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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.
Here’s the story.
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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…