Looking into the barbed wire enclosure where Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are detained. ...

Accession Number P05838.011
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made New Guinea1: Wewak
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Looking into the barbed wire enclosure where Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are detained. Repatriation of POWs did not occur until early 1946; those on trial stayed much longer awaiting their fate at the War Crimes trials.

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