During the Second World War, German Americans from all around the western hemisphere were forced to move to internment camps inside of the United States, from American-born citizens of German heritage to German immigrants in South and Central America. The imprisonment of German Americans is nothing short of a tragedy. Japanese Americans and Italian Americans were also interned, sharing the same internment camps. Both of those groups have been officially recognized by the United States government. German-American Internees, however, have not been officially recognized. In a huge violation of their rights due to just their heritage, many German-American children were forced from their homes, and their families were split, some never to see each other again. These are just some of their stories, given to the public, to help them fight for the recognition they deserve.
12 comments
Alejandra Pardo
Great video, it is a neat way to present this information.Although it is sad to read everything the children encountered while being in these camps. Great video!
Karicia Gallegos
Congratulations on your nomination! With so much material presented, the video was truly excellent and fantastic. I particularly adored the way this film portrayed emotion. I was better able to comprehend the actions taken against Germans because to the imagery in this video. Knowing that children had to suffer is so sad, and greater discussion about what occurred in the internment camps has to be held. They deserved better treatment and shouldn’t have been treated that way. Overall, great job!
Jared Sherer
It is somewhat understandable that, out of fear of the enemy and of enemy spies, that the U.S. Government would want to watch out for, and monitor people connected with Japan, Italy, and Germany during World War II. Less understandable, however, was the physical imprisonment of those people, without a scintilla of evidence that they were spies or even had any allegiance to the other countries. This was a sad episode in US history, and one that cannot be repeated. To violate those people’s constitutional rights is wrong. To hear their individual stories is horrifying and very sad, and a bit embarrassing for our country’s history. This was a well-presented article and audio.
Melyna Martinez
Hello, the article does a great job at understanding the acts against Germans with the imeragey felt. As well shows the impact of suffering anywhere from children to adults were impacted. Seeing the impact and what happened in internment camps is something that is not talked about enough. I believe that this is surely a topic that need more to be talked about and have more attention to it as well.
Gabriella Parra
Matthew! Congratulations on your nomination! This is an amazing project. I’ve never seen anything on the website like this before. The imagery definitely kept me interested the whole time. It reminds me of the kind of YouTube videos I like to watch in my free time. Also, this a great topic to bring awareness to. It’s obvious that you researched this topic very well.
Barbara Ortiz
Congratulations on your nomination for such a great article. I was interesting to see it in a different format than a “traditional” article. I know you included your references at the end of your presentation, but I think it would have been nice to add them below your explanation paragraph as well. I also wonder why you only make a plea to Rep Castro, as opposed to the including Tony Gonzalez since Crystal City is in District 23?
Peter Alva
This is an amazing Video and I would’ve never thought I would see one on here LOL. I enjoyed the editing for you can tell there was a lot of time put into it. Also uploading a video on a topic like this is interesting for the fact that there are a lot of people that don’t know about the German-American Internment camps but more people are informed about the Japanese camps. It’s amazing that you chose this topic!
Hunter Stiles
Congratulations on your publication! With so much material presented, the picture was truly excellent and fantastic. I particularly like the way it portrayed emotion. I was better able to comprehend the acts taken against Germans because to the imagery in this film. Knowing that children as well as men had to suffer makes it sad, and greater discussion about what occurred in the internment camps has to be had. They deserved better treatment and shouldn’t have been handled that way!
super good read!
Vincent Villanueva
Matthew, I would first like to condemn you for showing readers an important topic that is not talked about enough. Secondly, I believe you put together an amazing video that allowed viewers to follow along easily with the photos that were shared which allowed us to further understand what was being done to the Germans. Overall, great article and great topic!
Andrea Tapia
Hi Matthew, congratulations on getting published! It was such a great and outstanding video with so much information included. I also loved the emotion that was captured in this video. The images in this video helped me understand the actions that were being committed toward Germans. It’s sad knowing that not only men, but children had to suffer and should be talked about more about what happened in the internment camps. They shouldn’t have been treated the way they did and deserved better!!