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 (Amache) War Relocation Center ⓘ
Heart Mountain War Relocation Center ⓘ
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 War Relocation Center ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1946 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfPeopleAffected over 110000 Japanese Americans ⓘ
foundedBy 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 ⓘ
War Department of the United States ⓘ
operatedInConflict World War II ⓘ
partOf 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 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 camps ⓘ
linked to: War Relocation Authority
Ex parte Endo → holding → The War Relocation Authority lacked authority to subject loyal citizens to continued detention ⓘ
linked to: War Relocation Authority
Ex parte Endo → relatedTo → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Topaz War Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Mitsuye Endo → associatedWithOrganization → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Heart Mountain Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Gila River War Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Poston War Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Minidoka War Relocation Center → administeredBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Granada War Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Rohwer War Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Executive Order 9066 → implementedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Executive Order 9066 → relatedTo → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Public Law 503 → associatedWith → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Department of Justice internment camps → distinctFrom → War Relocation Authority camps ⓘ
linked to: War Relocation Authority
Tule Lake Segregation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Western Defense Command exclusion zones → relatedTo → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Tule Lake → administeredByDuringWWII → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Manzanar War Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Manzanar War Relocation Center → partOf → War Relocation Authority camp system ⓘ
linked to: War Relocation Authority
Manzanar War Relocation Center → laterOperator → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Executive Order 9102 → createdAgency → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Executive Order 9102 → established → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Executive Order 9102 → administeredBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Executive Order 9102 → implementedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Minidoka National Historic Site → originalFunction → War Relocation Authority incarceration center ⓘ
linked to: War Relocation Authority
Minidoka National Historic Site → operatedByDuringWar → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Dillon S. Myer → positionHeld → Director of the War Relocation Authority ⓘ
linked to: War Relocation Authority
Minidoka War Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
subject linked to: Hunt, Idaho
Poston Elementary School Unit 1 → operatorDuringWWII → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Poston Elementary School Unit 1 → builtFor → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Poston Elementary School Unit 1 → managedByDuringWWII → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
Heart Mountain Relocation Center → operatedBy → War Relocation Authority ⓘ
subject linked to: heart mountain