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World War II internment camp in California, US
Manzanar is the site of one of ten American concentration camps, where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, from
Manzanar
Book by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Farewell to Manzanar is a memoir published in 1973 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. The book describes the experiences of Jeanne Wakatsuki
Farewell_to_Manzanar
Topics referred to by the same term
up manzanar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Manzanar is the historic site of a former World War II Japanese-American incarceration camp. Manzanar (apple
Manzanar_(disambiguation)
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
Williamson in background, Manzanar Relocation Center, California". Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar. Library of Congress
Ansel_Adams
2012 American film
The Manzanar Fishing Club is a documentary film about a fishing club at the Manzanar Relocation Center. The documentary is about a fishing club at Manzanar
The_Manzanar_Fishing_Club
Criminal organization
The Tokyo Boyz were a Japanese-American gang founded in Manzanar Concentration camp during World War II. They were split into three groups: the Kibei Boys
Tokyo_Boyz
Place in California, United States
Manzanar (Spanish for "apple orchard") was a town in Inyo County, California, founded by water engineer and land developer George Chaffey. Most notably
Manzanar,_California
The Manzanar Children's Village was an orphanage for children of Japanese ancestry incarcerated during World War II as a result of Executive Order 9066
Manzanar_Children's_Village
American singer of Japanese descent (1925–2026)
incarcerated for her ancestry at the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II and became known as The Songbird of Manzanar. Mary Kageyama was one of five
Mary_Nomura
Mass incarceration in the U.S. during WWII
Houston and James D. Houston's book Farewell to Manzanar (1973) about Jeanne's experiences in the Manzanar War Relocation Center and her life after. It explores
Internment of Japanese Americans
Internment_of_Japanese_Americans
This is a list of inmates of Manzanar, an American concentration camp in California used during World War II to hold people of Japanese descent. Koji Ariyoshi
List_of_inmates_of_Manzanar
American cell biologist
States National Academy of Sciences. In the mid-1980s he established the Manzanar Project aimed at attacking the planet's most critical problems as poverty
Gordon_H._Sato
American writer (1934–2024)
navigating biculturalism. She is best known for her memoir Farewell to Manzanar that narrates her personal experiences in World War II incarceration camps
Jeanne_Wakatsuki_Houston
American teacher and activist (1923–2006)
teacher, activist and long-time chair of the Manzanar Committee, which established the annual Manzanar pilgrimage and obtained National Historic Site
Sue_Kunitomi_Embrey
Horticulture project
The Manzanar Guayule Project began in April 1942, in the Manzanar internment camp. The objective of the project was to produce a domestic source of rubber
Manzanar_Guayule_Project
American actor (1921–1981)
starring role as Ko Wakatsuki in the NBC movie of the week Farewell to Manzanar in 1976. He also co-starred in the 1960s television series Johnny Midnight
Yuki_Shimoda
American citizen of Japanese heritage (born 1934)
removed with her family from their Los Angeles home and placed in the Manzanar War Relocation camp in 1942. She was photographed by Ansel Adams in both
Joyce_Nakamura_Okazaki
Japanese American activist
義雄, 1907-2004) was a Japanese-American union leader who was interned in Manzanar Concentration Camp. He rose to prominence when he was arrested and removed
Harry_Ueno
American artist (born 1957)
many other exhibits, some of the most notable being her shows "Beyond Manzanar" (a piece about a World War II-era Japanese-American internment camp in
Tamiko_Thiel
Census-designated place in California, United States
many motels line the main road through town. The Manzanar National Historic Site (formerly the Manzanar War Relocation Center), a Japanese American internment
Lone_Pine,_California
1942 U.S. presidential order for the internment of Japanese-Americans
Americans" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2025. Manzanar Assembly Center (Calif.), ed. (December 4, 1943). "[Article]". Manzanar free press (in Japanese). p. 1. OCLC 10795174
Executive_Order_9066
American internment survivor
United States government under Executive Order 9066. They were sent to the Manzanar War Relocation Center. A photograph of her as a tiny child, waiting with
Yuki_Okinaga_Llewellyn
American photographer (1895–1979)
documenting the Japanese American people and the Japanese American internment at Manzanar during World War II. Miyatake was born in Kagawa, Shikoku, in Japan in
Tōyō_Miyatake
American painter, former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (born 1943)
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) during the mid-1970s. She was born in Manzanar, one of numerous World War II-era internment camps for Japanese Americans
Wendy_Yoshimura
1989 studio album by Cock Robin
Understand and Manzanar Paul Mitchell: additional drumming on Manzanar Produced by Rhett Davies Singles: Worlds Apart Straighter Line Manzanar. It's the name
