• maps
    • Map of China, 1945
    • Map of China, 1995
    • Weihsien Compound in 1943
    • Weihsien Compound with street names
    • Weihsien: aerial view
    • Google Earth: Weifang today
    • Street map of Weifang
    • zoom
    • where is the "compound"
    • No.2 Middle-Class-School
    • superposition
    • go to Google Earth
    • altitude: 12 miles
    • altitude: 28830 feet
    • altitude: 7269 feet
    • altitude: 2415 feet
    • altitude: 2183 feet
    • superposition of the compound on the map
    • Map of China 1946 UNRRA
  • Topica - archives
    • Year 2000
    • Year 2001
    • Year 2002
      • January to June, 2002
      • July to December, 2002
    • Year 2003
      • January to June, 2003
      • July to December, 2003
    • Year 2004
      • January to June, 2004
      • July to December, 2004
    • Year 2005
      • January to June, 2005
      • July to December, 2005
    • Year 2006
    • Year 2007
    • Year 2008
  • Paintings and Sketches
    • General map with ALL the paintings and sketches
    • Father Verhoeven's paintings
      • picture MENU
      • Slide Show
    • Father Louis Schmid's paintings
      • picture MENU
      • Slide SHOW
    • Mrs. Eileen Bazire's paintings
      • picture MENU
      • Slide SHOW
    • Mrs. Gertrude Wilder's paintings
      • picture MENU
      • Slide SHOW
    • Joyce and Eddie Cooke's collection
      • picture MENU
      • Slide SHOW
    • Dr. Norman Cliff's collection
      • picture MENU
      • Slide SHOW
    • Mrs. Ida Talbot's paintings
      • picture MENU
      • Slide SHOW
    • Ted Pearson's collection
      • picture MENU
      • Slide SHOW
    • William A. Smith's sketches
      • picture MENU
      • Slide SHOW
  • I-Remember
    • printable map (A4) in *.pdf-format
    • IRemember from TOPICA
    • IRemember from Father Hanquet (31)
    • IRemember from Janette LEY-PANDER (7)
    • IRemember from George KNISELY-REINBRECHT (12)
    • IRemember from Mary PREVITE-TAYLOR (13)
    • IRemember from James H. TAYLOR III (16)
    • IRemember from Ted PEARSON (10)
    • IRemember from Gerald WALSHAM (6)
    • IRemember from Jimmy HARRISON (17)
    • IRemember from Peter BAZIRE (14)
  • 60 Years Later
    • Introducing Modern Weifang
      • picture MENU
      • geography
        • map of China
        • map of China - Weifang
        • road map
        • road map - Weifang
        • city map + ZOOM
        • satelite map
        • shadow of Weihsien CAC (hospital near the river)
        • aerial view in 1945 from a B-29-bomber
      • geo-economy
      • climate
      • recent history
      • our Hosts, ---
    • Photos - August 17, 2005
      • from Donald Menzi,
      • from David Beard,
        • slide SHOW
      • from Mary Previte,
      • from James Taylor III,
        • slide SHOW
      • from Ted Pearson,
      • from Gerry Walsham,
      • from Joyce Bradbury,
    • Slide Show
      • Old 1945-buildings remaining in 2005 ---
      • Weifang TV 2007 - Visit to Belgium ---
    • LINKS
    • SPEECHES
      • by ZHANG XINQI
      • by ZHANG QUANLIN
      • by ZHANG XIHONG
      • by Mary TAYLOR-PREVITE
      • by Stephen METCALF
      • by Gerry WALSHAM
    • Written in the local press:
      • 60-ans après, par le Père Emmanuel Hanquet
  • The Magnificent Seven
    • LETTER: to Internees Weihsien CAC
      • America has Heroes, by Mary Previte
    • From Mary's autograph book
    • photo: James Jess Hannon
    • photo: Liberator Ensign Jim Moore
      • Rescue from the Sky, by Mary T. Previte
    • photo: Ensign Jim Moore being awarded soldiers medal
      • citation
      • Rescue from the Sky, by Mary T. Previte
    • photo: Ensign Jim Moore and Major Stanley Staiger
    • photo: Tad Nagaki, Ray Hanckulak getting soldiers medal
    • photo: Peter Orlich, radio operator
    • photo: Ray Hanckulak, Stanley Staiger, Tag Nagaki, Jim Moore.
      • Finding My Heroes from Weihsien Prison Camp, by Mary T. Previte
    • photo: Sgt Raymond Hanckulak and Sgt. Tad Nagaki.
    • LINK: to Norman Cliff's documents
    • LINK: to Mary T. Previte's collection
    • doc: 1945 - B24 Liberator
    • photo: Armored Angel
    • photo: Jim Hannon and Mary Previte, Palm Springs, California.
    • photo: Mary Previte and Major Stanley Staiger
    • photo: Mary Previte and Jim Moore
    • photo: Mary Previte, Tad Nagaki, Emily Bryant, Alliance, Nebraska, 1998
    • Tad Nagaki by Renita Foster
      • Story 1: Pearl Harbor attack energizes 'Nisei'
      • Story 2: Freed from one camp, he helps liberate
        another
      • Story 3: March to freedom filled with danger
      • Story 4: Veteran “went for broke” to serve country
      • Story 5: ‘Merrill’s Marauders,’ Nisei helped shorten
        World War II
      • Story 6: Soldier becomes ‘Armored Angel’,
        freeing prisoners
      • Story 7: Hiroshima 1945: Japanese-American officer
        finds old home an atomic wasteland
    • Tad Nagaki, November 2007
      • Sallows Military Museum
      • Weihsien Liberator Tad Nagaki and mayor
        Dan Kusek of Alliance, Nebraska
      • Weihsien Liberator Tad Nagaki and mayor Dan Kusek
      • Weihsien Liberator Tad Nagaki and mayor
      • Weihsien liberator TAD NAGAKI
      • --- we met on the morning of November 23rd. Tad's brother, Ma, was there as well as two sisters in law, two nieces, a nephew and some grand nieces and grand nephews
      • Tad Nagaki and his brother with the mayor ---
      • Tad continues to simply say he was no hero ---
  • Eric Liddell
    • slide SHOW
    • Introduction portrait
    • Beautiful hymn that soothed Liddell's pain
    • Dedication of Eric Liddell's Memorial Stone at Weifang, China, June 9, 1991
      • The Eric Liddell Monument, by Norman Cliff
      • What Characterizes the Spirit of Eric Liddell, by David Michell
      • Conclusion
      • Significant dates in Eric Liddell's Life
      • Bibliography
    • picture-1: Middle School students - Weifang
    • picture-2: Middle School students - Weifang
    • picture-3: June 9, 1991, David Michell addressing the audience
      • Chefoo and Weihsien (Weifang) revisited, by David Michell
    • picture-4: David Michell addressing the audience
    • picture-5: The audience
    • picture-6: Norman Cliff addressing the audience
      • The Eric Liddell Monument, by Norman Cliff
      • Eric Liddell in Weihsien Camp, by Norman Cliff
    • picture-7: David Michell. Transcription of the monument's text.
    • picture-8: Eric Liddell's grave, as it was in 1945
      • Map of the graveyard (1945) + ZOOM
      • Chinese Grave's Secret: A Famed Runner Rests Here, by Barbara Basler
      • Topica messages
    • picture-9: Eric Liddell's grave in 1991
    • picture-10: Eric Liddell's portrait by Eileen Soper
      • In the Picture, by Andrew Graham-Dixon
    • picture-11: PureGold, foreword by James Taylor III
    • LINK: The Eric Liddell Centre
    • --- more about Eric ---
  • Laurance Tipton
    • --- as he was, in 1946
    • photo: taken in 1988 ---
    • Chinese Escapade
      • JAPANESE INQUISITION---
      • KIDNAPPED ---
      • PRISON IN MONGOLIA---
      • COURT-MARTIAL, AND RELEASE ---
      • PAROLE IN PEKING
      • CONCENTRATION CAMP
      • “THIS FUTILE EXISTENCE"
      • PROVINCIAL POLITICS
      • A GUERRILLA PERSONALITY
      • THE BEGINNINGS OF RESISTANCE
      • ESCAPE
      • WITH THE GUERRILLAS
      • CONTACT WITH CHUNGKING
      • EVADING THE JAP'S
      • THE COMMUNISTS ATTACK
      • AN EMBARRASSING POSITION
      • RELIEF OF WEIHSIEN CAMP
      • AND NOW?
