The California Internment Camp Where 10,000 Japanese-Americans Were Forcibly Relocated During World War II

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Manzanar War Relocation Center, Independence CA

In the shadow of the Sierra Nevada, Manzanar War Relocation Center held thousands of Japanese Americans behind barbed wire during World War II.

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It’s on what used to be Native American land

Before its dark chapter as a concentration camp, Manzanar was home to Owens Valley Paiute Native Americans, who cultivated the land for centuries until European settlers displaced them in the 1860s…

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