Japanese Internment Camps (during WWII)

During WWII, Japanese internment camps in the United States were forced relocations where about 120,000 Japanese Americans, mostly living on the West Coast, were detained in isolated camps. This was authorized by the U.S. government amid fears of espionage after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Many interned individuals lost their homes, businesses, and freedoms, despite having committed no crimes. The policy was later acknowledged as a violation of civil rights, and in 1988, the U.S. formally apologized and provided reparations to survivors, recognizing it as a tragic injustice driven by racial prejudice and wartime hysteria.