OUR SINS
Thousands of Germans, Italians, and Japanese immigrants were deported from Latin America to the U.S. to be interned in the largely forgotten camp at Crystal City.
Jan Jarboe Russell, author of The Train to Crystal City, is a former Nieman Fellow, a contributing editor for Texas Monthly, and has written for the San Antonio Express-News, The New York Times, Slate, and other magazines. She is the author of Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson and has also compiled and edited They Lived to Tell the Tale. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband, Dr. Lewis F. Russell, Jr. For more information please visit http://www.janjarboerussell.com, and follow the author on Facebook and Twitter
Thousands of Germans, Italians, and Japanese immigrants were deported from Latin America to the U.S. to be interned in the largely forgotten camp at Crystal City.