/tags/internment-camps internment camps en-US Copyright Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:35:50 GMT /news-partners/2020-02-20/california-lawmakers-apologize-for-u-s-internment-of-japanese-americans The bill's sponsor says he was "disturbed by the striking parallels" between the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and current U.S. immigration policy. Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:35:50 GMT /news-partners/2020-02-20/california-lawmakers-apologize-for-u-s-internment-of-japanese-americans Laurel Wamsley, Colin Dwyer /news-partners/2020-01-27/75-years-after-auschwitz-liberation-survivors-urge-world-to-remember "People should look at this place and think about our moral responsibility," says Pawel Sawicki, a longtime guide at the Auschwitz museum in Poland. Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:05:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-01-27/75-years-after-auschwitz-liberation-survivors-urge-world-to-remember Rob Schmitz /news-partners/2017-02-17/couple-moves-on-from-silence-about-time-in-japanese-internment-camps This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt's executive order that led to the internment of Japanese-Americans. We hear from two people who were interned when they were children. Fri, 17 Feb 2017 10:08:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-02-17/couple-moves-on-from-silence-about-time-in-japanese-internment-camps NPR Staff /2016-12-07/at-92-a-japanese-american-reflects-on-the-lessons-of-internment-camps Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was at a Los Angeles high school when she and other Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps. Decades later, her efforts helped lead to an official apology. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:00:00 GMT /2016-12-07/at-92-a-japanese-american-reflects-on-the-lessons-of-internment-camps Lauren Migaki