Granada Relocation Center

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Granada_Relocation_Center
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Japanese American internment camp
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces May 18, 1994
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Amache
gptkbp:area 640 acres
gptkbp:closed October 15, 1945
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:distanceFromGranada 1 mile west
gptkbp:hasCemetery gptkb:Amache_Cemetery
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Amache_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Granada Relocation Center
gptkbp:listedAsNationalHistoricLandmark February 10, 2006
gptkbp:location gptkb:Prowers_County,_Colorado
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Amache_Memorial
gptkbp:namedAfter Nearby town of Granada, Colorado
gptkbp:NHLReferenceNumber 06000228
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:George_Takei
gptkb:Bill_Hosokawa
gptkb:Tamio_Wakayama
Robert F. Fuchigami
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 94000439
gptkbp:opened August 27, 1942
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:War_Relocation_Authority
gptkbp:partOf Japanese American internment
gptkbp:populationPeak 7,318
gptkbp:purpose Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
gptkbp:significance One of ten camps used to incarcerate Japanese Americans during WWII
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Merced_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Amache_War_Relocation_Center
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8