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The revamped Changi Chapel and Museum (CCM) in Singapore will open its doors on May 19, after being closed for a major redevelopment since 2018.
If you are planning a trip to Singapore once pandemic travel restrictions are lifted, put this place on your calendar.
History buffs and WWII enthusiasts especially, from either side of the causeway will no doubt find this a compelling story of the Japanese invasion and its aftermath.
But these stories told within these walls are for everyone to reflect on, transporting you back into the Japanese occupation of British Malaya, where in 1942, tens of thousands of prisoners of war and civilians were interned in the Changi prison camp. It would be three and a half years before they were liberated.
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Changi murals in the “resilience in adversity” section. (Photo: Jeremy Long)
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SINGAPORE: In a letter dated Apr 20, 1945, a woman named Florence Duncan professed her steadfast love for her husband, John Sharp Duncan, after he was captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese.
They had only been married for a year, but she wrote that it was another birthday since their separation and she missed him.
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Mrs Duncan’s poignant letter is one of the 114 personal effects and war artefacts on display at the Changi Chapel and Museum, which spotlight the hardships, courage and resilience of prisoners of war (POWs) and their families during the Japanese Occupation in Singapore.