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100 Years of 100 Things: Immigrant Detention

The Brian Lehrer Show

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Echoes of Internment

This chapter features a personal account of a caller whose father was interned during World War II, detailing the confusion of an FBI visit and the family's eventual reunion at Ellis Island. It explores the overlooked experiences of German Americans labeled as 'enemy aliens' and draws important parallels to the better-known internment of Japanese Americans.

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