    • sketch: GATEWAY TO THE COURTYARD OF THE HAPPY WAY
    • sketch: EXTERIOR OF AN " APARTMENT "
    • sketch: INTERIOR OF AN " APARTMENT "
    • sketch: ROLL-CALL IN THE CAMP
    • sketch: ". . . ADEQUATE ACCOMMODATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED ", ASSURES THE JAPANESE CONSUL-GENERAL IN PEKING
    • sketch: CAMP WALL FROM THE OUTSIDE
    • sketch: JAPANESE SPIES BEING BURIED ALIVE
    • sketch: SNATCHING A MEAL IN A PEASANT'S COTTAGE
    • sketch: A SHORT RESPITE DURING NIGHT MANOEUVRES
    • sketch: THE FORTIFIED ANTI-COMMUNIST BASE AT HSIAO-HOTZE
    • DETAILED SKETCH MAP OF GENERAL WANG YU-MIN'S AREA
    • SKETCH MAP SHOWING GENERAL WANG YU-MIN'S AREA
    • photo: The Liberation Group
  • father Louis Schmid
    • slide SHOW
    • map with painting locations
    • THE MAINGATE
    • PLAYGROUND
    • CHURCH INSIDE
      • This sketch from Father Schmid ---
    • PLAYGROUND STREET
    • CHURCHYARD
    • MARKET SQUARE AND SISTERS' QUARTERS
    • MUSIC HALL AND KITCHEN N°3
    • KITCHEN N°1
    • PRIVATE KITCHEN
    • LAZARISTS' QUARTERS
    • HOSPITAL AND SCHEUT FATHERS' QUARTERS
    • SVD QUARTERS
    • AN INTERNED PRIEST
    • SISTERS' ROOM
    • BLACK MARKET WALL (EAST)
    • BLACK MARKET
    • CEMETERY
  • father E. Hanquet
    • slide SHOW
    • mémoires, by Father Hanquet
      • Un bref survol de l'Histoire de Chine de 1911 à 1945
      • Les Origines d'une Vocation
      • Les Premiers Pas du Missionnaire
      • Démêlés avec les Japonais
      • TANGLING WITH THE JAPANESE, Translation by Michael Canning
      • Biographie
    • sketch: "Camp de Weihsien : rassemblement"
    • sketch: "Camp de Weihsien: un appartement de 4 personnes, vu de l'intérieur"
    • Photo: prise en 1939 à Tinghsien (Hobei)
    • Photo: Boy Scout Group, Weihsien - 1945 + ZOOM
      • Who's Who ---
    • Photos: a meeting in September 2001 (slide SHOW)
      • la tarte au fromage de Chaumont-Gistoux
    • Photos: Father Hanquet's 90th birthday (slide SHOW)
    • Photos: Exploring documents at the SAM/Brussels (slide SHOW)
    • Father Emanuel Hanquet, by Mr. l'Abbé Palmers
    • Belgian Red Cross, Feb 6, 1944
    • First letter home after camp
    • Father Hanquet's map of China, 1946 (UNRRA)
  • Father Verhoeven
    • slide SHOW
    • map with painting locations
    • Assembly Hall
    • Kitchen n° 1
    • Block-23
    • Trees
    • Block-23 (East)
    • Gate - Block 31
    • Bloc-50
    • Bloc-56 and water tower
    • Headquarters and Moon-Gate
    • Beyond the Walls
  • father Raymond deJaegher
    • slide SHOW
    • photo 1: The "ESCAPE" team,
      • LINK: Photo from 'Chinese Escapade' (1949) by Laurence Tipton
      • A SUCCESSFUL GETAWAY, by Father Hanquet ---
    • photo 2: 1945 - group picture (recto-verso)
    • photo 3: GROUP-PICTURE 1945-Weihsien
    • photo 4: GROUP-PICTURE 1945-Weihsien
    • doc 1: Father deJaegher's first letter home after camp
    • doc 1bis: translation into English
    • book: THE ENEMY WITHIN by Father deJaegher
      • Father de Jaegher's biography, writen in 1952.
      • the authors
      • Comments on:
      • LINK: more about Father de Jaegher ---
      • Chapter XVIII - CONCENTRATION CAMP-WEIHSIEN(1943-45)
    • photo: Father deJaegher in 1951 (recto-verso)
    • photo: Father deJaegher, Christmas, 1951 (recto-vero)
  • father Scanlan
    • book: STARS IN THE SKY, by Father Scanlan
    • front cover
    • back cover
  • Mrs. Eileen Bazire,
    • slide SHOW
    • map with picture locations
    • painting: Tin-Pan alley
    • painting: Block-23
    • painting: Weihsien guard tower
    • painting: Weihsien, camp main gate
    • painting: Notice of weekly lecture: Dutch Painting
    • painting: Glee Singers Concert Programme
    • painting: Weihsien concert programme
  • Mrs. Gertrude Wilder
    • LINK: to Donald Menzi's familly web-site
  • Mrs. Dorothy Potter
    • "THREE STAYED THERE" by Mrs. Dorothy Potter
  • Mrs. Ida Talbot
    • slide SHOW
    • map with painting locations ---
    • painting: The children's playground ---
    • painting: The Altar ---
    • painting: The Fallen Wall --- "The Omen"
      • Excerpt from Ida Talbot’s diary of the 4th July 1943 Weihsien.
    • painting: The Assembly Hall ---
    • painting: The main entrance - as seen from out-of-bounds ---
    • painting: Block No.45 ---
    • painting: The village - out of bounds ---
    • painting: Block No.6 ---
    • painting: Cow Shed Road ---
    • painting: Down Ludgate Hill Road ---
    • painting: Blocks 16 & 17 ---
    • painting: The Moon Gate and the red tiles ---
    • painting: The main entrance - closed for the night ---
    • painting: The Shoemaker's Shop ---
    • painting: The Elephant-Bell Exchange ---
    • painting: Block-50 - A bench, a chair, trees and buildings ---
    • painting: The Way to Freedom ---
    • painting: The Cemetery ---
    • painting: The main entrance - as seen from "IN the camp" ---
  • Mr. William A. Smith
    • slide SHOW
    • from Topica
    • William A. Smith Biography
    • William A. Smith's article in "Asia and the Americas" magazine July, 1946
    • sketch: the bakery ---
    • sketch: the cook ---
    • sketch: the Eurasian boy ---
    • sketch: the sergeant
    • sketch: Taipan
    • sketch: Hot Water Queue
    • sketch: the Japanese guard
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    • ----FROM:----
  • Janette and Leopold Pander,
    • photo: first picture after camp,
    • photo: five sections of a red parachute,
    • doc: Dad's armband
      • a letter to the exterior (June? 1943)
      • the same letter in english
    • doc: identity tags of the whole family
    • doc: a letter from Mr. Strobel (French living in Shanghai)
    • photo: X'mas greetings, via Siberia, 1943
    • Marie Louise Pander,born July 7, 1944 ---
      Written by Miss Dyer.
