Unique in the literature of "the internment" because it is an actual diary written by an Issei [first generation] Japanese American woman, this intimate account conveys the reality of one woman's 1942 experience. Wrenched from their tranquil Pasadena community, Mrs. Egami, her husband and their four children struggle with unfamiliar, primitive, overcrowded camp conditions at Tulare Assembly Center in the Central Valley of California. Mrs. Egami describes the family's sense of integration in Pasadena before Pearl Harbor, and the indignities they endure as they become accustomed to life in "camp". At the same time, she is consistently able to find small measures of hope and beauty, even in the harsh camp surroundings, as she observes children, flowers, religious and social events, and the behaviors of her new neighbors. 
Claire Gorfinkel's introduction to the Diary describes the surprising events that led to its discovery and publication. It also includes powerful commentary on the historic injustice of the internment, and a reminder to remain vigilant against future injustices.

The Evacuation Diary of Hatsuye Egami

Religion & Spirituality

Egami, Hatsuye

New Age & Spirituality

Intentional Productions

This concise Haggadah for the celebration of Passover is especially designed to be both authentically Jewish and appropriate for interfaith settings. The extraordinary symbolism and richness of Passover create an opportunity to explore a history that is both Jewish and universal, and to strengthen our commitment to work for justice and peace. Through the use of contemporary poetry and traditional texts, this Haggadah will engage young people as well as adults.

Because We Were Slaves: A Concise Haggadah for All of Us

Charles Davis

Claire E. Gorfinkel

Judaism

Two young Quaker relief workers meet and fall in love while rebuilding devastated communities in post-WWII France and Poland. Journey of the Wild Geese is comprised of letters written by Madeleine Yaude and Edwin "Red" Stephenson to one another and friends back home, as they experience the highs and lows of offering relief to war-damaged communities, test their beliefs and their faith, and build a lifelong love affair. The book is handsomely illustrated with more than 50 photographs, plus maps and notes from over forty years of successful marriage.

Journey of the Wild Geese: A Quaker Romance in War-Torn Europe

Stephenson, Madeleine Yaude

Stephenson, Edwin

Biographies & Memoirs

The history of Anna Haines, Nancy Babb and the other Quakers who went to Russia to provide relief from war and famine between 1916 and 1931 enables us to explore intertwined issues of religious witness, political action and humanitarian service in the midst of extremely challenging personal and political conditions.

Constructive Spirit: Quakers in Revolutionary Russia

Politics & Social Sciences

McFadden, David

Gorfinkel, Claire

Politics & Government

"Alice Resch Synnestvedt became an unlikely hero upon discovering Quaker relief workers in France in 1939. She spent six years assisting Jewish and other refugees escaping from the Nazis. She wrote this detailed memoir for her deaf mother in 1945. Over fifty years later she was honored by those whose lives she saved"--Provided by publisher.

Over The Highest Mountains: A Memoir Of Unexpected Heroism In France During World War II

Synnestvedt, Alice Resch

Memoirs

This memoir of a child survivor of the Holocaust incorporates intimate letters from his parents incarcerated in the French concentration camp at Gurs. Author Richard Weilheimer effectively communicates the communal and cultural richness of his parents' destroyed German Jewish community. Having become fully integrated into his American identity Richard urges everyone - and most particularly his grandchildren - to live fully, to "Be Happy, Be Free, Dance!"

Be Happy, Be Free, Dance! A Holocaust Survivor's Message to His Grandchildren

History

Richard Weilheimer

World

How does a survivor become an inspiration? Teach Us to Live: stories from Hiroshima & Nagasaki  presents the wisdom of eleven survivors of the August 1945 atomic bombing.  Today they are teachers, artists, poets, doctors and researchers, and committed advocates for nuclear abolition. With full-color illustrations, photographs artwork, and a comprehensive resource guide, this book will shock, inform and inspire readers of every age, helping them work for an end to these most powerful weapons of mass destruction. A CD of live interviews with a-bomb survivors is also included.

Teach Us to Live: stories from Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Diana Wickes Roose

Military

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