internments
Confinements without trial
Internments are acts of confining people, typically during wartime or political unrest, often without trial.
The term most commonly refers to the forced detention of civilians based on their nationality, ethnicity, or perceived threat to security.
The internments of Japanese Americans during World War II remain a dark chapter in U.S. history.
The word carries strong connotations of injustice and government overreach, distinguishing it from ordinary imprisonment.
Person of Japanese ancestry
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
detainees · Executive Order 9066 · Manzanar · barracks · evacuation · enemy aliens · hysteria · reparations
State of being restricted
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- custodyProtective care or control
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- captivityState of being confined
detention centers · prisoners · incarceration · locked up · facilities · authorities · duration · release
Political objectors
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- gulagsSoviet penal colonies
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
regime · authoritarianism · political prisoners · reeducation · Uyghurs · arbitrary · mass · ethnic
Depositing in a grave
- remainsContinues in place
- gravesBurial sites
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- entombmentPlacing in a sepulcher
casket · vault · funeral · burial ground · deceased · resting place · committal · crypt
Japanese American
Person of Japanese ancestry
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
incarceration · detainees · Executive Order 9066 · Manzanar · barracks · evacuation · enemy aliens · hysteria · reparations · redress
confinement
State of being restricted
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- custodyProtective care or control
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
captivity · detention centers · prisoners · incarceration · locked up · facilities · authorities · duration · release · deportation
dissidents
Political objectors
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- gulagsSoviet penal colonies
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
oppression · regime · authoritarianism · political prisoners · reeducation · Uyghurs · arbitrary · mass · ethnic · minorities
interring
Depositing in a grave
entombment · casket · vault · funeral · burial ground · deceased · resting place · committal · crypt · mausoleum
internmentsreleases
Lets go or publishes
liberations · freedoms · emancipations · discharges · manumissions
- internment campFacility for confining civilians
- Japanese internmentForced relocation of civilians
- wartime internmentConfining civilians during conflict