Internee Collection

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Memorial Day services at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Ester Naite, an office worker from Los Angeles, is shown operating an electric iron in her quarters at Manzanar, California

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Maye Noma, behind the plate, and Tomi Nagao, at bat, in a practice game between members of the Chick-a-dee softball team

Internees Praying outside the Gornyi Zerentui Prison, 1891. Creator: Aleksei Kuznetsov
Internees Praying outside the Gornyi Zerentui Prison, 1891. One of 74 views taken in July 1891 and contained in the albumTipy i vidy Nerchinskoi katorgi

Burrs Mill, Bury - Italian internees, WWII - Matania
Interior view of Burrs Mill, Bury, Lancashire, a former mill and bleaching factory, which was used to intern Italian prisoners during the Second World War

British treatment of Boer women and children, 1900. The Boer War saw the first use of the internment of civilians in camps in wartime

Wartime fingerprinting, 1917 C014 / 0460
Wartime fingerprinting. German being fingerprinted in New York City, USA, during the First World War (1914-1918). Research into fingerprinting developed throughout the 19th century

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Internee: a person who is confined or detained against their will, often in a camp or prison. This term has been used throughout history to describe individuals who have been subjected to forced internment for various reasons, such as political beliefs, ethnicity, or nationality. The experience of being an they are be traumatic and dehumanizing, with individuals stripped of their basic rights and freedoms. It serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of unchecked power and discrimination. As we reflect on the past injustices faced by internees around the world, let us strive to ensure that such atrocities are never repeated and that all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.