Suffering and pain can be seen at first glance and can too be felt with the memorials detailed carvings.
A vignette on the memorial is of a Japanese family destroying pieces of their culture to signify the assimilation process people were going through at the time.
The father holds his daughters doll over blazing logs while his daughter fights to stop him.
Just behind the two is the mother who presses her hands to her face in horror of what is taking place.
As she grieves a man continues to pass more memorabilia in her direction.
During this time the Japanese were encouraged to do away with their culture and give into Americanization.
On the other hand and side of the sculpture it showed that the Japanese did not entirely give up their ways of life.
A man is sitting on the ground wearing his new Americanized dress attire, using chopsticks to eat.
The memorial is located in San Jose, it was created by Ruth Asawa who was also a member of a Japanese internment camp.
She experienced first hand the events that are etched into the sculpture.
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