Topaz War Relocation Center
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Topaz War Relocation Center was a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp in Utah where thousands of people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated by the U.S. government.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topaz War Relocation Center Context triple: [Millard County, Utah, hasHistoricalSite, Topaz War Relocation Center]
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A.
Manzanar National Historic Site
Manzanar National Historic Site is a preserved World War II-era Japanese American incarceration camp in California that serves as a memorial and educational site about the internment of Japanese Americans.
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B.
War Relocation Authority
The War Relocation Authority was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for administering the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment camps.
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C.
Sugamo Prison
Sugamo Prison was a Tokyo detention facility used by the Allied occupation forces after World War II to hold and execute Japanese war criminals, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
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D.
Japanese American National Museum
The Japanese American National Museum is a Los Angeles-based institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and sharing the history and culture of Japanese Americans.
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E.
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Native American reservation in the lower Colorado River region that serves as the homeland of the Quechan (Yuma) people.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topaz War Relocation Center Target entity description: Topaz War Relocation Center was a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp in Utah where thousands of people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated by the U.S. government.
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A.
Manzanar National Historic Site
Manzanar National Historic Site is a preserved World War II-era Japanese American incarceration camp in California that serves as a memorial and educational site about the internment of Japanese Americans.
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B.
War Relocation Authority
The War Relocation Authority was a U.S. government agency during World War II responsible for administering the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment camps.
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C.
Sugamo Prison
Sugamo Prison was a Tokyo detention facility used by the Allied occupation forces after World War II to hold and execute Japanese war criminals, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
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D.
Japanese American National Museum
The Japanese American National Museum is a Los Angeles-based institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and sharing the history and culture of Japanese Americans.
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E.
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Native American reservation in the lower Colorado River region that serves as the homeland of the Quechan (Yuma) people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese American internment camp
ⓘ
World War II internment camp ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Topaz War Relocation Center
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Utah Relocation Center
Topaz War Relocation Center ⓘ
surface form:
Topaz Internment Camp
|
| climate | arid desert climate ⓘ |
| closed | October 31, 1945 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse | archaeological and memorial site ⓘ |
| dateOfDesignation | 2007 ⓘ |
| designated | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | about 16 miles northwest of Delta, Utah ⓘ |
| establishedAsConsequenceOf | Executive Order 9066 ⓘ |
| features |
barbed wire fences
ⓘ
guard towers ⓘ military police patrols ⓘ |
| hadFacility |
barracks-style family housing
ⓘ
cooperative stores ⓘ elementary and high schools ⓘ hospital ⓘ latrines ⓘ mess halls ⓘ recreation halls ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| inception | 1942 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Basin Desert
ⓘ
Millard County, Utah ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
Topaz Museum (Delta, Utah)
ⓘ
surface form:
Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah
|
| namedAfter | Topaz Mountain ⓘ |
| notableInmate |
artist Chiura Obata
ⓘ
photographer Dave Tatsuno ⓘ writer Toyo Suyemoto ⓘ |
| opened | September 11, 1942 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | War Relocation Authority ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | no longer active ⓘ |
| partOf |
Japanese American incarceration
ⓘ
United States home front during World War II ⓘ
surface form:
World War II home front in the United States
|
| peakPopulation | over 8,000 people ⓘ |
| populationIncludes |
Japanese Americans from the Central Valley of California
ⓘ
Japanese Americans from the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Japanese immigrants (Issei) ⓘ second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) ⓘ |
| recognizedFor | its significance in civil liberties history ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Topaz Museum exhibits
ⓘ
artworks by internees ⓘ memoirs and oral histories ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civilian internment during World War II
ⓘ
incarceration of Japanese Americans ⓘ |
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Subject: Topaz War Relocation Center Description of subject: Topaz War Relocation Center was a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp in Utah where thousands of people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated by the U.S. government.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Central Utah Relocation Center
this entity surface form:
Topaz Internment Camp
this entity surface form:
Topaz War Relocation Center site
this entity surface form:
Topaz War Relocation Center National Historic Landmark site
this entity surface form:
Topaz War Relocation Center site
this entity surface form:
Topaz War Relocation Center, Utah