Newsline Church of Brother
Fabrairu 11, 2017
Wannan wani yanki ne na labarin marigayiya Mary Blocher Smeltzer game da yadda ita da mijinta, Ralph Smeltzer, suka taimaka wa iyalai Ba’amurke Ba’amurke waɗanda gwamnatin Amurka ta shiga tsakani a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Smeltzers sun fara koyarwa a sansanin horo na Manzanar sannan suka yi aiki don ƙaura iyalai na Jafananci-Amurka zuwa Chicago da New York tare da taimako daga Cocin Brothers da Bethany Seminary. An haɗa wannan labarin a cikin babi mai suna "Aikin Matsugunin Jafananci-Amurka" a cikin littafin "Don Bauta Zaman Yanzu: Labari na Hidimar 'Yan'uwa," edita ta Donald F. Durnbaugh kuma Brother Presse ya buga a 1975:
"Ranar Harbor Pearl-Lahadi, Disamba 7, 1941-rana ce da yawancin mu ke tunawa dalla-dalla, gami da ainihin inda muke da abin da muke yi. A lokacin, ni da Ralph muna koyar da makaranta kuma muna zaune a Gabashin Los Angeles. A gare mu, ya zama farkon sha'awarmu da ayyukanmu a cikin halin da Amurkawa Japanawa ke ciki a gabar Yamma a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Ba da daɗewa ba matsin lamba na jama'a da na soja ya fara hauhawa don yin wani abu game da "Japs" a kan Tekun. Buƙatun ƙaura sun ƙaru, sun ƙarfafa ta Hearst Press, Caucasian kayan lambu da masu noman gandun daji, da Laftanar Janar John B. Dewitt, kwamandan soji na Kogin Yamma. Tsaron ƙasa ya zama dalilin korar Amirkawan Japan 110,000 da ke zaune a gabar Tekun Yamma….
Ba'amurke na farko da aka kora su ne waɗanda ke zaune a Tsibirin Terminal, wani yanki na kamun kifi da ke San Pedro – tashar ruwa ta Los Angeles. An ba su sanarwar sa'o'i arba'in da takwas a watan Fabrairu, 1942, su watsar da dukiyoyinsu kuma su tashi. Ralph ya ɗauki hutu na kwana ɗaya daga makaranta don ya taimaka. An riga an cire shi daga matsayin malamin makaranta a makarantun Los Angeles domin ya nuna rashin amincewarsa na sayar da tambarin tsaro. Ya kadu matuka da ganin motocin jeeps na sojoji dauke da manyan bindigogi suna sintiri a kan tituna yayin da ‘yan fashin suka rika kai farmaki a kan gidaje daga lungunan... A cikin 'yan makonni an kwashe duk Amurkawan Japan da ke yankin Los Angeles, yawanci da sassafe. Mun taimaka musu da karin kumallo a tashar jirgin kasa da tasha, muna tashi da karfe biyar, muna taimaka a tashoshin, sannan muka tafi makaranta da sauri.
“Tasha ta farko ga mutanen da aka kwashe ita ce ‘cibiyar taro’ irin su Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia, ko Filin Gaggawa na Gundumar Los Angeles a Pomona. An yi amfani da rumfunan dawakai da kuma bariki da aka yi gaggawar gina su don gina su….
“Yayin da aka kwashe mutanen daga yankunan birni a cikin bazara na 1942, waɗanda ke yankunan karkara an kwashe su a lokacin rani. Yayin da muke jagorantar wani sansanin aikin rani a Farmersville kusa da Lindsay a cikin kwarin San Joaquin, an ɗauke Amurkawan Jafanawa daga wannan yanki na cikin ƙasa yanzu an lasafta shi da Zone 2. Wasu manoman Jafanawa-Amurkawa daga Tekun sun ƙaura zuwa can da farko suna tsammanin za su tsira daga ƙaura. . Mun shirya yunƙurin samar da abinci da sufuri zuwa tashar jirgin ƙasa domin saukakawa waɗanda aka kwashe.
“Duk da cewa shugabannin sojoji sun yi maraba da taimakon da muka samu, tsoffin sojoji, sojoji, da ‘yan sandan yankin sun tursasa mu har ma da yi mana barazana. Lamarin ya yi muni matuka, don haka aka tara dukkan masu taimako da wuri a ranar da aka kwashe domin mu sake yin la’akari da shirye-shiryenmu da kuma yin taron addu’a. Mun yanke shawarar cewa Kiristanci yana kan shari'a a Lindsay a ranar, kuma dole ne mu ci gaba. Masu azabtar da mu sun kewaye mu a tashar jirgin ƙasa, suna girgiza mu, suna jifan mu da kalaman batanci, amma ba su cutar da mu ba.
"A hankali a hankali an sanya duk Amurkawa na Yammacin Gabar Kogin Yamma zuwa Cibiyoyin Matsalolin Yaƙi a cikin wuraren da ke gabas da Saliyo, a California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, da Arkansas. Mun yanke shawarar neman neman koyarwa a Cibiyar Manzanar a arewa maso gabashin Mt. Whitney kusa da Lone Pine, California….”
- An buga wani abin tunawa ga Mary Blocher Smeltzer wanda ya bayyana tsawon rayuwarta na shaida don zaman lafiya da adalci a cikin sunan Kristi a cikin "Brethren bits" na Newsline bayan ta rasu a shekara ta 2012. Tunawa da ita shine abu na uku a shafi na. www.brethren.org/news/2012/brethren-bits-for-oct-18.html .
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