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tells the story of one such family in Canada, who repeated US efforts to detain potential Japanese loyalists and spies, regardless of their birth in that country or another. Naomi is five years old and enjoys a pleasant, safe life with her parents and older broth ....

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.... Naomi discovers a package left by another aunt, a political activist and teacher, full of papers, news clippings, photographs, documents, letters... and memories. is a thoroughly gut-wrenching story of a Japanese family's efforts to survive the trauma of separation from home and each other. Forced to live in squalid conditions, sharing quarters with complete strangers, without enough food or supplies to adequately live, what happens to the Japanese is very similar to what happened to the Jews when they were gathered, collected, and assigned quarters in the ghettos of Europe. Personal belongings - from clothing and precious jewels to sacred texts and ....