They called us enemy review5/15/2023 ![]() George Takei was four years old when he and his family were forced out of their home with only minutes to grab any belongings they could carry with them. The same strange contrast between despair and joy can be found within the pages of They Called Us Enemy. The contrast between the depths of human hatred and the heights of the human spirit is something I will never forget. At the same time, I was blown away by the beauty that the residents had infused into their surroundings, building parks and gardens in the midst of a barren wasteland. I walked around with my mother and sisters and was stunned to see how bleak the living conditions had been for those in the camps and how little I had ever heard of their story. Today the camp that was at one time surrounded by a barbed wire fence and patrolled by armed men in watchtowers is now open to the public. Manzanar was one of ten internment camps created during WWII to imprison over 110,000 men, woman and children of Japanese descent who were feared for their race. ![]() ![]() It was an impromptu visit but one I shall always remember. ![]() They Called Us Enemy by George Takei – Book ReviewĪ few years ago, my family stopped to visit Manzanar on our way back home from a trip to Mammoth. ![]()
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