War Relocation Authority

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The War Relocation Authority was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for administering the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment camps.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency
World War II-era agency
administeredCamp Gila River War Relocation Center
Granada War Relocation Center (Amache)
surface form: Granada (Amache) War Relocation Center

Heart Mountain Relocation Center
surface form: Heart Mountain War Relocation Center

Rohwer War Relocation Center
surface form: Jerome War Relocation Center

Manzanar War Relocation Center
Minidoka War Relocation Center
Poston War Relocation Center
Rohwer War Relocation Center
Topaz War Relocation Center
Tule Lake Segregation Center
surface form: Tule Lake War Relocation Center
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1946
estimatedNumberOfPeopleAffected over 110000 Japanese Americans
foundedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
hasCriticism racial discrimination against Japanese Americans
unconstitutional mass incarceration without due process
violation of civil liberties
hasProgram loyalty questionnaire program in camps
hasRole administration of forced relocation of Japanese Americans
administration of incarceration of Japanese Americans
construction and operation of internment camps
employment and education programs in camps
management of War Relocation Centers
public relations regarding Japanese American incarceration
resettlement of Japanese Americans from camps
headOfGovernmentBody Dillon S. Myer
Milton S. Eisenhower
historicalAssessment widely regarded as a grave injustice
inception 1942
legalBasis Executive Order 9102
locationOfHeadquarters Washington, D.C.
mainSubject Japanese American incarceration
Japanese American internment camps
notableWork implementation of mass incarceration of Japanese Americans
numberOfCampsAdministered 10 major War Relocation Centers
operatedAlongside Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of War
surface form: War Department of the United States
operatedInConflict World War II
partOf executive branch of the United States
surface form: Executive branch of the United States government
precededBy initial removal operations by the U.S. Army
replaced Civilian Conservation Corps facilities for temporary use
replacedBy United States Department of the Interior
surface form: Department of the Interior (for some residual functions)
subordinateTo Executive Office of the President of the United States
Office for Emergency Management
targetedEthnicGroup Japanese Americans
Japanese immigrants in the United States

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Manzanar National Historic Site associatedWith War Relocation Authority
Dorothea Lange employer War Relocation Authority
Japanese American internment participant War Relocation Authority
Japanese American internment includes War Relocation Authority
this entity surface form: War Relocation Authority camps
Ex parte Endo holding War Relocation Authority
this entity surface form: The War Relocation Authority lacked authority to subject loyal citizens to continued detention
Ex parte Endo relatedTo War Relocation Authority
Topaz War Relocation Center operatedBy War Relocation Authority