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Stolen childhoods : the untold story of the children interned by the Japanese in the Second World War

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  • Description

    When the Japanese entered the war in 1941, some 20,000 British civilians in the European colonies in Asia were marched off to concentration camps where they were to remain for three years. Over 3000 of them were children. This is the first time their extraordinary experiences of suffering, endurance and bravery have been collected together.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    D810.C4 TYR (Library of Congress Call Number)

    88059 (Cat ID)

    87907 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

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Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Stolen childhoods : the untold story of the children interned by the Japanese in the Second World War
  • Primary Maker

     Nicola Tyrer (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Place
  • Date
    2011
  • Physical Description

    xi, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780297858782
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

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  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Caught in a net -- Paradise lost -- Melted like butter -- Goodbye to all that -- Your safest refuge -- Writing exams on soup tin labels -- A healthy mind in a healthy body -- Fun and fatigues -- Boils and malaria -- Nobody's child -- The enemy -- Baiting the enemy -- 'These children will bear the brand of camp life as long as they live' -- 'They have to grow up like beasts, your children' -- What, all dead? -- Prisoners no more -- Home sweet home -- Fighting back.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Asia; World War, 1939-1945--Children--Asia]

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-350) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    06 Dec 2024

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