JAPANESE GENERAL KENJI DOIHARA IN CUSTODY. POSSIBLY TAKEN DURING THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS IN TOKYO, ...

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Accession Number P00245.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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JAPANESE GENERAL KENJI DOIHARA IN CUSTODY. POSSIBLY TAKEN DURING THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS IN TOKYO, WHICH WERE HELD FROM 1946-05 TO 1948-11. GENERAL DOIHARA WAS FOUND GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES INCLUDING ATROCITIES AGAINST PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIANS. GENERAL DOIHARA WAS EXECUTED BY HANGING IN SUGAMO PRISON, TOKYO, ON 1948-12-23.