6/25/2023 0 Comments Book the train to crystal city![]() Germans, Japanese, and Italians were rounded up on suspicion of subversive activities. Ironically, some Jewish refugees from Germany were snatched from Latin America and placed in the same camps with Germans suspected of Nazi loyalties. German and Japanese citizens were forcibly removed from Latin America and placed in U.S. ![]() Russell writes about the difficult living conditions at the camp, conflicts between foreign-born parents and their American children, and the Government’s efforts to provide education and health services to the internees. Russell centers her book on Crystal City, a family internment camp built in the Texas desert. Eventually, thousands of Japanese and Americans born of Japanese parents were evacuated from the West Coast, resulting in the loss of their farms and businesses and freedom. ![]() Soon to follow was the internment of entire families, including children born as United States citizens. ![]() Within hours of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Government began a round-up of Japanese, German, and Italian aliens without regard to any Constitutional protections. Texas journalist Jan Jarboe Russell offers a disturbing account of the home front during World War II in her new book The Train to Crystal City (Scribner). ![]()
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