German and Italian Americans, Internment of

Immediately following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamations 2525, 2526, and 2527 in accordance with the Enemy Alien Act of 1798, designating Japanese, German, and Italian nationals, respectively, as ...

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