Book about POW camps in Taiwan during WWII launched
01/14/2021 02:39 PM
Michael Hurst (left). CNA Photo.
Taipei, Jan. 14 (CNA) Never Forgotten, a new book that tells the story of the Japanese prisoner of war (POW) camps in Taiwan during the Second World War, was recently published in Taipei.
According to the website of the Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society (TPCMS), the 620-page book is a product of 24 years of research and more than three years of writing.
It is illustrated with 850 photos, drawings and other historical materials, many of them provided by the surviving POWs or their families.
At the book launch held in Taipei Jan 9, Michael Hurst, director of TPCMS and author of the book, said he decided to write the book in 1996 after learning about the notorious POW camp in Jinguashi, a mountainous district in northern Taiwan.
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