The PoW (Prisoners of War) were kept either in PoW Camps or in some Concentration Camps such as Auschwitz.
POW camps for the Japanese, but NOT in the Pacific. In the United States itself were POW camps held. They were for the Japanese whom were deemed spies for the Japanese government.
There were several POW camps located in Austria. These include Ailingen, Bregenz, Ering, Muran, Lustenau, as well as St. Peter / Winberg.
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Japanese treatment of POW's was far more brutal when compared to German treatment of POWs (bear in mind, Aussies were not of the same ethnicity as Pole or Russian soldiers, who received the worst treatment from Germans). Japan used POWs for slave labor (eg:Burma-Thai Railroad, "Bridge over River Kwai") and were subjected to vivisections, experiments, and overall barbaric treatment. A simple statistic illustrates the difference most clearly. 98% of POWs returned from German POW camps 73% returned from Japanese camps.
4% of POW's in German camps about 5000 27% of POW's in Japanese camps about 125,000
The PoW (Prisoners of War) were kept either in PoW Camps or in some Concentration Camps such as Auschwitz.
No, KZ (kah-TSET) was a German abbreviation for a concentration camp.
yes. most of the time visiting was prohibited in POW camps.
There were at least 450 people
POW camps for the Japanese, but NOT in the Pacific. In the United States itself were POW camps held. They were for the Japanese whom were deemed spies for the Japanese government.
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According to gentracer.org New York had 20 POW camps in WW2
My father was captured in 1943 by the Germans and shipped to northern Greece to a POW camp. He was captured near the town of Nevesinje. The POW camp was near Salonkia, Greece.
Begin your research with websites concerning WW2 POW camps. Go to www.mansell.com Extensive lists and rosters for Japanese POW Camps
POW camps for Communist (NVA/VC) Prisoners of War were operated by the South Vietnamese Government: See website: Prisoner-of-war Camps.
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