internment camp
Wartime holding compound
An internment camp is a facility where people are confined without trial, typically during wartime or political crisis.
Governments have used internment camps to detain civilians considered security risks—most notoriously Japanese Americans during World War II: Over 120,000 people were held in internment camps.
The term is sometimes distinguished from concentration camps, though the line blurs.
WWII incarceration site
- TopazGem-derived proper name
- redressCompensation for injury
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
hysteria · propaganda · apology · redress · reparations · memorial · survivor · testimony
Removal from danger
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- civilianNon-military person
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
propaganda · censor · contraband · confiscation · registration · repatriation
Boundary structure between properties
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- compoundCombined into one
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
checkpoint · patrol · surveillance · lockdown · isolation · segregation · curfew · watchtower
Manzanar
WWII incarceration site
- TopazGem-derived proper name
- redressCompensation for injury
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
discrimination · hysteria · propaganda · apology · redress · reparations · memorial · survivor · testimony · remembrance
evacuation
Removal from danger
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- civilianNon-military person
rationing · propaganda · censor · contraband · confiscation · registration · repatriation
fence
Boundary structure between properties
perimeter · checkpoint · patrol · surveillance · lockdown · isolation · segregation · curfew · watchtower · searchlight
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- campstent, tents, shelters, campsite, campground
- confinementcell, cage, prison, jail, imprisonment
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, cells, captivity
- detentionjail, detention centers, captive, prison, detention orders
- detention facilitiesjail, prison, cells, holding cell, inmates
internment campfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free society · liberation · open borders · sanctuary
internment campsanctuary city
Jurisdiction shielding unauthorized immigrants
safe haven · asylum · protected zone · inclusive society · civil rights
internment camphomeland
One's native land
home · native land · ancestral home · permanent residence · family home
camp, intern, international, internment, interning, internee, internees, internment camps