August 6th, 2006
Facing up to Past Wrongs
By Henry Lopez
Staff Writer
Over the course of the World War II, 4,555 men were held at the Santa Fe camp, which was where Casa Solana is today. At its peak, the camp spanned 80 acres and held about 2,100 men, said Nancy Bartlit, co-author of the book Silent Voices of World War II: When the Sons of The Land of Enchantment Met the Sons of the Land of the Rising Sun.
The cast of Face also includes: sixth-graders Amber Nolasco and Pearl Hesselden; fifth-grader RayLee Bell; fourth-grader Sarah Voter, third-graders Daria Balatsky, Eliana Bell, Teddy [Henry Lopez] and Ursula Vold; second-graders John Ossorgin, Matthew Romero and Mikie Romero; and first-grader Rise Miller.
- Richard Startzman, left, films a dress rehearsal Wednesday by Carlos Gilbert Elementary School students performing a student-produced opera based on the history of the Japanese internment camp in Santa Fe during World War II. Ursula Vold, center, and Daria Balatsky, right, are two of 16 students in a group that received funding from cable television's History Channel.
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