First_Love_/_Last_Rites
American teacher and activist
incarcerated at Manzanar. Lazo was so outraged that he joined friends on a train that took hundreds to Manzanar in May 1942. Manzanar officials never
Ralph_Lazo
Fictional character from The Karate Kid franchise
the onset of World War II, Miyagi and his wife are forcibly relocated to Manzanar, a Japanese-American internment camp in California. During this time, he
Mr._Miyagi
Canadian engineer and inventor (1848–1932)
December 2007. Burton, Jeffery F. (1996). Three Farewells To Manzanar: The Archeology of Manzanar National Historic Site, California. Part 1: Chapters 1–14
George_Chaffey
Book by Ansel Adams
photographs from his 1943–1944 visit to the internment camp then named Manzanar War Relocation Center in Owens Valley, Inyo County, California. The book
Born_Free_and_Equal
American novelist, poet and editor
his wife's autobiographical memoir, Farewell to Manzanar, about her family's experiences in the Manzanar internment camp during World War II. The book became
James_D._Houston
American political activist
internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. He was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp with his family after the attack on Pearl Harbor triggered
William_Hohri
American sci-fi TV series (2015–2019)
Japanese American Resistance member, Frank's confidante and a survivor of the Manzanar concentration camp Tate Donovan as George Dixon (season 2), Trudy's biological
The Man in the High Castle (TV series)
The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)
American actor
1942. At the time, he was living in Los Angeles. Fujikawa was detained at Manzanar War Relocation Center. He was first married to Emily Elizabeth (née Grinnell);
Jerry_Fujikawa
Valley in California, United States
the first Japanese American concentration camp operated in the valley at Manzanar near Independence. In the early 20th century, the valley became the scene
Owens_Valley
American internment camp in Utah
"troublemakers" from other relocation camps after problematic events such as the Manzanar riot. Some consider the camp illegal because it was not authorized by Executive
Dalton_Wells_Isolation_Center
American actress
fifth-generation Japanese-American. Her grandparents were interned at the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II. Kita was raised in the United States
Candace_Kita
Term for Japanese Americans
1942. Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Part of a class under the Adult Education Program at this War Relocation Authority center. It is
Kibei
Danish born actress
from Hong Kong (1964) Fathom (as KGB Major Jo May Soon; 1967) Farewell to Manzanar (documentary; 1976) The Brothers Brannagan (as Tina in "The Key of Jade";
Greta_Chi
Japanese-American poet and journalist
Los Angeles in the 1930s. While incarcerated at Manzanar, Mori was the first female editor of the Manzanar Free Press newspaper. Mori was born on February
Chiye_Mori
American actress
grandmother, Mary Nomura, is a singer who became known as the songbird of Manzanar. She attended Jordan Elementary School, Santiago Middle School, and El
Brittany_Ishibashi
2004 American film
followed his Japanese American friends, neighbors and classmates in to the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp. He remained in the U.S. internment camp
Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story
Stand_Up_for_Justice:_The_Ralph_Lazo_Story
American civil rights activist (1924–2018)
during World War II. As a young woman, Herzig-Yoshinaga was confined in the Manzanar Concentration Camp in California, the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas
Aiko_Herzig-Yoshinaga
1994 novel by David Guterson
to internment camps. Hatsue and her family, the Imadas, are interned in Manzanar camp in California. Under some pressure from her mother, Hatsue breaks
Snow_Falling_on_Cedars
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Los Alamos Ranch House Los Cerritos Ranch House Lou Henry Hoover House Manzanar Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Diego de Alcalá Mission
Locke,_California
U.S. state
Francisco Maritime Historic Sites Eugene O'Neill Fort Point John Muir Manzanar Memorials Port Chicago Naval Magazine Recreation Areas Golden Gate Santa
California
War Relocation Center, Wyoming Jerome War Relocation Center, Arkansas Manzanar War Relocation Center, California Minidoka War Relocation Center, Idaho
List of Japanese-American internment camps
List_of_Japanese-American_internment_camps
Canadian actress (1934–2002)
Dorothy Murakami. She then starred in the television movie Farewell to Manzanar, based on the novel of the same title. She made an appearance in an episode
Nobu_McCarthy
National Monument of the United States in California
record holder. Joseph Kurihara (1895–1965), a renunciant. Also interned at Manzanar. Masaaki Kuwabara (1913–1993), lead defendant in United States v. Masaaki
Tule Lake War Relocation Center
Tule_Lake_War_Relocation_Center
Japanese American Educator
sent to the Manzanar concentration camp in California as a result of Executive Order 9066. Nakamura and her family were released from Manzanar to go live
Grace_Aiko_Nakamura
— "Worlds Apart" 1989 — — 78 22 — — 41 — — — First Love / Last Rites "Manzanar" 1990 — — — — — — — — — — "Straighter Line" — — — 28 — — — — — — "Grand"
