Guterson, David: *1956

Snow Falling on Cedars, 1994 - Background

  • Time line of the internment history
  • Japanese-American relocation camps
    • Children of the Camps, this PBS documentary captures the experiences of six Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined as innocent children to internment camps by the U.S. government during World War II.
    • Japanese Americans in Seattle and King County.
  • Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941
  • Ms. Hirasuna's parents were interred in a camp during World War II and her discovery of a carved wooden bird pin led her to seek other objects made in the camps by internees. C-SPAN3; November 6, 2010