Santa Cruz Public Libraries' Local History
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Each chronology lists major events relating to the Japanese American internment and links to the full-text, local newspaper articles. Each page on a topic includes quotations and links to full-text newspaper articles during the War time. At the end of each of the topics are links to additional sources of information. Although treated separately, many topics relate to one another and may overlap each other in time.
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"TO THE EDITOR:...The people of California have not discriminated against those of Italian descent living amongst them - nor should they.They have not trafficked in hate in regard to those of German descent - nor should they. Shall they fall into both these vices in regard to the loyal Japanese-Americans and Nisei? ... Five minutes' view of what was once a prosperous and peaceful village - be it in France or in Germany - should be enough to convince anyone that the price paid for discrimination and hate against the guilty is almost unbearably heavy. How much more shameful it is when the same discrimination and hate is kept alive to afflict the innocent."
Mateo Lettunich, Captain, Air Corps. (Watsonville Register-Pajaronian. June 12, 1945. p.5.)