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Topaz War Relocation Center

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  • Age distribution at Topaz 1943.png

    Photo by Rachel Helps (BYU) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Gyo Obata on 21 September 1944 from Here are Professor Obata and his family (cropped).jpg

    Photo by Hikaru Iwasaki via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • New Moon (Chiura Obata) (cropped).jpg

    Photo by Chiura Obata via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • NPS internment-camp-map.gif

    Photo by U.S. National Park Service, restoration/cleanup by National Park Maps (https://npmaps.com) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • The Internet of Experiences Topaz.jpg

    Photo by Bulamonto via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • The Internet of Experiences, documenting relics from The Topaz Concentration Camp.jpg

    Photo by Bulamonto via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Topaz site, Utah (19880897854) bronze plaque.jpg

    Photo by mliu92 from San Mateo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Topaz site, Utah (19882601583) Hospital Coal Chute.jpg

    Photo by mliu92 from San Mateo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1942

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1942

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Known issues

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Contact & address

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Data completeness

16%

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