      • LINK: who was born in Weihsien
      • photo: MaryLou in 1948 (Shanghai)
      • song: "you are mu sunshine ---"
    • news: Les internés de Weihsien dans le Chantong mènent une existence paisible ---
    • news: Les internés de Shanghai mènent une existence paisible ---
    • news: Enemy aliens in North China are now interned ---
    • news: Le Soir (Belgium) May 8, 2005: Prisonnier à l'âge de 2 ans
    • A short trip to Weifang, January, 2006 ---
      • page 1, The Weifang Kites,
      • page 2, The OLD Compound,
      • page 3, The Kite museum and back to Shanghai ---
    • Gay Sancton's visit to Brussels, 2006
    • Weihsien Camp Internees saw no Jap attocities
  • Christine Talbot-Sancton,
    • LINK: Christine's photo web-site

      • -- 1) 25 Brownies outside #13
        -- 2) Camp Band
        -- 3) Chefoo Prep School Children, David Michell back left
        -- 4) Rovers and Rangers 20 in all, outside # 13
        -- 5) 18 Rangers
        -- 6) 36 Rovers and Rangers, outside #12/13
        -- 7) Scouts and Cubs
        -- 8) 17 Cubs & Leader
        -- 9) 25 Girl Guides & 2 Leaders outside #13
        -- 10) 8 Scouts
        -- 11) 16 Scouts & Leader outside #13
        -- 12) Arrival in Tsingtao & boarding buses for Edgewater Mansions Hotel by Chefoo students
        -- 13) Tsingtao arrival by train September 25
        Others from David Michell:
        -- 14) Camp Church
        -- 15) Market after end of War outside front gate
        -- 16) Girl near #18
        -- 17) Supplies being dropped Sept. 1945
        -- 18) Block 23, parachute drop
        -- 19) Block 23
        -- 20) Eric Liddell’s room (and Eric Liddell?)
        -- 21) Eric Liddell’s grave

        From Ida Talbot:
        -- 22) Over looking camp from Block 23 tower
        -- 23) Over looking camp, 3 figures in foreground
        -- 24) Milling crowds
        -- 32) Ida and 4 friends 1945

        From Ida Talbot/David Michell:
        -- 25) Kitchen II
        -- 26) 4 unidentified people by Camp Gate
        -- 27) Road Outside Camp
        -- 28) Searchlight Tower
        -- 29) Camp Hospital
        -- 30) Hospital and walls
        -- 31) Camp Bell War Block

    • photo: After the WAR, in Tientsin --- 1946 or 1947 ---
      • Who's who
    • Mrs. Ida Talbot's paintings
      • slide SHOW
      • map with painting locations ---
      • painting: The children's playground ---
      • painting: The Altar ---
      • painting: The Fallen Wall --- "The Omen"
        • Excerpt from Ida Talbot’s diary of the 4th July 1943 Weihsien.
      • painting: The Assembly Hall ---
      • painting: The main entrance - as seen from out-of-bounds ---
      • painting: Block No.45 ---
      • painting: The village - out of bounds ---
      • painting: Block No.6 ---
      • painting: Cow Shed Road ---
      • painting: Down Ludgate Hill Road ---
      • painting: Blocks 16 & 17 ---
      • painting: The Moon Gate and the red tiles ---
      • painting: The main entrance - closed for the night ---
      • painting: The Shoemaker's Shop ---
      • painting: The Elephant-Bell Exchange ---
      • painting: Block-50 - A bench, a chair, trees and buildings ---
      • painting: The Way to Freedom ---
      • painting: The Cemetery ---
      • painting: The main entrance - as seen from "IN the camp" ---
    • Father Rutherford
      • about Father Rutherford, by E. Hanquet
    • Fathers in China --- a group picture ---
    • Christine's visit to Belgium,
  • John and Albert de Zutter
    • doc: Boy Scout Association, Athlete Badge ---
    • doc: Boy Scout Association, Book Binder's Badge ---
    • Mrs. G. de ZUTTER'S IDENTITY TAG
    • WEIHSIEN BOY SCOUT BADGE
    • Un pour tous, Tous pour un.
    • photos: Albert's visit to Brussels (2004) ---
    • photos: Albert's visit to Belgium (2007) ---
      • slide show ---
  • Ray Moore
    • photo: first picture after camp ---
    • photo: a recent picture ---
    • 5 FEBRUARY 2002: Ray's visit to Weifang --
    • slide SHOW
    • map with picture locations,
    • Windows on My Track, by Raymond Moore
    • photo: Front gate to n°2 Middle School
    • photo: Former Jap residence on left of drive
    • photo: Former Jap residence on right of drive
    • photo: Facing down "Main Road" to former front gate.
    • photo: Entrance to "Eric Liddell" garden
    • photo: The Stone Tablet in memory of Eric Liddell
    • photo: One side of EL Memorial Stone
    • photo: Second side of EL Memorial Stone
    • photo: Former front gate from road
    • photo: View from front gate across stream to Gaoliang fields
    • photo: The Hospital - our first view
    • photo: The Hospital - former main entrance
    • photo: The Hospital - the entrance I remember
    • photo: The Hospital - close up of side entrance
    • photo: "Shadyside Hospital 1924" - chipped away by Red Guards
    • map of Weihsien in 1945
  • Joyce and Eddie Cooke
    • Forgiven but not Forgotten, by Joyce Bradbury née Cooke
      • Foreword
      • Preface
      • Chapter 1: How I came to be in Australia
      • Chapter 2: The Cooke family and me
      • Chapter 3: Growing up in Tsingtao
      • Chapter 4: The Japanese change my life
      • Chapter 5: Teenage prisoner of the Japanese
      • Chapter 6: Liberation
      • Chapter 7: Home to Tsingtao
      • Chapter 8: First-time Sydneysider
      • Chapter 9: Return to Asia
      • Chapter 10: Second-time Sydneysider goes back to China
      • Chapter 11: Reflections on hard times
      • Chapter 12: Thanks Father
      • Chapter 13: The Happy Way
      • Chapter 14: Anoter view of Wei-Hsien
      • Further reading
      • Notes
      • Illustrations
    • map with painting locations
    • painting: the ball field and the watch tower, by Pierre Travers-Smith
    • painting: By Bobby Simmons, now Pamela Masters, 1944.
    • painting: The honey pot man, by Ursula Simmons, 1944.
    • painting: The Gate to Freedom, by Mrs. M.S. Jamieson, 1944.
    • sketch: Weihsien activities, by Tom Nott.
    • Pacific map: prisoner of War Map --- ASIA ---
    • sketch: Block#2, sketched by Joyce Bradbury, née Cooke.
    • 2005: 60 Years later in Weifang ---
    • [click here] to read the book
  • David Beard
    • first picture after camp ---
    • --- a recent picture.
    • 1945 - Photos and documents
      • map with locations
      • photo: 1945 - American flag over Bloc-23
      • photo: 1945 - Shadyside Hospital
      • Rare envelope cover 1943-1945 (recto-verso)
      • Rare envelope cover 1943-1945
      • doc: 1945 - B24 Liberator + commentary
      • photo: 1945 - 73RD WING PHOTOGRAPH of Weihsien CAC + zoom + links
      • photo: September 1945 - Weihsien Camp - Main gate
      • photo: September 1945 - The Hospital and a Guard Tower
      • doc: the "Superfortress" B-29 + commentary
      • painting: Weihsien, May '1945 Block-56, The Priest's Shack + links & comments
      • photo: 'Escapees return to Camp' from "Chinese Escapade" by Laurance Tipton
      • doc: The 'Flying Tigers' of Burma / China and their relevance to Weihsien C.A.C.
