More in-depth information about the WWII “enemy alien” experience is available through our Enemy Alien Files videos
Interviews
Libia Hideko Maoki Yamamoto
Japanese Peruvian interned as child in Crystal City Internment Camp, Texas and co-founder of the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project.
Lawrence DiStasi, M.A.
Author and former president of the Italian American Studies Association/Western Regional Chapter.
Sigrid Toye, Ph.D. (40 minutes)
Daughter of German “enemy alien” internee and board member of the German American Internee Coalition and the Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition.
Rabab Abdulhadi, Ph.D.
Director and senior scholar of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies (AMED) at San Francisco State University and author.
Grace Shimitzu
Director of the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project and the Campaign for Justice, Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans.
Resources from Enemy Alien Files Consortium Members
Italian American Studies Association/Western Regional Chapter
German American Internee Coalition