When Mako Takahashi was five years old, her family was swept up in the turmoil and devastation of World War II. The FBI arrested Mako's father and two months later Mako, her mother, and three sisters were forced from their Seattle home and imprisoned in U.S. concentration camps for people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. Mako recalls with a child's innocence stories from her four years in the concentration camps along with her insights as an adult looking back on this grave injustice.
When Mako Takahashi was five years old, her family was swept up in the turmoil and devastation of World War II. The FBI arrested Mako's father and two months later Mako, her mother, and three sisters were forced from their Seattle home and imprisoned in U.S. concentration camps for people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. Mako recalls with a child's innocence stories from her four years in the concentration camps along with her insights as an adult looking back on this grave injustice.
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