The article on the right is about the Weixian Internment Camp (aka: Weihsien), which was a civilian internment compound that the Japanese military maintained on mainland China from 1943 to 1945. The Weixian “Civilian Assembly Center” was created to incarcerate the civilians of Allied countries who had been living in northern China. The internees were composed primarily of Christian missionaries and the far-flung employees of Western business concerns.
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潍县集中营Weihsien POW Camp liberated August 1945Weihsien POW Camp held allied prisoners of waramerican pows in japanese occupied china 1945Weihsien Civilian Assembly Center 1945Allied civilians held captive by the Imperial Japanese military 194American civilians captured by WW2 JapanChristian Missionaries captured by WW2 Japanese military 19433
潍县集中营Weihsien POW Camp liberated August 1945Weihsien POW Camp held allied prisoners of waramerican pows in japanese occupied china 1945Weihsien Civilian Assembly Center 1945Allied civilians held captive by the Imperial Japanese military 194American civilians captured by WW2 JapanChristian Missionaries captured by WW2 Japanese military 19433
