File 3464-N-40: Relief for families of Japanese interned in Canada. 1942/02/27-1946/02/19. File.

From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.

This file contains correspondence and records pertaining to relief provided to Japanese internees. This includes correspondence relating to Custodian-held funds, whereby the Custodian insists upon internees using their own savings prior to being given allowances or relief. Also included are the Consul General of Spain's discussions of relief for internees (specifically, the provision of comforts by the Protecting Power for Japanese subjects in Canada); the Consul's advocacy for supplementary relief for applicants; and correspondence regarding relief being decided upon based on naturalized versus national status. Also included is references to the case of Yoshikazu Fujimoto (regarding using money from sale of property to provide relief to husband). More generally, the file includes petitions to increase maintenance rate; petitions regarding housing conditions; discussion of maintenance allowances; correspondence regarding the just treatment of nationals versus Canadians; discussions of the welfare committee; and several petitions from dependents of internees (many wives of men in work camps without means to provide for family).

Canada. Department of External Affairs created this archive.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized selectively.