The Ritchie Boys is a documentary film that tells the story of a group of young German Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi Germany and were trained as intelligence operatives in the United States during World War II. They were instrumental in the Allied victory, using their language skills and unique perspectives to gather crucial intelligence.
Like many Japanese Americans released from WWII internment camps, the young Omori sisters did their best to erase the memories and scars of life under confinement. Fifty years later acclaimed filmmaker Emiko Omori asks her older sister and other detainees to reflect on the personal and political consequences of internment. From the exuberant recollections of a typical teenager, to the simmering rage of citizens forced to sign loyalty oaths, Omori renders a poetic and illuminating picture of a deeply troubling chapter in American history.
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