List of Japanese-Cubans Sent to Cuba Internment Camps Found-- Part 2

About 359 Japanese-Cuban men over the age of 18 were relocated to a jailhouse in Isla de la Juventud in southern Cuba.

Women and children under the age of 18 were generally exempt from internment, but three women suspected of having connections to Japanese military officers were also arrested and sent to jail in the suburbs of Havana.

All were detained after the war until March 19, 1946.  Some died in the camps due to the horrible conditions.

--GreGen

List of Japanese-Cubans Sent to Cuba Internment Camp Found-- Part 1

From the October 29, 2016, Japan Times "List of Japanese-Cubans sent to internment camps during World War II found."

i was completely unaware that there were also Cuban internment camps.  I knew about the ones in the United States and Canada.

Three hundred and fifty Japanese-Cubans were sent to internment camp by the Cuban government in 1942.  Effort was made to contact these, mostly men, in the 1980s and 100 former detainees were found.  In the U.S. President Roosevelt authorized the interment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans.

The pro-American administration of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista followed suit.

--GreGen