      • photo: 'Qingdao Railway Station, Sept 25 1945'
      • photo: 'Qingdao Railway Station, Sept 25 1945 --- The Swiss Consul'
      • photo: 'Edgewater Mansions'Hotel, Sept 1945' + link & comments
    • 1945 - aerial views of Weihsien CAC
      • photo and map superposed ---
      • photo: 1945 - American flag over Bloc-23 + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - American flag over Bloc-23 + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - Block 23 and Hospital + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - The compound and surrounding fields + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - The compound + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - The City, a bridge and the river + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - The city and fields beyond + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - The city of Weihsien --- + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - Parachute drops over Wiehsien CAC + zoom
      • photo: 1945 - Parachute in a gao-ling field + zoom
    • 1985 - photos ---
      • map with photo-locations ---
      • 1985 - Weihsien Hospital water tower
      • 1985 - Weihsien Hospital
      • 1986-CACW- former Jap residence
      • 1985 - Weihsien Camp - Block-23
    • 2003 - photos ---
      • map with photo locations ---
      • 2003 - Weihsien city gate, with new addition above
      • 2003 - Weihsien city gate - other side
      • 2003 - 'Block-35, almost in it's original state' + link
      • 2003 - Eric Liddell memorial obelisk
      • 2003 -Former general store building now 'Weihsien Concentration Camp Memorial Museum'. + links ---
      • Sept 2003 - Weihsien camp. Block - 50 + Links ---
    • 2005 - photos --- groups & persons
      • Link: to Weihsien Tourist Park photos
      • map with photo-locations ---
      • 2005 - Group Photo of the Commemoration + ZOOM + NAMES ---
      • --- ex-Weihsien internees at the 2005 celebrations --- + ZOOM + NAMES
      • 'Chefoo Schools ex-Weihsien internees group'
      • Flying Tigers
      • The 'Flying Tigers' of Burma / China and their relevance to Weihsien C.A.C.
      • 2005 - magazine which the Weifang Government
        gave
        • table of contents --- + Links
        • photo: The start of the winding road over the Himalayas from India to China.
        • Generalissimo Jiang Kai Shek, Madame Jiang and Major General Chennault
        • Back-cover
    • 2005 - photos --- the tourist park ---
      • Link: to the "group" pictures ---
      • map with the picture locations ---
      • 208: wide angle picture
      • 176: The Peace Monument in the Happy Way
      • 198: 'Happy Way Square' (Ledao Guangchang).. -
      • 200: the steps/platform on the river side of the 'Happy Way' Square
      • 184: Wall of Remembrance
      • 201: The picturesque miniature bridge from Ledao Square
      • 206: Block 61
      • 213: Dawei Birch & Dawei Beard
      • 213a: Dawei Birch & Dawei Beard, standing at the front entrance of Block 61
      • 203: Tingzi and ornamental lake beside B61
      • 204: The renovated Blocks 60/59 and 58
      • 205: Blocks 60/59 and 58, joined by moongate
      • 209: Combined Blocks 60/59 behind EL monument
      • 152: Banners draped in front of our Weifang hotel
      • 155: Sui Shude is in centre foreground
      • 157: We are greeted by No 2 Middle School students
      • 158: we can see Middle School Historical Exhibition House
      • 159: The Official Dais
      • 160: Close up of the large billboard promoting Peace
      • 165: 'No 2 Middle School Choir'
      • Former general store building now 'Weihsien Concentration Camp Memorial Museum'
      • 170: 'Display in the foyer of Exhibition House'
      • 172: Block 35, spruced up + Links ---
      • 173: Block 50 + Links ---
      • 175: 'Margaret Beard and an elderly lady'
      • 186: First Meeting of the Council of Friendship in Weifang
      • 187: James H. Taylor III speaks for H.K. at the Council of Friendship
      • 216: Yangbai Village kite factory
      • 219: A Colourful Kite in Production
      • 220: The Three Goats, Symbolizing Prosperity
      • 190: Shandong Foton Heavy Industries Co Ltd
      • 191: James Broughton (son of Mary Hoyte Broughton) and Carolyn Christensen, his fiancee
      • 194: Fuwah International Conference Business Centre
      • 232: Former Edgewater Mansions Hotel + Links ---
      • 252: Former Edgewater Mansions Hotel, front view. Now known as Donghai Fandian (East Sea Hotel),
      • 271: The Donghai International Hotel, built in the 1990s
  • Donald Menzi
    • Photos of the Weifang 2005 celebrations
    • Mrs. Gertrude Wilder's Paintings
  • Ron Bridge
    • first picture after camp ---
    • --- a recent picture
    • British Civilians Interned by the Japanese During WWII
    • Map of Weihsien with BlockNumbers and Who lived in ---
    • TicTacToe-list with BlockNumbers
    • The complete list of Weihsien Inmates (*.xls-file)
    • The Peking Chronicle
    • Journal de Shanghaï, 24 août, 1943
    • Le Journal de Shanghaï, 3 juillet 1943 ...
    • 73rd Wing Photoghaph © David Beard
    • The Peking Chronicle -- scenes from Weihsien
    • The Peking Chronicle -- scenes from Weihsien
  • Mary T. Previte
    • first picture after camp ---
    • --- a recent picture
    • copy of: a letter of thanks
      • AMERICA HAS HEROES I KNOW THEIR NAMES, by Mary Previte
    • photo: Assemblywoman Mary Previte embraces her rescuer, James Moore of Dallas
    • from Topica: My saga of finding these heroes who liberated Weihsien started in 1997.
    • photo: I remember September 10, 1945, the day six of us Chefoo children ---
    • photo: GIRLS FROM CHEFOO'S LOWER SCHOOL DORMITORY
    • The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine August 25, 1985.
      • A Song of Salvation at Weihsien Prison Camp, by Mary T. Previte
      • photo: a child in captivity
      • photo: a B-29 low over Weihsien ---
      • photo: scouts and guides ---
      • photo: the hospital, became our dormitory ---
      • poster: weekly lecture
      • photo: This 1945 reunion photo ---
    • 1997 The Shawnee News-Star
      • A schoolgirl POW thanks her rescuers a half-century later
      • photo: four of seven paratroopers who rescued Mary Previte---
    • SouthCoastToday 1998
      • HomePage
      • Previte's Magnificent Seven, by By Melanie Burney
      • 52 years later, ex-pow thanks her rescuers, by Melanie Burney
      • Assemblywoman seeks out group that rescued her from WWII camp
    • The Houston Chronicle 2000
      • HomePage
      • Sept. 11, 2000, Former captive recalls U.S. liberation of camp, by BOB TUTT
    • Web Site, CBI 2002
      • HomePage
      • The Tad Nagaki Story, by Mary Previte
    • The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, November 30, 1997
      • HomePage
      • Student held by Japanese tracks down her rescuers 52 years after liberation, By John McCoy
    • New Jersey The Star-Ledger May 29, 1998
      • HomePage
      • Embracing her savior from WWII, Legislator was held in Japanese camp, By Michael Raphael
    • Sunday World-Herald January 11, 1998
      • HomePage
      • World War II "Angels" Are Not Forgotten, BY PAUL HAMMEL
      • Tad Nagaki by Mary Previte
    • Good Housekeping May 2001
      • HomePage
      • Finding her angels, by Debra Gordon
    • ERIC LIDDEL Remembered
    • Red Cross message --- January 28, 1945 --- signed: David Michell
    • Maltabella is made from Gao-Liang !
      • Gao-liang ? by any other name
      • movie
    • Chefoo School logo:
    • TAYLOR FAMILY REUNION, Fenghsiang, Shgensi, September 1945.
    • Rescue from the sky. Hommage to James Moore.
    • voice: NPR broadcast May 11, 2000
    • Film: The National WWII Museum, New Orleans
  • Norman Cliff
    • THE LIFE & TESTIMONY OF
      NORMAN HOWARD CLIFF, 1925-2007 (scroll down)
    • first picture after camp ---
    • --- a recent picture
    • Norman's badge
    • Norman's pass in Chefoo
    • Norman's pass in Chefoo ---
    • copy of a pass - in Chinese - delivered by the British consul, 1937
    • a badge received in Tsingtao after liberation,
    • --- a brief history ---
      • A brief history of Weihsien, by Norman Cliff
      • The First College in China, y Moses Chu (in Chinese)
      • The Boxer Rebellion
        • THE BOXER REBELLION, By Norman Cliff
      • Documents and Archives
        • document: The National Archives: May 14, 1942
        • telegram: November 5, 1942
        • telegram: November 9, 1942
        • telegram: March 11, 1943
        • telegram: March 26, 1943
        • telegram: April 24, 1943
        • Chungking, May 1, 1943: from the National Archives
        • Chungking, May 19, 1943: from Special Division
        • Tsingtao, July 8th, 1943: by Air Mail Pouch
        • Chefoo, China, Temple Hill Internment Camp, August 26, 1943
        • November 9 + 10, 1943: Mr. A. Jost's visit.
