Chinkon. Watch and Listen

 

Oversimplified WW2

Watch from 4m 50s to understand what was happening in the Pacific.

 
 
 

Japanese riot at Featherston

Listen to the first audio cut and hear Matron Miller recall how she treated the prisoners during the riot.

You will need to listen for 5m

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Featherston Massacre Commemoration

Listen as 84-year old Shinto priest, Toshio Adachi explains how Japanese culture views Prisoners of War?

Listen from 3:28m-4:44m.

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Interview with the guards

Hear memories of the riot by Japanese prisoners of war at Featherston Camp on the 25 February 1943

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Scrapbook

Listen as Mr Hardy, former mayor of Featherston recalls the incident.

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