Weihsien Internment Camp

E197683
Japanese internment camp World War II civilian internment camp

Weihsien Internment Camp was a World War II Japanese civilian internment camp in Weihsien, China, where numerous foreign nationals, including Scottish Olympic champion Eric Liddell, were imprisoned.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Weihsien Internment Camp canonical 3
Weihsien Civilian Assembly Center 1
Weixian Internment Camp 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese internment camp ⓘ
World War II civilian internment camp ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ
surface form: Weihsien Civilian Assembly Center

Weixian Civilian Assembly Center ⓘ
Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ
surface form: Weixian Internment Camp
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledBy Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
coordinateLocation 36.7°N 119.1°E ⓘ
country China ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
hasLanguageOfAdministration Japanese ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInternees Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
hasMemorial Weihsien Internment Camp memorial ⓘ
heritageDesignation historical site ⓘ
interneeNationality American ⓘ
Australian ⓘ
British ⓘ
Canadian ⓘ
European ⓘ
liberatedBy Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States forces
liberationDate 1945-08-17 ⓘ
locatedIn Japanese-occupied China ⓘ
Shandong ⓘ
location Weihsien ⓘ
notableEvent death of Eric Liddell in 1945 ⓘ
notablePrisoner Arthur H. Matthews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eric Liddell ⓘ
Langdon Gilkey ⓘ
numberOfInternees over 2000 ⓘ
occupant Eric Liddell ⓘ
business people ⓘ
children ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ
missionaries ⓘ
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
originalFunctionOfSite Presbyterian mission ⓘ
missionary compound ⓘ
partOf Japanese civilian assembly centers in China ⓘ
startTime 1943 ⓘ
subjectOf historical studies of World War II in China ⓘ
memoirs by former internees ⓘ
usedFor internment of foreign civilians ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eric Liddell → placeOfDeath → Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ
Weihsien Internment Camp → alsoKnownAs → Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weixian Internment Camp
Weihsien Internment Camp → alsoKnownAs → Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weihsien Civilian Assembly Center
The Flying Scotsman → placeOfDeath → Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ
subject surface form: Eric Liddell
Florence Mackenzie → associatedWith → Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