        • REPORT ON WEIHSIEN CIVIL ASSEMBLY CENTER: November 11, 1943
        • Life of Foreign Internees at Weihsien, Shantung: Chungking, December 17, 1943
        • Weihsien camp, Bern, March 9, 1944
        • CONDITIONS IN WEIHSIEN CAMP, Headquarters Hsiao Ho Tzu. 26/6/44
        • Condition of the Internees at Weihsien; Possible Methods of Assisting them
        • Civilian internment camp Weihsien: November 25, 1944
        • Civilian internment camp Weihsien: Bern, November 1, 1944
        • number of internees rather large but camp cannot (repeat not) be considered overcrowded: May 3, 1945
        • From Tipton and Hummel: May 8, 1945. 10 a.m.
        • telegram: June 25, 1945
        • telegram: July 20, 1945
        • telegram: August 27, 1945
      • How it all began ...
      • ---leaflet dropped over Chefoo in February 1938
      • Dr. Calvin Mateer (1836-1908) -
      • Block-23 in 1900 ---
      • Boys' School in Weihsien, as it was in 1900
      • Girls' School in Weihsien, as it was in 1900
      • Mens' Dispensary in Weihsien, as it was in 1900
      • Womens' Dispensary in Weihsien, as it was in 1900
      • The Hospital, as it was in 1900
      • BRITISH CIVILIANS INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE DURING WORLD WAR II, By RON BRIDGE
    • Photographs, Then & Now ---
      • 1945
        • map of Weihsien with photo locations ---
        • What did Weihsien Camp look like?
        • An aerial view of part of the camp, showing the single room family accomodation.
        • The approach to Weihsien Camp over a rough muddy road.
        • The Church / Assembly Hall
        • The bell which called the internees to Rollcall twice a day.
          • Rollcall, sketched by Godon Martin.
          • The Medical Regulation Re Roll Call
          • Roll Call check-list
          • Norman Cliff's Badge
          • Headquarters
          • The Bell, by Mrs. Wilder
        • A family outside their small room
        • The Hospital and a Japanese watchtower, taken from outside the camp.
        • Tania and Sylvia Tchoo standing in front of the hospital.
        • Tania Tchoo standing outside Kitchen 1, which fed about 700 people.
        • Scouts, Guides, Brownies and Cubs..
        • Scouts, Guides, Brownies and Cubs..
        • A watchtower taken from outside the camp
        • AIR DROPS ON POW/INTERNMENT CAMPS, SEPTEMBER 1945
        • Air Drops
        • The Church / Assembly Hall
        • The Church,
        • The Hospital,
        • The fields beyond the wall,
        • Bloc-23
        • Two towers,
        • Block 47
        • Men's Room, inside ---
        • Kitchen One,
        • Cultivating coal balls,
        • Dormitory, inside ---
        • Men's dormitory, inside ---
        • LINK: to Christine Sancton's
          Web site
      • 1984
        • Block 23 in 1984 - It was subsequently demolished ---
        • Edgewater Mansions. It is now called Dong Hai Hotel. - Eastern Sea Hotel ---
      • 1985
        • LINK: to David Beard's visit to Weifang,
        • Edgewater Mansions. It is now called Dong Hai Hotel. - Eastern Sea Hotel ---
      • 1991
        • photo: David Michell addressing the audience
          - Weifang -
        • The Eric Liddell Monument, By Norman Cliff
        • photo: June 9, 1991, David Michell addressing the audience
        • CHEFOO AND WEIHSIEN (WEIFANG) REVISITED, by Dr. David Michell June 28, 1991
        • photo: June 9, 1991, David Michell addressing the audience
        • photo: Middle School Students - Weifang -
        • photo: June 9, 1991, Norman Cliff addressing the audience
        • ERIC LIDDELL IN WEIHSIEN CAMP-1943-1945, By Norman Cliff
        • photo: June 9, 1991, middle School Students - Weifang -
        • photo: June 9, 1991, the Audience - Weifang -
      • 2002
        • LINK: to Ray Moore's visit to Weifang ---
      • 2003
        • LINK: to David Beard's visit to Weifang ---
      • 2005
        • photo: Weifang, June 13, 2005. with Zhang Xihong
        • photo: --- a visit to London ---
        • photo: --- a visit to London ---
        • photo: Norman --- (portrait)
    • Paintings & Sketches
      • LINK: to "Paintings & Sketches"
      • Map of Weihsien with painting locations --
      • painting: a farming village which could be seen from the hospital
      • painting: a GuardTower(near Lovers Lane)
      • painting: Block 23 on the right.
      • painting: Mateer Memorial Church - named after Calvin Mateer (1836-1908),
      • painting: Watchtower near Hospital.
      • Sketched by A.G. Cameron
      • sketch: Jap watchtower at corner of the sportsfield.
      • sketch: Married Quarters
      • sketch: Watchtower near Hospital.
      • sketch: Staircase ??
      • sketch: Basket Ball Field.
      • sketch: Entrance of camp, taken from the inside
      • sketch: Artist's impression of the front gate of Weihsien Camp.
      • painting: coloured parachutes bringing food
      • Sketch of M.C. Halton
      • Sketch of Mr W. Pryor,
      • Sketch of Mr J.C. Stewart
      • Rollcall, sketched by Godon Martin.
      • sketch: Camp Wall from the outside
      • Map of Weihsien---on a bib -----------
      • behind the apron ---
      • sketch: Chefoo - Temple Hill
      • sketch: Chefoo School War Diary
      • sketch: Civil Assembly Centre Chefoo
      • Map of Temple Hill - Yantai.
      • sketch: Thirty six of the Chefoo Girls' School slept on matresses
      • INTERNMENT OF AMERICANS AND ALLIED NATIONALS AT CHEFOO, CHINA, IN TEMPLE HILL COMPOUNDS
      • signatures: Christmas 1942
      • Biography of Wiley B. Glass, Missionary to China, By: Eloise Glass Cauthen.
    • 50 Years Back
      • photo: Company Accountant, October 1995
      • A CHURCH MINISTER ACCOUNTS FOR HALF A CENTURY
      • document: A pass issued by the Japanese
      • Sketch: The front gate of Weifang camp, through which hundreds of prisoners rushed to welcome their liberators
      • 50 Years Ago, Journey To Freedom
      • document: The welcome news from the sky
      • photo: Mary Previte holds part of a yellow silk parachute
      • She tracked down WWII liberators to say thanks, By Karen D. Brown
      • 50th Anniversary of V-J Day, Thank You, America, By Dr. David J. Michell
      • Return visit in 1995
      • THE HOSTS, THE GUESTS ---
      • LIBERATION BANQUET MENU
      • Speech by Mrs. Estelle Cowley (nee Cliff) at Memorial Ceremony, Weifang, 17 August 1995
      • Song sung by Mr. Ronald Cowley at Memorial Ceremony, Weifang, 17 August 1995
      • Speech by Madam Wang Xioujuan at Liberation Banquet, Weifang, 17 August 1995
      • Speech by Mr. Theodore Bazire at Liberation Banquet, Weifang, 17 August 1995
      • Speech by Dr. Neil Yorkston at Liberation Banquet, Weifang, 17 August 1995
      • TOGETHER AGAIN
      • Guests of His Imperial Majesty
      • Some of the 360 wartime prisoners of the Japanese who celebrated at a reunion in Weybridge, Surrey
    • The Notice Board
      • The Medical Regulation Re Roll Call
      • The bell which called the internees to Rollcall twice a day
      • Norman Cliff's Badge
      • The Check List
      • Rollcall, sketched by Godon Martin
      • Church Services
      • Issues of Coal and Firewood
      • Discipline
      • Talk on St Francis
      • Youth Debate
      • Exchange of Ideas
      • Camp Elections
      • Inventory of ---
      • Working Hours
      • Broadcast News 20 August, 1945
      • Post Office
      • Change of Accomodation
      • Softball Team. The Kitchen 1 players ---
    • People
      • groups,
        • Cubs and Scouts,
        • Guides and Scouts,
        • The Salvation Army Band,
        • The Salvation Army Band,
        • A group of young men
        • Boy Scouts,
        • Girl Guides,
        • Girl Guides
        • Cubs and Brownies,
        • Guides & Scouts,
        • Scouts,
        • Rover Scouts,
        • Guides, + Links to details ---
        • Aviator, US Military, Chinese Guerilla and a civilian ---
        • The Thompson Family,
          • letter: Brian Thompson’s death, 29th Oct. 1944.
          • REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF FRANCIS BRIAN THOMPSON AUGUST 16th, 1944.
        • LINK: to Christine Sancton's photos ---
      • Individuals,
        • John David Hayes (23/0/1888 - 4/3/1957)
        • Dr. John D. Hayes with his mother
        • Dr. John D. Hayes with his mother
        • Eric Liddell
          • slide SHOW
          • Introduction portrait
          • Beautiful hymn that soothed Liddell's pain
          • Dedication of Eric Liddell's Memorial Stone at Weifang, China, June 9, 1991
            • The Eric Liddell Monument, by Norman Cliff
            • What Characterizes the Spirit of Eric Liddell, by David Michell
            • Conclusion
            • Significant dates in Eric Liddell's Life
            • Bibliography
          • picture-1: Middle School students - Weifang
          • picture-2: Middle School students - Weifang
          • picture-3: June 9, 1991, David Michell addressing the audience
            • Chefoo and Weihsien (Weifang) revisited, by David Michell
          • picture-4: David Michell addressing the audience
          • picture-5: The audience
          • picture-6: Norman Cliff addressing the audience
            • The Eric Liddell Monument, by Norman Cliff
            • Eric Liddell in Weihsien Camp, by Norman Cliff
          • picture-7: David Michell. Transcription of the monument's text.
          • picture-8: Eric Liddell's grave, as it was in 1945
            • Map of the graveyard (1945) + ZOOM
            • Chinese Grave's Secret: A Famed Runner Rests Here, by Barbara Basler
            • Topica messages
          • picture-9: Eric Liddell's grave in 1991
          • picture-10: Eric Liddell's portrait by Eileen Soper
            • In the Picture, by Andrew Graham-Dixon
          • picture-11: PureGold, foreword by James Taylor III
          • LINK: The Eric Liddell Centre
          • --- more about Eric ---
            • Easter Sunrise
            • Missionaries Share recollections
              of Eric Liddell
          • E-Bao Monthly (in Chinese)
            • Eric a song of salvation ---
            • Eric Liddell 2005:
        • Emily Bryant
          • Japanese camp was a matter of survival for 10-year-old girl, by GENE SMITH, May 6, 1995
        • Sandra Small née Roche
          • LINK: Smithsonian Institution.
          • photo: Astor House Hotel
          • text: Susan Strange is preparing a World War II display in the Smithsonian
        • Father Emmanuel Hanquet
          • "Bonne Chasse", par l'Abbé Palmers ---
          • photo: Nos abbés au camp de concentration de Weihsien en Chine
          • painting: Weihsien, May '1945 Block-56, The Priest's Shack
          • M. l'abbé Michel Keymolen nous écrit: Peking, le 8 novembre 1945.
        • David Michell
          • photo: Chefoo group arriving in Tsingtao after release from camp.
          • SETTING HIS CAPTORS FREE, by ERIC E. WIGGIN
          • photo: We invested our lives in Japanese youth
          • The dramatic World War II rescue of Weihsien prison camp
          • LIKE SAVIORS FROM ANOTHER WORLD, By David Michell
          • David Michell writes, 40 years later ---
          • A boy’s war: the story of a PoW, by DAVID J. MICHELL
        • Father Raymond deJaegher
          • A Catholic Missionary In China and Vietnam'
          • CONCENTRATION CAMP-WEIHSIEN(1943-45)
        • Estelle Cliff's badge
          • A Chefoo group - 1945
        • Dorothy Selmes and son Hugh
          • 'WE ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE'
        • Norman Cliff
          • Norman's Pass
          • Norman's Pass
        • Father Rutherford
      • Who was Born in Weihsien?
        • link to: MaryLou Pander
        • link to: Sandra Roche
      • Who Died?
        • The Graveyard Map
        • link to: Mr. Hayes
        • link to: Eric Liddell
      • The Camp Committee ---
        • doc: general elections
        • sketch: M.C. Halton
        • sketch: Mr W. Pryor
        • sketch: Mr J.C. Stewart
        • doc: TED McLAREN (1902-1950)
    • Eric Liddell
      • slide SHOW
      • Introduction portrait
      • Beautiful hymn that soothed Liddell's pain
      • Dedication of Eric Liddell's Memorial Stone at Weifang, China, June 9, 1991
        • The Eric Liddell Monument, by Norman Cliff
        • What Characterizes the Spirit of Eric Liddell, by David Michell
        • Conclusion
        • Significant dates in Eric Liddell's Life
        • Bibliography
      • picture-1: Middle School students - Weifang
      • picture-2: Middle School students - Weifang
      • picture-3: June 9, 1991, David Michell addressing the audience
        • Chefoo and Weihsien (Weifang) revisited, by David Michell
      • picture-4: David Michell addressing the audience
      • picture-5: The audience
      • picture-6: Norman Cliff addressing the audience
        • The Eric Liddell Monument, by Norman Cliff
        • Eric Liddell in Weihsien Camp, by Norman Cliff
      • picture-7: David Michell. Transcription of the monument's text.
      • picture-8: Eric Liddell's grave, as it was in 1945
        • Map of the graveyard (1945) + ZOOM
        • Chinese Grave's Secret: A Famed Runner Rests Here, by Barbara Basler
        • Topica messages
      • picture-9: Eric Liddell's grave in 1991
      • picture-10: Eric Liddell's portrait by Eileen Soper
        • In the Picture, by Andrew Graham-Dixon
      • picture-11: PureGold, foreword by James Taylor III
      • LINK: The Eric Liddell Centre
      • --- more about Eric ---
        • Easter Sunrise
        • Missionaries Share recollections
          of Eric Liddell
      • E-Bao Monthly (in Chinese)
        • Eric a song of salvation ---
        • Eric Liddell 2005:
    • The RED CROSS
      • link: more Red Cross messages
      • doc 1
      • doc 2
      • doc 3
      • message January 25, 1944
      • message February 24, 1944
      • message February 24, 1944
      • message February 24, 1944
      • reply, September 14, 1944
      • message March 24, 1944
      • message April 25, 1944
      • message July 21, 1944
      • message July 25, 1944
      • message February 24, 1945
      • message March 25, 1944
      • telegram, 1945
      • Comfort Money from the Swiss Red Cross
      • Corned Beef Sticker
      • Ensign Seedless Raisins
    • Diary extracts ---
      • postcard written in 1942 from Howard Cliff
      • Children Interned by Japanese
      • Return To Parents
      • DIARY kept by Evelyn Davey (Huebener)
      • Shanghai, January 21st 1943, Dear Friend,
      • Copy of a letter received from Chefoo through Swiss parents
      • Dear Parents of Boys and Girls at Chefoo
      • November ?
