They Called Us Enemy

Cover image for They Called Us Enemy. A young japanese boy looks at the viewer while a line of people are in a row moving into a guarded camp

"They Called Us Enemy" is an illustrated memoir that George Takei co-wrotewith Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker. The story provides a window into the Japanese internment camps of World War II through the eyes of Takei and his family. It offers Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.

"George Takei's award-winning graphic memoir will offer our students and campus an opportunity to learn more about Japanese American incarceration during World War II," said Greg Eiselein, professor of English and director of K-State First. "It is an incredibly absorbing and emotionally powerful reading experience."

Book Insert | The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) They Called Us Enemy Teaching Guide | Library Research Guide: K-State First Book - They Called Us Enemy