Temporary Detention Camps for Japanese Americans - Merced Assembly Center
California State Historic Landmark 934
01/11/97
#934 Merced Assembly Center
This was one of 15 temporary detention camps established during World War II to incarcerate persons of Japanese ancestry, a majority of whom were American citizens, without specific charges or trial. From May to September 1942, 4669 residents of northern California were detained until permanent relocation camps were built. May the injustices and humiliation suffered here as a result of hysteria, racism, and economic exploitation never recur.
Nothing remains of this site.
Merced County Fairgrounds, J St at 7th S, adjacent to parking lot at entrance to
fairgrounds, Merced.
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