Now open until December 18th!

The Angel Island Immigration Museum is hosting a new exhibit from the National Japanese American Historical Society called The Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II. Admission to the Angel Island Immigration Museum is FREE.

About the exhibit

This groundbreaking exhibition offers a comparative and multicultural presentation of the lesser-known stories of 31,000 German, Italian, and Japanese immigrant residents—and US citizens—who were discriminatingly deemed "enemy aliens" during World War II.

Through stunning photographs, oral histories, and narratives, the exhibit examines the “enemy alien” experience of forced removal, internment, hostage exchange, and post-war forced separation that impacted families and communities across two continents.

It underscores the struggle for government accountability and the right to redress and reparations for violations of civil and human rights.

Enemy Alien Files was curated by the Enemy Aliens Consortium, a partnership of the National Japanese American Historical Society, Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project, Italian American Studies Association / Western Regional Chapter, and German American Internee Coalition.

The exhibit is partly funded by the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program.