Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)

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Name (Latin)
Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)
Other forms of name
Camp Rohwer (Ark.)
Rohwer Relocation Project (Ark.)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 143284912
Wikidata: Q7359851
Library of congress: n 2006162955
Sources of Information
  • Rohwer Heritage Web site, viewed April 29, 2014(1942-1945)
  • Rohwer outpost, vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 24, 1942):p. 6 (published at the Rohwer Relocation Project)
  • War Department public proclamation no. WD1, Aug. 13, 1942:p.2 (Rohwer Relocation Project)
  • NUCMC data from Japanese American National Museum for Henry Sugimoto collection, 1928-1990(Sugimoto and his family were interned at the Jerome Relocation Center in Denson, Ark. until 1944; after that, they were moved to the Rohwer Relocation Center in Rohwer, Ark.; variant: Camp Rohwer)
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Wikipedia description:

The Rohwer War Relocation Center was a World War II Japanese American concentration camp located in rural southeastern Arkansas, in Desha County. It was in operation from September 18, 1942, until November 30, 1945, and held as many as 8,475 Japanese Americans forcibly evacuated from California. Among the inmates, the notation "朗和 (Rōwa)" was sometimes applied. The Rohwer War Relocation Center Cemetery is located here, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.

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