      • Dear Chefoo parents & friends (*.pdf)
      • My dear Prayer-Partners, by A. HALLAM HOWIE
      • "THE RED CROSS PARCEL" by Mrs. Grace Harris
      • "THE BELL INCIDENT" 5th May, 1945
      • "THE ASSEMBLY HALL", by Lucius C. Porter
      • "A FEW SNAPSHOTS OF WEIHSIEN" by Norah M. Bushby
      • "IMPRESSIONS OF WEIHSIEN" by C.E. BUSBY
      • "FATHER SCANLAN" by Ethel Chrchill
      • "WEIHSIEN BRAVERY" by Rev. M.Wesley Earl
      • "HIGHLIGHT IMPRESSIONS " by George R. Loebs
      • "AN EXPERIMENT IN CHRISTIAN UNITY" by Harold Thomas Cook
      • « Enemy Aliens » An Appreciation, by G. W. Chilton
      • Whitting's war, BAT man's North China internment and final liberation
        • prisonners made their own entertainment
        • Whitting's WAR
      • M. l'abbé Michel Keymolen nous écrit
      • Looking back on Weihsien, by Gordon Martin
      • "THE TEST OF INTERNMENT", By Stanley Houghton
      • Weihsien Camp Internees Saw No Jap Atrocities, by Lt. Edward Kuhn, Jr.
      • "First Impressions of Weihsien or Wayseen, 1943"
      • "Higher Ground", Biography of Wiley B. Glass, Missionary to China. By: Eloise Glass Cauthen.
      • TheCall (extract) by John HERSEY
      • ----- about John Hersey ---
      • "CHINA BORN" by Mrs. Gladys McMullen-Murray
      • White Wolves in China (extract) by James H. Pyke
      • FORTY YEARS AGO IN A JAPANESE CAMP... by Norman Cliff
      • Bali, who sustained three severe beatings at the hands of the Japanese, by Mrs. Armen Baliantz
      • At last US soldiers came, I thought I was in heaven, by Paul Kelly
    • about THE ESCAPE ---
      • Letter to Weihsien Camp from Commander Wang Shang chih dated 4 May, 1944
      • A DRAMATIC ESCAPE FROM THE CAMP - AND IT'S CONSEQUENCES WITH THE ALLIED VICTORY COMING –
      • letter from Wang Yu Ming dated 7 June, 1944, two days before their escape
      • THE ACTUAL ESCAPE ON 9 JUNE, 1944 and PREPARATIONS FOR THE END...
      • Sunchen Headquarters, No 6 Area, Changyi Area, 3rd May, 1944.
      • Beleagured British and Americans
      • Letter to Weihsien Camp from Commander Wang Shang chih dated 4 May, 1944
      • To all American & British, and other Friends –Lotaoyuan, Weihsien (31/05/1944)
      • LETTER FROM CAMP COMMITTEE TO WANG SHAO WEN, June 3, 1944
      • LETTER FROM JOHN M. BIRCH TO HUMMEL AND TIPTON -14 July, 1945
      • LETTER FROM HUMMEL & TIPTON TO A CHINESE BUSINESS MAN, July 22nd, 1945
      • LETTER FROM TIPTON & HUMMEL TO WEIHSIEN CAMP COMMITTEE, 12 August, 1945
      • LETTER FROM ROY TCHOO TO TIPTON AND HUMMEL, 1.30 p.m. August 17, 1945
      • Leaflets dropped by the U.S. Air Force on Camps in China
      • the Japanese Government has surrendered
      • confidential messages
        • inward messages,
        • outward messages,
        • June 7, 1944,
        • August 16, 1945
        • August 16, 1945 and July 14, 1945
        • S.W.WANG,
        • May 3, 1944
        • June 3, 1944
        • July 22, 1945
        • in Chinese, on silk,
        • Beleagured British and Americans,
        • August 12, 1945
        • Code used by Tipton and Hummel
    • The Liberation Day ---
      • "TheCrowd", liberation day, August 17,1945
      • Who's who,
      • photo: Jim Moore, Tad Nagaki, Stanley Staiger and Ray Hanchulak in Tsingtao, China, 1945.
      • photo: Sgt. Tad Nagaki, Capt. Ogabi and Ensign Jim Moore,
      • photo: Ray Hanchulak and Tad Nagaki in Tsingtao, 1945.
      • photo: Lt. James J. Hannon
      • photo: Peter Orlich
      • photo: Sgt. Tad Nagaki Tsinan, China
      • doc: Leaflets dropped by the U.S. Air Force
      • doc: Chronological Report on Duck Mission
      • Thanks from the Committee, September 4th 1945.
      • From the Committee to Major S. A. Staiger
      • From Major S. A. Staiger to the Committee
      • complementary info: Capt. Willis Georgia
      • Addressed to all Japanese Commanders and Officers,
      • photo 1:
      • photo 2:
      • photo 3:
      • photo 4:
      • photo 5:
    • --- epilogue ---
      • THE END OF THE WAR AT LAST
      • Lt. Col. H. Weinberg and American officers with Weihsien Camp Committee
      • Chinese military officials with Weihsien Camp Committee
      • MEMORANDUM RE CONDITIONS IN NORTH CHINA AS AT 29TH OCTOBER 1945.
      • Back Home
      • Return To Parents, Children Interned By Japanese
      • photo:
      • Norman Cliff and a Japanese Guard
      • Donovan of OSS by Corey Ford (Robert Hale, 1941) : Book 3 1941 – 45
      • John Birch and I,
      • TRIP TO CHEFOO, 1946, By V.R. Crosby
      • Their Internment Camp Made Charming Children
      • photo:
    • Short Stories
      • Looking back on Weihsien, By GORDON MARTIN
      • Weihsien Camp Internees Saw No Jap Atrocities, By Lt. Edward Kuhn, Jr.
      • Story behind "Seeing Marina again".
      • Meet with Malyna (?) Again
      • SEEING MARINA AGAIN, by Ju Zaoji
    • Echoes from Japan ---
      • The Tokyo Shimbun August 19, 1995
      • A chance meeting with a gentleman
      • There is a Chinese Heart in London
      • The faces of the people who worked in the Taiwan copper mines reflected the shadow of death. Jack Edwards (Ex-British army)
      • A room full of rats running around
      • Towards understanding the lack of human rights
      • Norman Cliff takes us on....A journey to Reconciliation
    • Once in a lifetime --- (50 years after 1945)
      • SURREY, ENGLAND
        • WEIHSIEN group, 1988 ---
        • two first rows
        • third row
        • back row
        • The PROGRAMME, "Once in a Lifetime", 1988
        • GUESTS
        • ASH CAMP
        • CHAPEI CAMP
        • LINCOLN AVENUE
        • LUNGHWA
        • POOTUNG
        • REPATRIATES
        • SANTO TOMAS
        • TIENTSIN
        • WEIHSIEN
        • YANGCHOW 'C'
        • YANGTSZEPOO
      • TORONTO, CANADA
        • From: Mary Taylor Previte
        • ONCE-IN-A A-LIFETIME CHINA CAMPS REUNION: OCT 21-24, 1988, By Jim BRUCE
        • --- a letter from Father Scalan,
        • recto ---
      • Organization
        • letter from Laurie Tipton,
        • the program, page 1
        • the program, page 2
        • The menu
        • Toronto,
    • Songs & Poems ---
      • To the tune of the British Grenadiers
      • Poem written on the arrival of the Chefoo group in Weihsien
      • The Weihsien Chorus, Tune Solomon Levi
      • Song written in a Shanghai camp when the war was ending. Tune: 0 bring back my bonnie to me.
      • Cub Scout song, Tune "Till we meet again".
      • Song from another camp adapted to Weihsien -
      • song: BUSINESS AS USUAL
    • Books ---
      • Bibliography on Weihsien
      • COURTYARD OF THE HAPPY WAY
        • Foreword by Leslie T. Lyall
        • Preface
        • VI---- The Old Order Changeth
        • VII--- Weihsien the Test
        • VIII-- Bound Together by Fate
        • IX---- Eight Feet of Space
        • X----- Sail On and On
        • XI ----Set Up in Hope or Plunged in Fear
        • XII--- Hour of Gentle Joy
        • XIII-- Like Them that Dream
        • I ----- Japanese Imperial War Rescript
        • II ---Translation of leaflet dropped by Japanese planes in February 1938
        • III- Instructions given by the Japanese to British and Americans on going into Civil Assembly Centres
        • IV --Leaflet dropped in August 1945 by American planes
        • V----Notice to allied prisoners of war and civilian internees
        • VI --Japanese raid leader is now a Presbyterian minister
        • map ---
        • to order the book: ---
      • PRISONERS OF THE SAMURAI
        • ABOUT THE BOOK
        • FOREWORD
        • CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
        • INTRODUCTION
        • to order the book: ---
        • CHAPTER 7 An Overview of the Camps ---
        • CHAPTER 9 Escapes from the Camps ---
      • COURTYARD OF THE HAPPY WAY CAMP
        • in Chinese, *.pdf-file (4.7Mo)
  • Sandra Small, née Roche
    • link: Astor House Hotel.
