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I researched this some after Trump's executive order, and it is interesting because most people know about the Japanese internment because it was the largest, b
by joshuaheard 10y ago
I researched this some after Trump's executive order, and it is interesting because most people know about the Japanese internment because it was the largest, but we also interned Italians and Germans. These three groups were also prohibited from buying certain items that could potentially be used in sabotage.
- cafard 10y agoNations have commonly interned enemy aliens, e.g. P.G. Wodehouse. However, one hell of a lot of the "Japanese" interned were in fact native-born citizens. My German-born great-grandparents were not molested by the government during WW I, though there was harassment of Germans and German-speakers. And in WW II the US had admirals and generals with names like Nimitz, Eisenhower, Eichelberger, Gerow.
- blincoln 10y agoCounterpoint: my German great-grandparents and their relatives were interred by the US during WWII. They lost most of their possessions, just like the Japanese prisoners.