Ideno, Helen (8/24/2017)

Ideno, Helen (8/24/2017)

Helen Ideno is a third generation (Sansei) Japanese American born in Torrance, CA shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During WWII, she and her family were incarcerated at Santa Anita and Amache, after which they resettled in Chicago. In this interview she shares what she knows of her family's incarceration experience and her own memories of growing up on Chicago's West Side where there were few other Japanese Americans. She recounts deciding to become more actively involved with the Midwest Buddhist Temple as a teenager, through which she was able to participate in Japanese American community activities. She also describes her experiences as a teacher and the ways in which she has tried to pass her heritage on to her children and grandchildren.

2017-08-24

video

Takada, Anna

Ideno, Helen

Tademaru

Oral History Interview: Ideno, Kazuo Gene (8/24/2017)

Torrance

Santa Anita

Granada

Amache

West Side

Midwest Buddhist Temple

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