50 years after our liberation,

60 Years After

70 Years After

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- our host, for the Weifang Government: Mr. Sui ShuDe
- "‘OPERATION DUCK’ AND THE STUDENT SAVIOR" from China Daily
- "www.wfwanbao.com" August 17, 2019 ...
- our schedule for the four days in Weifang
- guests of honor
- list of attendees
- the speeches:

- Speech by Heather & Patricia Liddell,
- Speech by Leopold Pander,
- Speech by Brian Butcher,

- official group photo
- photos:

- Elaine Yau's photos,
- Michael Rank's photos,
- Photos by Brian Kerry and Cheryl Tosh :

- TsingTao, now: Quindao.
- Chefoo, now Yantaï
- Weihsien, now Weifang
- August 17, 2015 ... the whole group ...

- Leopold Pander's photos:

- August 16: the reception,
- August 17: Liberation Day,
- August 18: the Camp visit & Kites,

- Pierre LEY-Pander's photos:

- August 16, the reception ...
- August 17, Liberation Day (part-1)
- August 17, Liberation Day (part-2)
- August 18, in Weifang ...

- Brian Butcher's photos,
- Tabatha Soltay's photos,
- Janette Ley-Pander's photos,
- Angela Cox-Elliot's photos,
- From Nicholas Kitto, a professional photographer from Hong Kong ...

- Weihsien - Weifang
- Treaty Ports

- ... read in a Weifang Newspaper, ...
- CNTV Documentary and Interviews ...

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75 Years After

Amelia di Giano

Ann McCabe

Anne deJongh

Anwei Jensen

- The Book: MED MOR (My Mother)

Stanley & Audrey Nordmo

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- A meeting with Tad Nagaki - January 2009
- ... from Audrey's autograph book ...
- The books Stanley read in Camp,
- in Memoriam: Stanley Haldor Nordmo
- in Memoriam: KATHLEN MARJORIE NORMDO RICTOR
- in Memoriam: Jack Graham (obituary)

Bob McKnight

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- BIRDS IN THE FOWLER'S NET By J. W. G. Bruce 1985
- photos: PA Bruce's familly (click on the pictures)

Bono - family archives ...

⚠Family archives ...

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BOOKS - about Weihsien,

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- "CAPTIVES OF EMPIRE" by Greg Leck
- "Short "résumé"" of the BOOKS about Weihsien
- "SHANTUNG COMPOUND" by Langdon Gilkey
- "THE CHILDREN OF WEIHSIEN 1943-1945" Book -1-
- "THE CHILDREN OF WEIHSIEN 1943-1945" Book -2-
- "Eric Liddell - PURE GOLD" by David McCasland
- "The Call" by John Hersey
- "Eric Liddell - PURE GOLD" by [US] David Mai Kasi Blue (in Chinese)
- "HE GOES BEFORE THEM ... EVEN INTO PRISON" by Meredith and Christine Helsby
- "THE MUSHROOM YEARS" by Pamela Masters ...
- "NO SOAP, LESS SCHOOL" by Ron Bridge ...
- "CHINA BORN" by Mrs. Gladys McMullan-Murray
- "A BOY'S WAR" by David Michell
- "MOONDANY KYEMA - embrace the dawn" by Ray Moore
- "LITTLE FOREIGN DEVIL" by Desmond Power
- "KEPT IN SAFEGUARD" by Mary L. Scott
- "COURTYARD OF THE HAPPY WAY" by Norman Cliff
- "PRISONERS OF THE SAMURAI" by Norman Cliff
- "Forgiven but not Forgotten" by Joyce Bradbury
- "Heritage of Faith" by Otis and Julia Whipple Family
- "Mémoires" by Emmanuel Hanquet
- "Hier in het Oosten alles wel" by Mieke Melief (in Dutch)
- "THE ENEMY WITHIN" by Raymond deJaegher
- "Le Gué du Ciel" by Jacqueline Dubois
- "CHINESE ESCAPADE" by Laurance Tipton
- "Un Moine d'Aujourd'hui" by Giovani Hoyois
- "Tempête sur la Chine" traduit de l'américain par Denise MEUNIER
- "STARS IN THE SKY" by Patrick J. Scanlan
- "A CROSS IN CHINA" by Sr. M. Servatia, O.S.F.
- "Persistence of Light" by John Hoyte
- "MED MOR" by Anwee Jensen (in Norwegian)
- "Lilla's Feast" by Frances Osborne
- "One Leaf in Time" by Sylvia Prince
- "THE INQUIRER MAGAZINE" by Mary Previte
- "WHITE WOLVES in CHINA" by James H. Pyke
- "SECRET OF WEIFANG" by James Jess Hannon
- "WHEN WE WERE YOUNG & BRAVE" by Hazel Gaynor
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Books: The Pacific Theater WW2

