Accession Number | P05838.011 |
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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
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Looking into the barbed wire enclosure where Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are detained. ...
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.