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Description
Outline of de Cristoforo's major life events; main headings include The Early Years (1917-1931); The Fresno Period (1931-1934); Family Life in Fresno (1934-1941); The Internment Years (1942-1946); Life in Post-War Japan (1946-1956); and Return to U.S. (1956-Present) Personal experiences of a Japanese-American incarceree during World War II, and her poetry published about her experiences later in life.
Japan--Pre-World War II Japan--Post-World War II World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Immigration and citizenship Redress and reparations--Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Renunciation of citizenship World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Expatriation/repatriation/deportation
Place
Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake Incarceration Camps--Jerome Temporary Assembly Centers--Fresno Department of Justice Internment Camps--Santa Fe
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