Topaz War Relocation Center

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Topaz War Relocation Center was a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp in Utah where thousands of people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated by the U.S. government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese American internment camp ⓘ
World War II internment camp ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Central Utah Relocation Center ⓘ
Topaz Internment Camp ⓘ
climate arid desert climate ⓘ
closed October 31, 1945 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse archaeological and memorial site ⓘ
dateOfDesignation 2007 ⓘ
designated National Historic Landmark ⓘ
distanceFrom about 16 miles northwest of Delta, Utah ⓘ
establishedAsConsequenceOf Executive Order 9066 ⓘ
features barbed wire fences ⓘ
guard towers ⓘ
military police patrols ⓘ
hadFacility barracks-style family housing ⓘ
cooperative stores ⓘ
elementary and high schools ⓘ
hospital ⓘ
latrines ⓘ
mess halls ⓘ
recreation halls ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
inception 1942 ⓘ
locatedIn Great Basin Desert ⓘ
Millard County, Utah ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
memorializedBy Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah ⓘ
namedAfter Topaz Mountain ⓘ
notableInmate artist Chiura Obata ⓘ
photographer Dave Tatsuno ⓘ
writer Toyo Suyemoto ⓘ
opened September 11, 1942 ⓘ
operatedBy War Relocation Authority ⓘ
operationalStatus no longer active ⓘ
partOf Japanese American incarceration ⓘ
World War II home front in the United States ⓘ
peakPopulation over 8,000 people ⓘ
populationIncludes Japanese Americans from the Central Valley of California ⓘ
Japanese Americans from the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
Japanese immigrants (Issei) ⓘ
second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) ⓘ
recognizedFor its significance in civil liberties history ⓘ
subjectOf Topaz Museum exhibits ⓘ
artworks by internees ⓘ
memoirs and oral histories ⓘ
usedFor civilian internment during World War II ⓘ
incarceration of Japanese Americans ⓘ

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Millard County, Utah → hasHistoricalSite → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
Japanese American internment → includes → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
War Relocation Authority → administeredCamp → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
Topaz War Relocation Center → alsoKnownAs → Central Utah Relocation Center ⓘ
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Topaz War Relocation Center → alsoKnownAs → Topaz Internment Camp ⓘ
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Topaz Museum (Delta, Utah) → dedicatedTo → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
Topaz Museum (Delta, Utah) → operates → Topaz War Relocation Center site ⓘ
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Topaz Museum (Delta, Utah) → near → Topaz War Relocation Center National Historic Landmark site ⓘ
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Topaz Museum (Delta, Utah) → associatedWith → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
Delta, Utah → near → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
subject linked to: Delta
Topaz Museum → hasMainSubject → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
Topaz Museum → nearbyFeature → Topaz War Relocation Center site ⓘ
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Topaz Museum → associatedWithPlace → Topaz War Relocation Center, Utah ⓘ
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Mitsuye Endo → incarceratedAt → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
Dave Tatsuno → placeOfIncarceration → Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
subject linked to: photographer Dave Tatsuno
Topaz War Relocation Center → alsoKnownAs → Central Utah Relocation Center ⓘ
subject linked to: photographer Dave Tatsuno
linked to: Topaz War Relocation Center