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- "Moondany Kyema" by Ray Moore
- "Stolen Childhoods" by Nicola Tryer
- "Children of the Camps" by Mark Felton
- "Tientsin" by David C. Hulme
- "An Itrepid Woman" by Patrick M.R. Gibson
- "Midnight In Peking" by Paul French
- "Life & Death In Old Peking" by G.D. Sheppard
- "The Secret of Weifang" by James Jess Hannon
- "Le Gué Du Ciel" by Jacqueline Dubois
- "Japon: Les Fantômes de l'Histoire" par Bruno Birolli
- "Five Marks" by James Jess Hannon
- "L'Armée de l'Empereur" par Jean-Louis Margolin
- "GOLD Warriors" by Peggy Seagrave, Sterling Seagrave
- "Violences et crimes du Japon en guerre" par J-L Margolin
- "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan" by Herbert P. Bix
- "The Flamboya Tree" by Clara Olink Kelly
- "Géographie de la Chine - 1932" par René Joüon S.J.
- "The Final Betrayal" by Mark Felton
- "A Lovely Little War" by Angus Lorenzen
- "Bringing Mulligan Home" by Dale Maharidge
- "The Puppet Emperor" by Brian Power
- "Photo Album" by Nicholas Kitto.
- "The Belgian Mandarin" Paul Splingaerd by Anne Megowan
- "Secrets and Spies" by Mara Moustafine
- "Courber la Tête dans les Camps Japonais" par Lydia Chagoll
- TIMELINE - Royal Families - Europe ...
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Books in French ...

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- "Mémoires (de Chine)" par Emmanuel Hanquet.
- "Le Gué du Ciel" par Jacqueline Dubois
- "Atlas Scolaire de 1932"
- "Monsieur l'Abbé Emmanuel Hanquet"
- "Un Moine D'Aujourd'hui" par Giovani Hoyois
- "Une Lettre de la Croix Rouge de Belgique" - officiel (6/2/1944).
- "Prisonier à l'âge de deux ans" journal: "LE SOIR" - Belgique
- "Tempête Sur La Chine" par Raymond deJaegher (traduction ML Pander)
- "Tempête Sur La Chine" par Raymond deJaegher (traduction Denise Meunier - 1953)
- "Les Fantômes de l'Histoire" par Bruno Birolli
- "Courber la Tête dans les Camps Japonais" par Lydia Chagoll
- "Gloires et Souvenirs Maritimes" par Maurice Loir
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Books in Chinese ...

⚠Chapter - main page

- "Chinese Escapade"
- "Shantung Compound"
- "Eric Liddell - Pure Gold"
- "Courtyard of the Happy Way Concentration Camp"
- "The First College In China" by Moses Chu
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Brian Butcher

⚠Chapter - main page

- photo album
- paintings & sketches
- 2007 - a visit to Weifang
- "Red Cross" messages
- Weihsien Memories" by Brian Butcher
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Chris & Lisa Hannon

⚠Chapter - main page

- The Commandant's "KATANA"
- "YUN HUI" certificate, medal and ribon.
- "The Secret of Weifang"
- "Five Marks"
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Christian de Saint Hubert

⚠Chapter - main page

- Obituary of Christian de Saint Hubert

- "Warship International" magazine (excerpt)
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- Photos, paintings & sketches
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Christina D. Spink

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- © by courtesy, Dr. Christina D. Spink
- Contents
- Prologue
- Historical Context
- Mary's story
- Kathleen's story
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Definitions
- History
- Methodology
- Bibliography
- ... download the complete file (*.pdf)
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Gay and Christine Talbot

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- Mrs. Talbot's paintings
- Mrs. Ida Talbot's Weihsien recipe book
- Gay's Autograph book
- Mrs. Ida Talbot's Diary (excerpts)

- Ariving in Weihsien ... March 20, 1943
- Excerpt from Ida Jones Talbot’s diary entry of April 11, 1944
- Liberation day, 70 years ago
- September 4th, 1945 : Weihsien Concentration Camp, official letter
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- our Weihsien photos,
- Photo: ... after the War,
- Photo: ... before the War - Cerino & Eric Liddell,
- Photo: ... Father Rutherford,
- Old photos from China,
- Photo: "Fathers" ... a group photograph,
- Christine's visit to Belgium in 2005,
- Gay's visit to Belgium in 2006.
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Joyce and Eddie Cooke

