Biography
Dr. Hans Zimmerman was a German-born US citizen interned after the December 8, 1941 wartime roundup in Hawaii. In a March 10, 1942 letter to Delegate Samuel W. King he protested that he remained confined without a specific charge, described witnesses who vouched for his loyalty, and objected to being held with Nazi sympathizers. The signed letter establishes actual prolonged administrative detention and his appeal against it. His exact first camp admission, final release, life dates and measured total confinement are not established here.
Dr. Hans Zimmerman was a German-born US citizen interned after the December 8, 1941 wartime roundup in Hawaii. In a March 10, 1942 letter to Delegate Samuel W. King he protested that he remained confined without a specific charge, described witnesses who vouched for his loyalty, and objected to being held with Nazi sympathizers. The signed letter establishes actual prolonged administrative detention and his appeal against it. His exact first camp admission, final release, life dates and measured total confinement are not established here. Administrative wartime confinement, not a judicial sentence. Dr. Hans Zimmerman was a German-born US citizen interned after the December 8, 1941 wartime roundup in Hawaii. In a March 10, 1942 letter to Delegate Samuel W. King he protested that he remained confined without a specific charge, described witnesses who vouched for his loyalty, and objected to being held with Nazi sympathizers. The signed letter establishes actual prolonged administrative detention and his appeal against it. His exact first camp admission, final release, life dates and measured total confinement are not established here.
Original wartime civilian internment records, PDF pages 14, 15, 16, 17.
Pacific Citizen reports Zimmerman’s internment ended March 12, 1943. The Hawaii historic registration and Densho corroborate actual release in March, distinguishing physical discharge from the earlier release order and the continuing exclusion from Hawaii.
