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Interesting to note, this went both ways: my grandfather was a naturalized German immigrant, and was sent to the Pacific when drafted because he was disallowed
by MaxfordAndSons 10y ago
Interesting to note, this went both ways: my grandfather was a naturalized German immigrant, and was sent to the Pacific when drafted because he was disallowed from fighting in Europe.
But of course, for some reason, German Americans weren't interned...
- wehadfun 10y agoWe know why this did not happen
- coldcode 10y agoGermans are considered "white" I imagine and thus hard to distinguish.
- leurfete 10y agoGermans and Italians were also interned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Italian_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Italian_American...
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoThe article summary seems to imply this was to a lesser extent?
- MaxfordAndSons 10y agoYea, learned this today. Seems to be that it was of a significantly smaller percentage than of Japanese Americans though.
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