This is a list of inmates of
Topaz War Relocation Center, an American concentration camp in Utah used during World War II to hold people of Japanese descent.
Richard Aoki (1938–2009), an American civil rights activist.[2]
Mitsuye Endo (1920–2006), plaintiff of the
Ex parte Endo Supreme Court case that led to Japanese Americans being allowed to return to the West Coast and to the closing of the war relocation camps. Also interned at
Tule Lake.
Toyo Suyemoto (1916–2003), an American poet, memoirist, and librarian.[13]
Goro Suzuki (1917–1979), an Oakland-born entertainer known widely under his stage name,
Jack Soo, star of the original stage and movie productions of Flower Drum Song and remembered for his role as Detective Nick Yemana on the 1970s sitcom Barney Miller. Suzuki was a favorite performer at Topaz gatherings.[14]
Dave Tatsuno (1913–2006), a Japanese American businessman who documented life in an American concentration camp on film.[15]
Kazue Togasaki (1897–1992), one of the first two women of Japanese ancestry to earn a medical degree in the United States. Also interned at
Tule Lake and
Manzanar.[16]
Yoshiko Uchida (1921–1992), a Japanese American writer, most notable for her books, Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family[17] and Picture Bride.[18]
This is a list of inmates of
Topaz War Relocation Center, an American concentration camp in Utah used during World War II to hold people of Japanese descent.
Richard Aoki (1938–2009), an American civil rights activist.[2]
Mitsuye Endo (1920–2006), plaintiff of the
Ex parte Endo Supreme Court case that led to Japanese Americans being allowed to return to the West Coast and to the closing of the war relocation camps. Also interned at
Tule Lake.
Toyo Suyemoto (1916–2003), an American poet, memoirist, and librarian.[13]
Goro Suzuki (1917–1979), an Oakland-born entertainer known widely under his stage name,
Jack Soo, star of the original stage and movie productions of Flower Drum Song and remembered for his role as Detective Nick Yemana on the 1970s sitcom Barney Miller. Suzuki was a favorite performer at Topaz gatherings.[14]
Dave Tatsuno (1913–2006), a Japanese American businessman who documented life in an American concentration camp on film.[15]
Kazue Togasaki (1897–1992), one of the first two women of Japanese ancestry to earn a medical degree in the United States. Also interned at
Tule Lake and
Manzanar.[16]
Yoshiko Uchida (1921–1992), a Japanese American writer, most notable for her books, Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family[17] and Picture Bride.[18]