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Eric L. Muller

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I’m a legal historian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where my research and expertise are in the mass removal and imprisonment of Japanese Americans in World War II as well as the roles of German professionals in perpetrating the Holocaust. I’ve written award-winning books and created award-winning museum exhibits.

June 12, 2023

The Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II & the Role of Attorneys at the Relocation Centers

During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were US citizens, were forcibly removed from their homes in California, Washington, and Oregon, and imprisoned in relocation centers, small towns surrounded …