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On the Other Side of the Painted White Fence St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church ~ Juneau, Alaska

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An Old Photo of the original Buildings on this site make me think this is the old Rectory.

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Memorial on the grounds of the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church.
In the turbulence of World War 11, as Japan invaded the Aleutian Islands, Aleut Americans were removed from their homes by the United States government & sent to isolated internment camps in Southeast Alaska. Between June 1942 & August 1945. Aleuts were confined to camps where abysmal conditions & government neglect led to disease & death. Ten percent of the men, women, & children died. As Aleuts prayed for deliverance their homes & churches were looted by Allied friendly forces sent to defend the Aleutian & Pribilof Islands. Suspected of nothing, accused of nothing, the Aleuts loyalty to the U.S. was never in question. Decades later a special commission determined federal officials had as a matter of simple convenience limited Aleuts freedoms. The many who died in the camps were a huge loss, the Commission on Wartime Relocation & Internment of Civilians concluded American proud diversity, thereby lost a distinctive part of itself.
We will speak your name & tell stories about you, We willremember you. An gitalix

Burnet Inlet
Unalaska
Olson, John
Newell, Martha
Lekanott, Steve
Shapsnikoff, Sergie
Stepetin, William
Zakaroff, Mary

Funter Bay
St. George
Galanin, Alexander, Sr.
Kashevarof, Lydia
Lekanof, Erena
Lekanof, Pelagia
Lekanof, Polagin
Lekanof, Serge, Jr.
Lestnkof, Anna
Lestenkof, Constantine
Lokanin, Alexander
Nozekof, Alexandra
Nozekof
Nozekof, Mary
Nozekof, Paul Jr.
Prokopiof, Afanasia
Prokopiof, Agnes
Prokopiof, Anna
Prokopiof, Lucy
Prokopiof, Steganadia
Stepetin, Anna
Swetzof
Swetzof, Olga
Swetzof, Julia

Funter Bay
St. Paul
Bear, Kenneth
Bear, Susan Della
Bourdukofsky, Peter
Emanoff, Pauline
Emanoff, George
Emanoff
Ermanoff
Hapoff, Nekita
Hapoff, Sergius
Kochutin, Susan Della
Kochutin, Infant
Kochutin, John
Krukoff, Dorothy
Malavansky, Alice
Mandregan, Helena
Mandregan, Logan
Merculieff, Alexander
Merculieff, Abrahma
Nederazof, Alexander
Oustigoff, Anastasia
Pankoff, Vlass
Sedick, Lavrenty
Shabolin, Serge
Shabolin, Vlass
Stepetin, Dorafey
Swetzoff, Julia
Tetoff, Dana

Ward Cove
Nikolski
Bezezekoff, Fedora
Bezezekoff, Timothy
Bezezekoff, Katherine
Chercasen, Susie Zoya
Chercasen, Dosofey
Emerson (Ermeloff), Sara
Krukoff, Constantine R.
Krukoff, John
Krukoff, Ladimar
Krukoff, Oliana
Pletnikoff, Eoff
Sovoroff, Barabra
Sovoroff, Leonty, Jr.
Sovoroff, Irene
Sovoroff, Infant
Talanoff, Simeon
Talanoff, Helen
Talanoff, Matrona
Talanoff, Sara.

Ward Cove
*Akutan
Petikoff
Prokopief, Demetrie

Ward Cove
*Kashega
Borenin, Sergie
Denesoff, Nikefer
Kudrin
Yatchmenoff
Yatchmenoff, Infant

Ward Cove
*Makushin
Borenin
Borenin

Killisnoo
Atka
Dirks, Margy
Gardner, Steve
Golley, Constantine
Kovoroff, Peter
Kovoroff, Raymond
Matchene, Mike
Mercheenen, Anna
Nevzoroff, Larry
Nevzoroff, Valentine
Zaochhey, Paul
Zaochny, Moses

***There is no record of death for the individuals listed for Akutan, Kashega, Makushin.
Their death are remembered by other evacuees.

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