Faces of internment--The government took photographs of each internee. At the Crystal City family internment camp, family photographs were taken.
Alien Enemy Registration identification
German-American and Japanese American internee construction crew - preparing family living quarters at Crystal City,Texas
American children internees at Ellis Island
Aerial view of Alien Enemy Internment Camp
Crystal City, Texas
Censorship Stamp used by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in its internment facilities
Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota
Male Internment Camp
Guard Tower - Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota
German American internees [NPRR Gang 5] working on the Northern Pacific Railroad
Money used by internees held in the Crystal City Internment Camp
German American internees at Kenedy, Texas, male internment camp
Huts [internee living quarters], Camp Forrest, Tennessee
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New York Times article of April 1, 1942 -- a sign of the times
Christmas 1943 -A celebration not to be found in the photographic histories of Ellis Island.
The dark years of Ellis Island, 1941 through 1948, remain a secret. Many German Americans found themselves locked up in this place three years after the war in Europe had ended. They were held behind barbed wire fences and iron-barred windows. By 1947 hundreds had already been held for more than five years.