After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States’ government became paranoid and considered Germans, Japanese, and Italians on the US soil as a threat to National Security. Therefore, many foreign- born Americans were falsely accused of being spies and considered a threat to the nation. In the book, “The Train to Crystal City” written by Jan Jarboe Russell, Sumi Utsushigawa and Ingrid Eiserloh were two of the many victims who were affected by the aftermath of Pearl Harbor and experienced hardships throughout the war like, isolation, discrimination, starvation, and more. Also, after the war, the US failed to recognize all the participants that fell victim to the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. After Ingrid and Sumi families were accused of being a threat to national…show more content… Johanna is not able to get customers because of the stigma of her husband arrest and cannot pay the house mortgage, having to sell the house at the end. Ingrid stops going to school to help her mother with chores. The family is heavily dislike, despised, and discriminated because of the German blood they possess. That fact is proven one morning when Ingrid found her mother bleeding out. Apparently, an intruder came to her demanding money, Johanna mentions that she defended herself with a pipe that she had close to her. Ingrid runs to get help and ends up in Mrs. McGovern’s house. She asks her to call the sheriff and to tell Aunt Klara to come right away. Mrs. Govern never calls, the sheriff never comes, and there was no investigation. The Eiserloh family were outcasts, which was proven when a little girl that was pleading for help for her mother’s treatment, was sadly ignored. Before staying at Crystal City, Ingrid and her family were living in Aunt Klara basement and despised it. Ingrid hated living there because she felt claustrophobic. In Wyoming, Sumi and her family were relocated to Heart mountain relocation camp in the aftermath. Sumi is angry about the
