Granada War Relocation Center (Amache)

E444982

Japanese American incarceration camp National Historic Site War Relocation Authority camp historic site

The Granada War Relocation Center, commonly known as Amache, was a World War II-era internment camp in Colorado where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly confined by the U.S. government.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Amache National Historic Site	3
Amache	1
Granada (Amache) War Relocation Center	1
Granada War Relocation Center (Amache) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4411372 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Granada War Relocation Center (Amache)
Context triple: [Japanese American internment, includes, Granada War Relocation Center (Amache)]

A. Gila River War Relocation Center
The Gila River War Relocation Center was a World War II-era internment camp in Arizona where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly confined by the U.S. government.
B. Topaz War Relocation Center
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.
C. Poston War Relocation Center
The Poston War Relocation Center was one of the largest World War II-era camps where the U.S. government forcibly incarcerated Japanese Americans in the Arizona desert.
D. Minidoka War Relocation Center
The Minidoka War Relocation Center was a World War II-era incarceration camp in Idaho where thousands of Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned by the U.S. government.
E. Tule Lake Segregation Center
Tule Lake Segregation Center was the largest and most controversial World War II incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, known for housing those labeled “disloyal” and for its harsh conditions and resistance movements.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Granada War Relocation Center (Amache)
Target entity description: The Granada War Relocation Center, commonly known as Amache, was a World War II-era internment camp in Colorado where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly confined by the U.S. government.

A. Gila River War Relocation Center
The Gila River War Relocation Center was a World War II-era internment camp in Arizona where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly confined by the U.S. government.
B. Topaz War Relocation Center
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.
C. Poston War Relocation Center
The Poston War Relocation Center was one of the largest World War II-era camps where the U.S. government forcibly incarcerated Japanese Americans in the Arizona desert.
D. Minidoka War Relocation Center
The Minidoka War Relocation Center was a World War II-era incarceration camp in Idaho where thousands of Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned by the U.S. government.
E. Tule Lake Segregation Center
Tule Lake Segregation Center was the largest and most controversial World War II incarceration camp for Japanese Americans, known for housing those labeled “disloyal” and for its harsh conditions and resistance movements.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese American incarceration camp ⓘ National Historic Site ⓘ War Relocation Authority camp ⓘ historic site ⓘ
climate	semi-arid High Plains climate ⓘ
confined	Japanese American citizens ⓘ Japanese Americans ⓘ Japanese immigrants ⓘ people of Japanese ancestry forcibly removed from the West Coast ⓘ
contained	a hospital ⓘ a school ⓘ administration buildings ⓘ barbed wire fences ⓘ barracks-style family housing ⓘ cemetery ⓘ guard towers ⓘ latrines ⓘ mess halls ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
designatedNationalHistoricLandmark	2006 ⓘ
designatedNationalHistoricSite	2022 ⓘ
endDate	1945-10-15 ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ
hadMilitaryServiceFrom	100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team volunteers ⓘ
hadPopulationFrom	Arizona ⓘ California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Colorado ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ the West Coast exclusion zone ⓘ
hadSecurity	armed military police ⓘ perimeter fencing ⓘ
hasAlias	Amache ⓘ linked to: Granada War Relocation Center (Amache) Amache Relocation Center ⓘ
hasMemorial	Amache Museum in Granada, Colorado ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm ⓘ
knownFor	being one of ten main War Relocation Authority camps ⓘ large proportion of incarcerees volunteering or being drafted into the U.S. military ⓘ
locatedIn	Prowers County, Colorado ⓘ
locatedNear	Granada, Colorado ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
maximumPopulation	over 7,000 people ⓘ
openedToIncarcerees	1942-08-27 ⓘ
operatedBy	War Relocation Authority ⓘ
populationPeakYear	1943 ⓘ
postWarUse	returned to agricultural use ⓘ
reasonForEstablishment	Executive Order 9066 ⓘ forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast ⓘ
recognizedAs	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
startDate	1942-08-27 ⓘ
state	Colorado ⓘ
subjectOf	historic preservation and archaeology projects ⓘ studies of Japanese American incarceration ⓘ

How these facts were elicited