shouldn't have prisoners in the first place.

[@jcco6758]

TheLordRegina nope. They still have the moral high ground cuz they were treated a thousand times better. Plus, they were internees not prisoners.

[@envisionwewew2270]

I wonder what I would in that situation. How I would react if my parents told me we have to move out of our house really fast and go to an interment camp. I would go have through stuff and just thinking that my dad worked hard to buy all our furniture and house hold goods and I bought toys for myself. It would be unfortunate that my parents would have to sell the house and stuff in our home would have to been sold too or it would have to be thrown away and go into a dumpster truck to go the dump. It would also be hard for me to give my cat and dog too.

[@Vize_Iron]

This is so sad that we actually seen times like these in todays world.

[@9grand]

Did they do the same to the German- American ?

[@stevennguyen5771]

Yes

[@LostInPhoenix]

Germany never attacked American soil. Japan did.

[@vvvvia]

Turin Germany and Japan both made an agreement (along with Italy) to attack the US. This happened at the same time so I don’t know why you’re saying that Germany never attacked American soil when we’re literally talking about WW2.

[@9grand]

@@LostInPhoenix . War is War !

[@PlayWaves1]

They interned German Americans in WW1 and a small number in WW2.

[@Dash99erOfficial]

Hey you in the comments! Before you type, think. All nations on this planet has a dark past, including yours!

[@TheKaiTetley]

DASH99ER. Yes. All families have skeletons in the closet. Same goes for countries.

[@sleeexs]

it doesnt

[@williamsmitherson2170]

There's a reason everyone dislikes America though...

[@sidfujinari5959]

Where did you get "They could leave..." It was barbed wired with gun towers on every corner!

[@Johnny-ml8pj]

FDR’s biggest failure

[@envisionwewew2270]

I also wonder what I would do if I got sent to an internment camp and what I would have to leave behind?. What would I tell my parents. In the story baseball ball saved us I saw a vase and a lamp and I thought either the mom or the dad or both worked hard at their jobs to buy that stuff and I also saw a large brown object which could have been a dresser for the parents or Shorty or Teddy to use for clothes before camp or make it was a desk for the parents used to do work from their jobs at home or a homework desk for shorty for school before he left for camp and I also a chess board game and I wonder if that was their favorite game and I also bet it was hard for dad to sort out the family picture and fitting as many into suitcases as much as possible to take to the camp with them. It was unfortunate they had throw away those things and had to wait a really long time before being reunited with there old possessions again in heaven.

[@princesspiplaysbass]

Think it cannot happen again?

[@jonigarciajg]

We need to educate our society to recognize propaganda, "evacuees" interesting choice of labels

[@brandystephens3112]

My God . I cant believe this happened in America

[@stevens5541]

It's going to happen again...this is what covid 19 agenda is all about plus worse

[@Voucher765]

Note that soldiers in these clips still wear WW1 doughboy gear, This is because this is early WW2 in 1941-1942 which although M1 helmets were around the old Brodie type can still be seen

[@Racingbro1986]

Are we not fools to think that given the right temperature we won’t repeat ourselves ?

[@DaedalusSun-l4r]

Today I took a walk at 7pm. I bought a box of cereal and a bag of beans from the corner store. I decided not to use grocery bags but was just carrying it in my hands. A guy was just backing out of his driveway in his truck when he closed his gate after seeing me. He waited until I was fifty meters down the street to open his gate back away and leave. Because I obviously would have stormed him and robbed him of all of his possessions being a walker and thereby poor even though I live in the same community as him.

[@birdis9476]

Do not comply

[@EstebanGunn]

They were Americans.

[@josephsmith3908]

A giant usa failure especially since we had whole Japanese units on our side

[@MrMattytube]

This really isn't all that surprising, if we British were at war with the French I would surely keep a close eye on the Frenchman next door would I not??

[@zpluto12345]

keep and close eye does not equal seizure of property and forced relocation to concentration camps

[@val.daffodils]

But… some of the families were AMERICANS with Japanese roots. How do you « justify » that then? It was pure and simple racism. And you can’t oppress a whole population for a governement’s choice to be at war.

[@TheWheelofLife100]

Democracy in action.

[@Moon-ge2vd]

I understand your point but this isn’t because of democracy it’s more because of fear that Japanese spy’s would be in the US mainland. Look at communist killing millions in gulags and starve family’s to death.

[@manmanonamission5955]

@@Moon-ge2vd why didn’t they put Germans and Italians in camps then and why are trying to justify it by comparing it to gulags

[@Moon-ge2vd]

@@manmanonamission5955 I’m not justifying everything America has done some wrong things like every major nation has there dark times but saying oh look this is what democracy dose is a lie compared to other forms of government

[@johnking7535]

The Germans really gave us a lot of wiggle room with how we handled the Japanese. The bar was: no charred remains spewing out of giant smokestacks. ✅

[@thrivingwithsmriti]

Read The Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka to know more about this rather dark chapter in American history😢

[@imawsomeruler3262]

Lucjly they didn’t do expiraments or genocide.only 1800 people died from desease out of 120000 people

[@juord]

Forcing your own citizens, fellow americans in an internment camp. makes no sense.

[@coolstorybruh88]

Damn.

[@TheRealTomahawk]

😢

[@dzulkafleysamad4980]

They are also safer in the camp, imagine the angry mob they have to face if the the old, women and children live outside. Italians and german descent are white, cant tell them apart from the irish,scots etc so they are safer on the outside. There are always two sides of positivite n negative things if you want to see them. But then again only god knows what really motivate the federal govt to come up with this policy.

