Learn about 'Life in a Japanese Internment Camp' May 2

Posted April 23, 2017 11:00 pm

Batavia Public Library

Learn about "Life in a Japanese Internment Camp" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, all Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast were forced into relocation camps in remote areas of the country.

Among the over 120,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated, more than two-thirds were American-born, many of whom were children.

Historian and librarian Sarah Okner, a descendant of internees, shares photos and details of daily life in an internment camp.

Register for this New Lyceum Lecture Series program online at www.BataviaPublicLibrary.org or by calling the library reference desk, (630) 879-1393, ext. 200.

The New Lyceum Lecture Series is sponsored by the Batavia Public Library Foundation.

Sarah Okner

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