Assembly Center

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf concentration camp
gptkbp:commemorates historical markers
memorials
museums
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Ansel_Adams
gptkb:National_Archives
gptkb:Clem_Albers
gptkb:Francis_Stewart
gptkb:Dorothea_Lange
gptkb:Russell_Lee
gptkbp:duration_of_use several months in 1942
gptkbp:established 1942
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Assembly Center
gptkbp:living_conditions poor sanitation
crowded
temporary barracks
converted fairgrounds
converted racetracks
lack of privacy
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Arcadia_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Fresno_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Marysville_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Mayer_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Merced_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Pinedale_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Pomona_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Portland_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Puyallup_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Riverside_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Sacramento_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Salinas_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Stockton_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Tanforan_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Tulare_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Turlock_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Wartime_Civil_Control_Administration
gptkb:Santa_Anita_Assembly_Center
Bellevue Assembly Center
Manzanar Assembly Center
Tule Lake Assembly Center
gptkbp:number_of_centers 17
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:War_Relocation_Authority
gptkbp:population over 110,000 Japanese Americans
gptkbp:purpose temporary detention of Japanese Americans
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Executive_Order_9066
Japanese American internment
wartime civil liberties violations
gptkbp:transferred_detainees_to relocation centers
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dee_Glen_Smith_Spectrum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7