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The Story of Topaz
The history of Topaz shows what can -- and did -- happen to thousands of Americans during World War II when the government took away their constitutional rights of freedom and liberty.
In 1942, the US government forcibly removed 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry from their homes on the West Coast in ten camps around the country. Not because of anything they did, but because of their race. How did this happen in a democracy?
These are stories told by some of the 11,212 people who were in Topaz. Their hopes, protests, dignity, and anguish. This is the story of Topaz. |