Weihsien Internment Camp
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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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Weixian Internment Camp
this entity surface form:
Weihsien Civilian Assembly Center
subject surface form:
Eric Liddell