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Temporary Detention: A Guide to the Forced Assembly Centers

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Epworth United Methodist Church, 1333 SE 28th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Learn about a recently completed multimedia project, Temporary Detention: A Guide to the Forced “Assembly Centers”. This interactive website explores the history and legacy of the 16 temporary detention centers operated by the Western Civil Control Administration during World War II. These euphemistically called “Assembly Centers” were hastily-built detention centers that imprisoned approximately 92,000 Americans […]