Anglický jazyk

Unforgotten Voices From Heart Mountain

Vydavateľstvo: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Inc
Rok vydania: 2023
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 229 x 216 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9798987969304

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19.17 €

bežná cena: 21.30 €

O knihe

UNFORGOTTEN Voices from Heart Mountain "My dad, on the 7th of December 1941, couldn't understand why, as he said, the land of his birth was attacking the land of his heart." - Hon. Norman Mineta "When I first saw Heart Mountain, my heart sank. Bleak, scrubby, barren, desolate... somber tar-paper shacks...guard towers with armed American soldiers, guarding American prisoners." - Frank Hayami "I'm afraid there's going to be some trouble if the mess hall situation isn't cleared up...they had no food for breakfast...there wasn't enough for supper, and they had been eating frankfurters for three days. - Administrator John A. Nelson Diary These are just three of the many Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain, a U.S. government prison camp, in the harsh high desert of Wyoming during World War II. It was one of ten such camps where 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them American-born citizens were incarcerated. Their only crime was looking like the enemy. Told in their own words, from interviews, diaries, and letters these are authentic heartfelt histories; told by those who lived it-the prisoners, those who imprisoned them, and townspeople. Illustrated with photos from family collections, archives, and newspapers.Their stories live on to witness and warn what happens when the foundational principles of our democracy are forgotten and we fail to protect the civil liberties of others as well as our own.