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- Water colours -- locations -- from Joyce and Eddie Cooke's collection
- Joyce and Eddie Cooke's collection
- "FORGIVEN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" by Joyce Bradbury née Cooke
- Photos: August 17, 2005,
- Joyce's Autograph Book (click on the pages ...)
- Prisoner of War & Internee Camps in the Far East.
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David Beard

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- David Beard, as he was in May 1946 ...
- David Beard, as he was in September 2003 ...
- David Beard's photos & documents:

- 1945,

- B-29, 73RD Wing. Photographs of Weihsien.

- 1985,
- 2003,
- 2005.

- The 60-years celebrations of liberation
- Flying Tigers

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Donald Menzi

⚠Chapter - main page

- Photos - Weifang - 60 years ago, August 17, 1945
- Powerpoint Slide Show

- PPS - Weihsien Remembered ...
- PPS - The Remaining Buildings ...
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- Celebrating Weihsien's liberation - *.pdf-document.
- Americans return: Life-magazine, December 20, 1943.
- Short (silent) video: m/v Gripsholm
- Slide Show - Weihsien Remembered ...
- Watercolors, by Mrs. Gertrude Wilder
- Excerpts from Donald Menzi's scrapbooks:

- Weihsien_George Wilder__Diary.pdf
- 1939-TheStanley-WilderSaga.pdf
- 1940-Life In Occupied Peking.pdf
- 1941-43-The Wilders.pdf
- 1941-Forbodings Of A World At War.pdf
- 1943-March to September -The Internement Camp At WeiHsien.pdf
- 1943-September to December -A Journey Of Repatriates.pdf
- 1943-October 15 -AmericansArriveAtExchangePort.pdf
- 1943-1016-Baby.pdf
- 1943-October 17 -Enemies Mingling At Exchange Port.pdf
- 1943-October 18-Ordeals In Orient Mark Repatriates.pdf
- 1943-November 16 -Japanese Warnings Gags Repatriates.pdf
- 1943-1202-Gripsholm.pdf
- 1943-Galt_Weihsien.pdf
- 1943-The_voyage_of_the_gripsholm.pdf
- 1943-WEIHSIEN_DIARY_Wilder.pdf
- 1943-WeihsienTheTest.pdf
- 1945-46-RESETTLED_IN_OBERLIN.pdf
- 1946-62-TheWilders.pdf
- 1947-52-EPILOGUE.pdf
- My_Helen_Burton_Story.pdf
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- Helen Burton's "Elephant Shop"
- The "Beautiful Stew"
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Dorothy Potter

⚠Chapter - main page

- Excerpt: "THREE STAYED THERE, AN INTERLUDE"
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Dwight Whipple

⚠Chapter - main page

- Excerpts: "HERITAGE of FAITH" february 2006.
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Eileen Bazire

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- Paintings: by Eileen Bazire.
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Eric Gustafson

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- Photos: Weihsien Compound at the very begining of the 20th century,
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Eric Liddell

⚠Chapter - main page

- The Book: "Pure Gold" by David McCasland,
- The Book: "Pure Gold" in Chinese, 作者: [美] 大卫·麦卡斯蓝
- Eric Liddell: "Remembered" (Missionary recollections)
- Eric Liddell: China Rediscovers Its Hero (December 2008)
- Eric Liddell's former roommate in China (April 2017)
- Eric Liddell's Tientsin born daughters in 2015
- Eric Liddell: Memorial stone - Weifang, June 1991
- Eric Liddell: "A Man Of Faith" Evening News, January 1999
- Eric Liddell: in Norman Cliff's scrapbooks,
- Eric Liddell Centre in Scotland (website)
- Eric Liddell's grave in 1945
- Eric Liddell's grave in 1991
- "Beyond The Chariots of Fire" by James Taylor III
- Eric Liddell: by Eileen Soper (portrait)
- "Pure Gold": Foreword by James Taylor III
- Eric Liddell: Saturday Evening Post, February 2017
- Eric Liddell: photo from Christine Sancton's photo album
- Eric Liddell: Beijing 2008 - The Begining of a Legend ?
- Eric Liddell: "A Man Who Could Forgive" by Stephen Metcalf.
- Eric Liddell: eBao Monthly: (more about Eric)曲拯民
- "Beijing Olympics 2008" by Oliver Holt

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