By April of 1945, WWII was winding down. Hitler died on April 30, and victory in europe was formally declared on May 9. Amache officially closed in October, 1945, though Public Proclamation No. 21 was officially issued on January 2, 1945, allowing Japanese Americans to return home.
But where was home?
People had left homes, businesses, and farms behind. Now they were given very short notice that they had to leave Amache. They were given $25 and a train or bus ticket. Some people returned to California and the west coast and tried to rebuild their previous lives. They often returned to face more prejudice. Others, invited to stay in Colorado by Governor Ralph Carr, started over again in the only western state that welcomed them.

Amache was one of the last settlement locations to close because of the necessity and fact that many residents no longer had homes to return to after the war's end.

The Relocation Authority and wartime operations of the United States government are questioned in regards to civil rights violations for American citizens.

This article lists some of the locations Amache residents moved after the war’s end.

After leaving Amache, many families needed aid to rebuild their lives after they were forced to give up everything upon internment.

Standards for After the War: Leaving Amache

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