JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONS OF ITALIAN ANCESTRY DURING WORLD WAR II SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - - The Justice Department submitted to the United States Congress, pursuant to the Wartime Violation of Italian American Civil Liberties Act, a review of the restrictions imposed on persons of Italian ancestry during World War II.

The report includes information about persons of Italian ancestry who were arrested during World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The report documents federal action affecting persons of Italian ancestry within the context of wartime orders, proclamations, and directives between September 1939 and December 1945.

The Wartime Violation of Italian American Civil Liberties Act directed the Attorney General to conduct a comprehensive review of the treatment of persons of Italian ancestry by the federal government and to report to Congress.

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