<p>The fifth episode titled “Commerce in the Camp” will explore how Japanese Americans incarcerated at Heart Mountain developed their own prison economy, with incarceree-run businesses that helped make life inside camp into something that resembled their past lives on the West Coast.</p>

The fifth episode titled “Commerce in the Camp” will explore how Japanese Americans incarcerated at Heart Mountain developed their own prison economy, with incarceree-run businesses that helped make life inside camp into something that resembled their past lives on the West Coast.

Commerce in the Camp

This podcast tells the stories of Japanese Americans who were mass incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming during WWII. Told through a combination of archival recordings, written accounts, and contemporary interviews - each episode delves into specific topics demonstrating the innovation, creativity, and resilience that enabled the Japanese American community to endure this unjust ordeal.

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Commerce in the Camp

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