    • link: Baby Bonnet
    • link: Smithsonian Institution
    • about the exposition
  • Stan & Paul Thompson
    • Brian and his mother in 1941
    • Paul and Stanley today.
    • Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Thompson and their family
    • REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF FRANCIS BRIAN THOMPSON AUGUST 16th, 1944.
    • letter:Brian Thompson’s death, 29th Oct. 1944.
    • One of the leaflets that astonished us all ---
    • a little silk handkerchief printed with a grapevine pattern ---
  • James H. Taylor.
    • Dear Chefoo & Weihsien friends and colleagues;
    • Pure Gold: A New Biography Of The Olympic Champion Who Inspired Chariots Of Fire
    • photos: 60th anniversary of our liberation
      --- click on the picture to see the next one ---
    • Beyond the Chariots of Fire
      • go to Broadway ---
      • "The Arena of Eric Liddell" by James Taylor III
      • "Beyond Success" by James Taylor III
  • BobMcKnight
    • BIRDS IN THE FOWLER'S NET
      The Story of a Japanese Internment Camp, By J. W. G. Bruce, 1985
    • The Chefoo School emblem
    • photo: PA Bruce's familly
    • photo: PA Bruce's familly
    • photo: PA Bruce's familly
    • photo: Stewart and Jean

  • Ted Pearson
    • Ted Pearson's "I-Remembers"
      • the map of Weihsien
        --- click on the red dots ---
    • The paintings' collection
      • sketch: a Japanese guard on duty
      • painting: block-32 --- "the block in which we lived"
      • sketch: block-32 --- "the block in which we lived" ...
      • painting: Mickey and Ted ...
      • painting: Walvis Way - Weihsien 1944 -
      • painting: Block-23
      • painting: the Elephant Shop
      • painting: By Esher May Sworder - 1944 -
      • painting: Moongate and Headquarters
      • painting: Shoeshop
      • sketch: Museum of relics ---
      • sketch: Block-56, "the Priest's shack" ---
      • painting: Out of bounds ---
      • localisation --- map ---
    • The 60th anniversary photos
  • Stanley Fairchild
    • William A. Smith Biography
    • William A. Smith's article in "Asia and the Americas" magazine July, 1946
    • sketch: the bakery
    • sketch: the cook,
    • sketch: Eurasian boy,
    • sketch: the sergeant,
    • sketch: taipan,
    • sketch: Water queue,
    • sketch: Japanese guard on duty ---
  • Brian Butcher
    • Visit to Weifang, November 2007
    • my parents,
    • sketch: a gate ---
    • sketch: a gate ---
    • sketch: the moongate ---
    • sketch: a street ---
    • Rev. Butcher's badge
    • Brian's badge
    • MEMORIES OF INTERNMENT AT WEIHSEIN, By Brian Butcher
    • Red Cross messages,
      • to Mr. Mrs. A. KOK, 31/7/1944
      • to Mr. David Landin, 29/01/1945
      • to Laura Reynolds, 19/04/1943
      • to Lillian Butcher, 24/07/1943
      • to Signe&Ruthe Pedersen, 10/10/1944
      • to Willy Rudolph, 28/08/1944
      • to Laura Reynolds, 4/01/1943
      • to Mr.&Mrs. Solvoll, 30/10/1944
      • to George Tilling, 4/01/1943
    • photo: liberation --- at last --- August 1945
    • photo: liberation --- at last --- August 1945
    • photo: departure from Weihsien ---
    • photo: arrival at Tsingtao ---
    • photo: Guard of Honour ---
    • photo: Aboard the Man of War ---
    • photo: Tsingtao Army Band
    • painting: a Street in Weihsien CAC ---
  • Gladys Swift
    • photo: Hugh Hubbard
    • photo: Hugh Hubbard
    • documents
      • THE OBERLIN TIMES Hugh Hubbard Writes Of Chinese Conditions
      • Regarding Hugh Hubbard, let me refer to a book ---, by Norman Cliff.
  • Gordon Helsby
    • The Book: "He Goes Before Them - Even Into Prison"
    • The Book: Table of contents,
    • back-cover: August 1945
    • photo: Wedding-day, Dec.23, 1939
    • photo: Sandra Kay
    • sketch: Camp Map
    • sketch: Rooms 9x12foot
    • sketch: Kitchen 1
    • photo: Compound Wall
    • document: Chinese bill
    • document: Comfort Money
    • newspaper article: The Peking Chronicle
    • newspaper article: Gripsholm sails
    • photo: Sandra
    • photo: Block 23 and B-29
    • leaflet: to Allied Prisoners
    • leaflet: Attention Allied Prisoners
    • a telegram from Western Union
    • newspaper article: Thursday August 30, 1945
    • photo: Peking, 1945
    • photo: John Hayes, 1945
    • photo: Helsbys, 1947
    • photo: Helsbys, 1961
    • Photo: "retired"
  • Greg Leck
    • Captives of Empire
    • Paintings & Sketches
    • Can U help identifying these people
      • Who's Who ?
    • Passengers of a C-47
    • portraits
      • Who's Who ?
  • Peter Bazire
    • Paintings & Sketches
    • photo: The Weihsien Salvation Army Band
    • photo: The Weihsien Salvation Army Band
    • photo: Peter Bazire in 2006 (Bath Spa Band Uniform)
    • Peter's Weihsien diary
    • Peter's First Class Scout Journey
    • I remember
    • Painings & Sketches by Mrs. Eilee Bazire
    • painting: --- the chinese market outside the camp ---
    • painting: Paintings of the countryside from the train ---
    • painting: Paintings of the countryside from the train ---
    • painting: --- the Edgeware Mansions Hotel.
    • painting: Tsingtao: Nearby Coast.
  • Famille de Saint Hubert
    • Paintings & Sketches
      • By Jacqueline de Saint Hubert
      • sketch: Block-58, just against the Northern Boudary Wall with electrified wires ---
      • sketch: Block-16, Tin Pan Alley looking SSW ---
      • sketch: 1943 - Block-23 and Assembly Hall ---
      • painting: The Dramatic Club --- poster ---
      • map: Map of Weihsien by Christian de Saint Hubert
      • Opera --- poster ---
      • sketch: Guard tower with search light
      • postcard: Christmas card - 1943
    • Documents
      • Attention to all Allied Prisoners ---
      • A4-leaflet: Attention to all Allied Prisoners ---
      • A4-leaflet: Geallieerde Gevangenen (in Dutch)
      • The Weihsien Concentration Camp's Map ---
    • Photos
      • a B-29 over Block-23 ---
      • Christian de Saint Hubert and Alfred Deggs after liberation by the Americans ---
    • Warship International Magazine
  • Pamela Masters
    • Paintings & Sketches
    • The Mushroom Years
    • Weihsien Photos
      • Leo (?) with a heart of gold ---
      • Mr. and Mrs. Dean, missionaries
      • Dickie or "Dixie" Cameron ---
      • Father de Jaegher, an American pilot and a Chinese soldier ---
      • food distribution ---
      • food distribution after liberation --- (zoom)
      • (Lower right), Mary Shaw and ??? ---
      • Outside the Camp on Liberation Day ---
      • Outside the Camp on Liberation Day ---
      • Outside the camp on Liberation Day --- (zoom)
      • A l ittle Italian girl taken outside the camp on Liberation Day
  • Terri Stewart
    • Documents
      • letter by Alice Moore
      • letter by Ruth H. Kunkel
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