[@Hmonks]

White people always trying to justify their racism history, but when they get exposed they act like they aren't part of the problem.

[@StreetDrilla]

nah, i think back in those times most of those axis nation peoples had heavy accents from their home country.

[@val.daffodils]

Oh no no no. Not the safe argument please. That is simply not true and it has been used in every single oppression situation.

[@MichaelCuevas-bg2bt]

Homes seized & business’s closed. Vengeance is the LORDS.

[@JoeKickass324]

1942 is stylist

[@saltymcsaltface]

Shame on America

[@mikechen159]

and some how this ppl dont complain about payout from Govermant today, like black that they investors 200 years ago were slaves, but they never say that they king in Africa was selling them out like candy.

[@YesUrJudgmental]

😦😔

[@freeman2690]

Why weren’t German Americans round up

[@PlayWaves1]

They were in WW1.

[@sagarkumar-md9ib]

Alternative history - what happen if the Japanese liberated these camps?

[@ethatsgoodwine5888]

A very terrifying a most likely terrible version of History considering the imperial Japanese were fiercely facist racist xenophobic and homophobic as well as many others and didn’t give a lick about war crimes.

[@val.daffodils]

They wouldn’t have. These people were Americans.

[@thatsnodildo1974]

This was so fucking wrong.

[@ashdobbs7492]

my grandparents had Japanese neighbors in the early 40's. when they were sent away for safekeeping they asked my grandparents to watch their house and possessions. after a couple of weeks they didn't come back so grandpa claimed their property. we still have many things that proudly we still have. there is a chest with cutlery and dishes and many tapestries and pearl inlaid mirror with comb and makeup kit among other things. my brother and I recently threw away the photo albums and other insignificant things but a lot of it is in good condition still. I was wondering how much it may be worth, may be more because of its historical value

[@wellychick1]

How nice that your grandparents gained financial benefit from their neighbours misfortune. The very least you could've done was take the photos to a library or genealogy centre and see if they could use their channels to find their rightful owners or their descendants. In my culture, photographs of the old people are treated with the utmost reverence and passed down to whomever is deemed suitable. This person doesn't become the owner but instead the "caretaker" and the photos are passed down through the generations. I'm sad to learn you threw them out along with other "insignificant" things. Well, to the descendants of those neighbours they would be very significant and I'm sorry that you have snuffed out any lasting mementoes that tell of their family history in America. Now you want to to know how much you can get by selling the rest of their belongings? You already gained from their property and now you seek for more? Please, go, do the right thing now and take those things to a museum or an archive library/historian/preservation centre. It's the only decent thing to do. Those Japanese people were good people who were treated wrongly, at least do one right by them.

[@Dnttou0497]

Gross.

[@ashdobbs7492]

@@wellychick1 the family is welcome to the stuff. there is a little matter of 80 years storage we'd have to settle

[@dc9071]

@@ashdobbs7492I realize this is two years ago. My grandparents and their families were all interned during WWII. Fortunately a neighbor of theirs watched over their house so they got it back on their return (so no chance it belongs to my family)If I knew someone still had some of these family belongings I would immensely appreciate its return as it is a part of their history and identity. Consider doing some research to find out who it may have belonged to. If you look up the rangers at “Manzanar “ a(registered national site) they can assist.

[@sacedive]

What about the Germans?

[@alices8660]

I wanna add on the Japanese were the biggest in numbers though. It was easy to put all of them in camps since they weren't as big of a population as the Germans and the Italians.

[@cazador1022]

by a DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT

[@RaveApe]

@Ivan Chernyshev the parties NEVER switched that's a lie

[@bensaeed9108]

SHAME

[@rolandcuthbert784]

begin sarcasm. . ."But Michelle Malkin said the Japanese were happy and life in interment camps was great!". . .end sarcasm. Racists are weird people. "In Defense of Interment" by Michelle Malkin.

[@Mike-01234]

Look lot like concentration camps.

[@varioususeless2080]

It was good decision, those were war times, you do not wana any subversives

[@rickH0102]

Now in Australia lol

[@roroforo5092]

goddamned nation

[@mofara83]

let us pray that President Trump will never ever see this footage or else, he'll build new kind of internment camps for Americans (Arab descendants, Latino Americans etc) again... #sarcasm

[@tankgamer.]

for the people saying this is horrible the fact is we couldn't take any chance's

[@j.r1920]

Well.. Better safe than sorry

[@richardjohnson2075]

lookup "the rape of nanking" and youll understand why.

[@yoshio230]

It’s not why they did it

[@l.ga.1061]

I agree that the Japanese Government has done horrendous stuff but these people were people of japanese ancestry. They lived and worked in the US for decades. They have nothing to do with the war - the same with the civillians.

[@TheStacyfergie]

what trump wants

[@CurtisD01]

Not really

[@Oatmeal_66]

no.....

[@americannotamericant1773]

Pixinerd no not really, he wants to send Illegal Mexicans back, not Legal Mexicans.

[@BigRed2]

American Not American't Let’s all remember who gave the order to lock up the American Japanese a crippled Democrat President FDR

[@americannotamericant1773]

Big Red yes sir, we all remember that. People want to bash trump so easily for action he hasn’t committed, well let’s bash the actions of past Democrats the ones who wanted Jim Crow, the ones who wanted Slavery, and the modern ones who want to destroy America.

[@kifacorea]

Birth of the model minority myth

[@bludragon9346]

😐

[@chasegordonn]

How utterly disgusting!