Cock_Robin_discography
American actor
played the Marvel Comics character Wong; the film adaptation of Farewell to Manzanar (1976), about Japanese-American internment during World War II; HBO's AIDS
Clyde_Kusatsu
the U.S. Farewell to Manzanar (1976) Made-for-television adaptation of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's memoirs of her time in the Manzanar internment camp Forgotten
List of films about the internment of Japanese Americans
List_of_films_about_the_internment_of_Japanese_Americans
American actor and music director
series (series regular) 1976 Farewell to Manzanar (TV Movie) Himself He was the actual music teacher at Manzanar 1977 Capricorn One Horace Gruning 1978
Lou_Frizzell
Kurihara (Japanese: 栗原 吉輔, 1895–1965) was a Japanese American internee at Manzanar and then Tule Lake who renounced U.S. citizenship under the Renunciation
Joseph_Kurihara
American artist
recounted his time at Manzanar in an interview conducted by Richard Potashin as part of the Densho Digital Archive - Manzanar National Historical Site
Isao_Kikuchi
Japanese-American actor
The Incredible Hulk, M*A*S*H, Law & Order, Miami Vice, and Farewell to Manzanar. Saito appeared as Bob Lin in the film Love Hard, released in November
James_Saito
Japanese-American sociologist (1923–2015)
the University of California, Berkeley. He had been a prisoner at the Manzanar War Relocation Center located near Independence, California, beginning
Paul_Takagi
Japanese locution: 'it cannot be helped'
history of the Japanese people. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's Farewell to Manzanar devoted a chapter to the concept to explain why the Japanese Americans
Shikata_ga_nai
American actor and comedian (1932–2005)
Takahashi Episode: "Career Day" Mr. T and Tina 5 episodes Farewell to Manzanar Zenahiro Television film 1977 Blansky's Beauties Arnold 13 episodes 1977-1987
Pat_Morita
American newspaper editor
journalist and editor who reported on the difficult conditions in the Manzanar camp, where he was one of 110,000 Japanese Americans who had been relocated
Togo_Tanaka
Filmmaker and teacher (1936–2025)
experiences of Japanese Americans in film. Nakamura's personal documentary Manzanar (1972) revisited childhood memories of incarceration in an American concentration
Robert_A._Nakamura
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site Virginia 1.29 acres (0.0052 km2) Manzanar National Historic Site California 813.81 acres (3.2934 km2) Martin Van
List of areas in the United States National Park System
List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System
American automotive designer (1930–1997)
Manzanar "War Relocation Camp" in California. According to his internee data file, he was in grade 7 and spoke English only when he entered Manzanar;
Larry_Shinoda
the impact of ICE on American citizens to concentration camps such as Manzanar, where Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II. Between 110
Deportations of U.S. citizens in the second Trump administration
Deportations_of_U.S._citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration
Surname list
actress Mary Nomura (1925–2026), Japanese-American singer, "the songbird of Manzanar" Masayasu Nomura (野村 眞康; 1927–2011), Japanese-American biochemist who made
Nomura
Eastern part of the Sierra Nevada
scenery; major points of interest include Mono Lake, Bodie, Mammoth Lakes, Manzanar, Mount Whitney and parts of Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park
Eastern_Sierra
1990 historical drama film by Alan Parker
caught up in the Japanese American internment, rounded up and sent to Manzanar, California. Jack, away on a trip, is drafted into the United States Army
Come_See_the_Paradise
Region of California in the United States
are many unique historical aspects of Eastern California including the Manzanar internment camp and the historical Carson and Colorado Railway. The easternmost
Eastern_California
American author and playwright
"Farewell to Manzanar" and the revolt against the JACL". 2013-07-04. Yamamoto, J.K. (October 27, 2011). "A new beginning for 'Farewell to Manzanar'". The Rafu
Frank_Chin
American painter
Fukuhara was interned with his parents, who were Japanese immigrants, at the Manzanar internment camp in California's Owens Valley during World War II following
Henry_Fukuhara
United States historic place
Los Alamos Ranch House Los Cerritos Ranch House Lou Henry Hoover House Manzanar Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Diego de Alcalá Mission
Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Santa_Barbara_County_Courthouse
Ghost town in Mono County
Los Alamos Ranch House Los Cerritos Ranch House Lou Henry Hoover House Manzanar Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Diego de Alcalá Mission
Bodie,_California
American conservative author
proposed state historical marker at the site of Manzanar. She opposed efforts to designate Manzanar a national historic site. Baker downplayed the suffering
Lillian_Baker
American politician (born 1947)
organized pilgrimage to Manzanar in December 1969. In 1970, Warren helped to create the Manzanar Committee that worked to get Manzanar designated as a national
Warren_Furutani
Form of internment camp for political prisoners
camp Ustaše soldiers kill prisoners near Jasenovac concentration camp Manzanar internment camp for Japanese-Americans in 1942 An internment camp for Japanese-Canadians
