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2026 Day of Remembrance

Education and Freedom at Minidoka:
The Diary of Superintendent Arthur Kleinkopf

Join us for the release of Friends of Minidoka’s latest publication, Education and Freedom at Minidoka: The Diary of Superintendent Arthur Kleinkopf.

Presentation by Friends of Minidoka staff about the daily realities, contradictions, and moral tensions of working inside a World War II concentration camp through the diary of Minidoka’s Superintendent of Education Arthur Kleinkopf. This is the launch of our oral history project

 

See below for dates, times, and locations and to RSVP. Free public program.

Paperback copies of Education and Freedom at Minidoka will be for sale at the events. Hardcover and paperback are also available for purchase in our online store.

​Education and Freedom at Minidoka is part of Friends of Minidoka's project Minidoka Memories: Stories that Connect and Heal which will collect oral histories from the Idaho community with ties to the historic Minidoka War Relocation Center and the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

Cover of "Freedom and Education at Minidoka: The Diary of the Superintendent Arthur Kleinkopf."
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Event Dates, Times & Locations

A 25th Anniversary Program of 

Minidoka National Historic Site 25th Anniversary Logo
National Park Service logo
Friends of Minidoka Logo - vertical orientation

Thank you to our Supporters & Partners

The Kleinkopf Family

Duane Minoru Yamamoto Memorial Fund, Friends of Minidoka

Jones Family Fund, National Philanthropic Trust

Idaho Humanities Council logo
Boise City Department of Arts & History logo
College of Southern Idaho logo
Boise State University logo
The Community Library logo
Museum of Idaho logo
Twin Falls Library logo
IFJACL logo
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