Slavery – Kinkaseki camp 1942

On 14 November 1942 in the village of Jinguashi, located on the northeast coast of Taiwan, 523 allied POWs began what was to be for some a three year ordeal as slaves in the largest copper mine in the Japanese Empire.   In all more than 1,100 British Commonwealth and Allied prisoners of war slaved in… Continue reading Slavery – Kinkaseki camp 1942