Concentration_camp
Mountain in California, United States
"Ansel Adams: Classic Images". Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, 1945. Housatonic Museum of Art. Archived from the original
Mount_Williamson
Momo Nagano was a Japanese American weaver born in L.A. and interned at Manzanar. Kwong is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[citation
Dan_Kwong
1943 film by Spencer Gordon Bennet
needed] In 1966 the serial was edited into a feature titled Black Dragon of Manzanar. It played on television as part of Republic's "Century 66" package of
G-Men_vs._the_Black_Dragon
United States historic place
Los Alamos Ranch House Los Cerritos Ranch House Lou Henry Hoover House Manzanar Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Diego de Alcalá Mission
Sonoma_Plaza
California Historic Landmark
concentration camps were built in more isolated areas. In California Camp Manzanar and Camp Tulelake were built. Executive Order 9066 took effect on March
Pomona_Assembly_Center
County in California, United States
system farther upriver into the Mono Basin. The county was home to the Manzanar War Relocation Center, where Japanese Americans were interned during World
Inyo_County,_California
Imprisonment or confinement of groups of people without trial
Indonesian prisoners being exiled to the Dutch camp of Boven-Digoel, 1927 Manzanar internment camp for Japanese-Americans in 1942 A British model new village
Internment
City in California, United States
University of California, Berkeley; he was a Japanese-American prisoner at the Manzanar War Relocation Center In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, George
Auburn,_California
May 2011 at the Manzanar National Historic Site in Independence, California. It was produced by the Robey Theatre Company, Manzanar National Historic
Bronzeville_(play)
American professional wrestler (1921–1991)
Japanese American in California during World War II, Tanaka was interned at Manzanar following the signing of Executive Order 9066. In the 1950s, Keomuka formed
Duke_Keomuka
Japanese artist, activist (1908–1988)
she appeared in the television movie adaptation of the book Farewell to Manzanar, acting opposite her son and daughter. In declining health, she moved back
Mitsu_Yashima
Christian educational institution
Sunday school, Manzanar War Relocation Center, 1943. Photographed by Ansel Adams.
Sunday_school
United States historic place
Francisco Maritime Historic Sites Eugene O'Neill Fort Point John Muir Manzanar Memorials Port Chicago Naval Magazine Recreation Areas Golden Gate Santa
Arvin_Federal_Government_Camp
California Historic Landmark
concentration camps were built-in more isolated areas. In California Camp Manzanar and Camp Tulelake were built. Executive Order 9066 took effect on March
Santa_Anita_Assembly_Center
American judoka (1924–2005)
Your Judo. Okamura was awarded an 8th dan in judo. Okamura lived in the Manzanar internment camp for Japanese-American citizens during World War II following
Henry_Okamura
United States historic place
Los Alamos Ranch House Los Cerritos Ranch House Lou Henry Hoover House Manzanar Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Diego de Alcalá Mission
Old_Scripps_Building
Japanese American activist
children in Washington and one while imprisoned in Manzanar, where the family was held for a year. After Manzanar, the family was moved to the Minidoka internment
Fumiko_Hayashida
United States Army general (1880–1962)
announced that the army had acquired 5,800 acres (23 km2) of land near Manzanar, California, for construction of a "reception center" which he said was
John_L._DeWitt
American musician, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1922–2002)
1980, Shindo made a documentary film, Encounter with the Past, about the Manzanar relocation camp where he was relocated in 1942 as part of the Japanese
Tak_Shindo
Historic house in California, United States
Los Alamos Ranch House Los Cerritos Ranch House Lou Henry Hoover House Manzanar Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Diego de Alcalá Mission
Rotchev_House
Unincorporated community and census-designated place in California, United States
were sent to the Turlock Assembly Center at the Stanislaus County Fair, Manzanar War Relocation Center, and the Gila River War Relocation Center. Accounts
French_Camp,_California
U.S. National Historic Site in Prowers County, Colorado
Center Heart Mountain War Relocation Center Jerome War Relocation Center Manzanar National Historic Site Minidoka National Historic Site Poston War Relocation
Granada_War_Relocation_Center
September 7, 1943, to Frank and Alice Ogawa while they were interned in Manzanar Relocation Center in Owen's Valley, one of ten Japanese American internment
Dennis_M._Ogawa
Historic site and park in California, United States
Los Alamos Ranch House Los Cerritos Ranch House Lou Henry Hoover House Manzanar Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Diego de Alcalá Mission
Presidio_of_San_Francisco
Japanese-American attorney and civil rights activist (1938–2020)
and civil rights activist notable for fighting for the approval of the Manzanar to become a National Historic Site and being the first Asian American woman
Rose_Ochi
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