Explore Personal Stories

A vast library of interviews filmed by Densho and our partners featuring survivors of WWII incarceration, participants in the redress movement, activists, artists, and many others.

A digital archive with thousands of historical photographs, documents, newspapers, letters, oral histories, and other primary source materials from immigration to the WWII incarceration and its aftermath.

An ever-expanding collection of essays about the key people, places, and events that played a role in the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

Hosts Hana and Noah Maruyama weave together the voices of survivors to tell the story of Japanese American WWII incarceration like you’ve never heard it before.

This interactive map, timeline, and site locator allows users to explore the national network of WWII-era detention facilities.