Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Could anyone sneak into Japanese Internment Camps?

Question:


I'm reading a book placed during WWII in America and the boy sneaks into a Japanese camp to visit the girl he loves.
For a project i have to research this question and if you can give me a general answer or even a website with documentation of people sneaking in would be fantastic.

Answer:


Very difficult and dangerous.
These camps in both the United States and Canada were established in isolated regions. Thus, to sneak (even towards a camp) would be hard on a person's stamina as that individual would not be able to use normal means of transportation. The locations of camps, because of paranoia of the Japanese were kept secret out of fear of fomenting a 'war front' within the country housing these camps by Japanese infiltrators smuggling in arms, etc.
Once such a person entered - there would be no way of leaving. They may even be tried on espionage charges.

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