Over 70 Years Ago, The U.S. Made A Horrible Decision. A Powerful Animation Remembers That.

A little over 70 years ago, the U.S. made a sickening decision to place tens of thousands of its citizens in wartime internment camps. The animated short below has a very simple story line, but the history and the power of the message it conveys are immense.

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Megan Kelley

Jun 10, 2014

Looks like this video has been taken down. Dang! But whatcha gonna do? Well, there’s always this amazing (and completely related!) video about Japanese internment camps: https://u.pw/1pXmoUq Sorry for the inconvenience, folks!

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