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Prisoner of War & Internee Camps in the Far East


... map of China before WWII ...


Emmanuel Hanquet's map of China used after the war when he was working for the U.N.R.R.A.


List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II.
From WIKIPEDIA, the free encyclopedia.
Further information: Far East prisoners of war, Prisoner-of-war camp, and List of concentration and internment camps.



... in 2005, the exact location of our "old" compound was difficult on account of the low quality pictures available from Google Maps.
Fortunately, a few years later, we could enjoy much better 'High Definition' photos that allowed us to locate the exact position of the compound ... (see below ... )



... "old" map of China ...


... old schoolbook:
The Geography of China as it was in 1932.



Copy of Father Verhoeven's map of our compound ...
and many other sketches ...



... Shantung provice in 1932 ...


High Definition Google Maps:


... click on the picture and open the book:
"The Children of Weihsien".

... then, go to page 207, 208 and further ... and read about what we remembered about the size of our concentration camp !



... "old" map of China ...


... "old" map of Siberia ...