Santa Anita Detention Center
Did you know that the Santa Anita Park was a temporary detention center for Japanese-Americans during World War II?
Video Resources
Santa Anita Assembly Center, Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages
Curator’s Corner: Santa Anita Japanese Assembly Center Kiosk, The Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Arcadia’s Best: Japanese Camp at Santa Anita: Evacuees reunite 11-4-09, ArcadiasBest.com
Written Resources
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Santa Anita (Detention Facility), Densho Encyclopedia
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Santa Anita Park During World War II-Japanese Relocation and Military Training Centers, The Clio
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“When Santa Anita Racetrack Was A Japanese Internment Camp Assembly Center,” LAist, 2014
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“Racetrack Has a Wartime Story,” Los Angeles Times, 2009
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The Forgotten History of the Santa Anita Assembly Center Riots during Japanese Internment, US History Scene, 2017
Oral Histories from Santa Anita Detainees
James Tsutsui Oral History
Roy Matsumoto Oral History
Ruth Okimoto Oral History
Mo Nishita Oral History
Min Tonai Oral History