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1. This Day in History: March 10
Opening of the Nazis' first concentration camp
On this day in 1933, soon after Adolf Hitler became chancellor, the first concentration camp in Germany opened at Dachau, where at least 32,000 people would die from disease, malnutrition, physical oppression, and execution.
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2. Document for February 19th: Executive Order 9066 - National ...
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Issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, this order authorized ... fenced, and guarded relocation centers, known as internment camps.
3. Let's not sugar coat it.....Hitler's friend, FDR, called them just what they were:
"They were forcibly removed to 10 concentration camps. The government officially called them “relocation centers,” but Roosevelt himself used the words “concentration camp” in a recommendation as early as 1936, as did a military proposal in 1942. The occupants were kept behind barbed wire, and armed guards kept them from leaving."
FDR’s concentration camps were a warning, not a model
4. Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. This order authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones, clearing the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans in U.S. concentration camps. Executive Order 9066 - Wikipedia
5. In case you’re still not convinced, read the following indirect quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt in a note to the military Joint Board on August 10, 1936: (emphasis is mine)
What arrangements and plans have been made relative to concentration camps in the Hawaiian Islands for dangerous or undesirable aliens or citizens in the event of national emergency?
Yes, FDR used the term when discussing the issue, and records show that so did most government authorities and congressional officials. “Internment camp” and “relocation center” are unacceptable euphemisms that ignore the reality of American concentration camps, where the U.S. imprisoned its own loyal citizens and denied them their civil rights. FDR Called Them Concentration Camps: Why Terminology Matters
President Franklin Roosevelt himself called the relocation sites concentration campsand Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, told the Washington Evening Star in 1946:
As a member of President Roosevelt's administration, I saw the United States Army give way to mass hysteria over the Japanese...Crowded into cars like cattle, these hapless people were hurried away to hastily constructed and thoroughly inadequate concentration camps, with soldiers with nervous muskets on guard, in the great American desert. We gave the fancy name of 'relocation centers' to these dust bowls, but they were concentration camps nonetheless.
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1. This Day in History: March 10
Opening of the Nazis' first concentration camp
On this day in 1933, soon after Adolf Hitler became chancellor, the first concentration camp in Germany opened at Dachau, where at least 32,000 people would die from disease, malnutrition, physical oppression, and execution.
On This Day - What Happened on March 11 | Britannica
On This Day In History - March 11: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.
www.britannica.com
2. Document for February 19th: Executive Order 9066 - National ...
https://www.archives.gov › historical-docs › todays-doc
Issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, this order authorized ... fenced, and guarded relocation centers, known as internment camps.
3. Let's not sugar coat it.....Hitler's friend, FDR, called them just what they were:
"They were forcibly removed to 10 concentration camps. The government officially called them “relocation centers,” but Roosevelt himself used the words “concentration camp” in a recommendation as early as 1936, as did a military proposal in 1942. The occupants were kept behind barbed wire, and armed guards kept them from leaving."
FDR’s concentration camps were a warning, not a model
4. Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. This order authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones, clearing the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans in U.S. concentration camps. Executive Order 9066 - Wikipedia
5. In case you’re still not convinced, read the following indirect quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt in a note to the military Joint Board on August 10, 1936: (emphasis is mine)
What arrangements and plans have been made relative to concentration camps in the Hawaiian Islands for dangerous or undesirable aliens or citizens in the event of national emergency?
Yes, FDR used the term when discussing the issue, and records show that so did most government authorities and congressional officials. “Internment camp” and “relocation center” are unacceptable euphemisms that ignore the reality of American concentration camps, where the U.S. imprisoned its own loyal citizens and denied them their civil rights. FDR Called Them Concentration Camps: Why Terminology Matters
President Franklin Roosevelt himself called the relocation sites concentration campsand Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, told the Washington Evening Star in 1946:
As a member of President Roosevelt's administration, I saw the United States Army give way to mass hysteria over the Japanese...Crowded into cars like cattle, these hapless people were hurried away to hastily constructed and thoroughly inadequate concentration camps, with soldiers with nervous muskets on guard, in the great American desert. We gave the fancy name of 'relocation centers' to these dust bowls, but they were concentration camps nonetheless.
Euphemisms, Concentration Camps And The Japanese Internment
A listener compares the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II to the Jewish Holocaust under the Nazis and raises the question of what to call the camps used in both experiences. At stake is the power of words in framing our actions, past and future.
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