NAOETSU, NIIGATA PREFECTURE, HONSHU, JAPAN, C. LATE DECEMBER 1942/EARLY 1943. CONCERT AT THE ...

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Accession Number P00142.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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NAOETSU, NIIGATA PREFECTURE, HONSHU, JAPAN, C. LATE DECEMBER 1942/EARLY 1943. CONCERT AT THE PRISON CAMP SOON AFTER ARRIVAL (10TH DECEMBER 1942). "THE JAPANESE VETOED FUTURE CONCERTS AS THEY THOUGHT SOME ITEMS WERE SEND UPS OF THEMSELVES (WHICH THEY WERE). SEVERAL PRISONERS WERE BADLY BEATEN UP BY THE JAPANESE FOLLOWING THE CONCERT (INCLUDING PRIVATE W.C. LEWIS, BROTHER OF JOHN LEWIS).