San Francisco Assembly Center

The San Francisco Assembly Center was a temporary facility established during World War II to detain Japanese Americans forcibly relocated from the West Coast. Operated in 1942, it served as a holding site before detainees were transferred to more permanent internment camps. Located in the Presidio of San Francisco, it consisted of barracks and administrative buildings. The center was part of the broader internment effort driven by wartime fears and policies, and it played a significant role in the internment of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during that period. Today, the site is a historical reminder of this controversial chapter in American history.