Read The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Online
Authors: Jan Jarboe Russell
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declaration as official enemy alien and prisoner of war,
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tensions in German section and,
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wife Johanna’s appeals about status of,
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wife’s reaction to internment of,
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work history of,
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Eppeler, Karl,
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exchange camps,
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arrest and internment policies and,
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investigation of Eleanor Roosevelt by,
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Japanese in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, and,
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Kuhn and the Bund and,
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Latin American nationals and,
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repatriation (exchange) and,
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Utsushigawa family and,
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Federal School (American School), Crystal City camp, Texas,
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Fox, Stephen,
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Frankfurter, Felix,
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background of,
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Crystal City life and,
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death of Roosevelt and,
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deportation order for,
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end of World War II and,
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postwar career of,
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return to Cincinnati, Ohio, by,
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internment life and,
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early life in San Francisco and,
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petitions and lawsuit by,
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petition for redress from,
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Black Tom incident and,
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reparations for,
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Eleanor Roosevelt’s support for rights of,
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Nazis and Nazi sympathizers investigation and,
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removal from Latin America of,
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