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The '''Stanley Internment Camp''' was a civilian [[internment camp]] in [[Hong Kong]] during [[World War II]]. Located in [[Stanley, Hong Kong|Stanley]], on the southern end of [[Hong Kong Island]], it was used by the [[Imperial Japanese forces|Japanese imperial forces]] to hold non-[[Han Chinese|Chinese]] enemy nationals after their victory in the [[Battle of Hong Kong]]. About 2,800 men, women, and children were held at the non-[[Sex segregation|segregated]] camp for 44 months from early January of 1942 to [[1945-08-16]], the day the Japanese forces surrendered.<ref name="ArcherAndKent">{{cite journal|author=Bernice Archer and Fedorowich Kent|url=http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface?content=a739096101&rt=0&format=pdf|title=The women of stanley: internment in Hong Kong 1942–45|journal=Women's History Review|volume=5|issue=3|pages=373-399|doi=10.1080/09612029600200119|accessdate=2007-05-13|format=PDF}}</ref> The camp area consisted of the grounds of [[St. Stephen's College]] and the grounds of [[Stanley Prison]], excluding the prison itself.<ref name="Emerson">{{cite journal|author=Geoffrey Charles Emerson|url=http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/44/4401355.pdf|title=Behind Japanese Barbed Wire: Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong 1942–1945|journal=Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|volume=17|year=1977|accessdate=2007-05-13|format=PDF}}</ref> |
The '''Stanley Internment Camp''' was a civilian [[internment camp]] in [[Hong Kong]] during [[World War II]]. Located in [[Stanley, Hong Kong|Stanley]], on the southern end of [[Hong Kong Island]], it was used by the [[Imperial Japanese forces|Japanese imperial forces]] to hold non-[[Han Chinese|Chinese]] enemy nationals after their victory in the [[Battle of Hong Kong]]. About 2,800 men, women, and children were held at the non-[[Sex segregation|segregated]] camp for 44 months from early January of 1942 to [[1945-08-16]], the day the Japanese forces surrendered.<ref name="ArcherAndKent">{{cite journal|author=Bernice Archer and Fedorowich Kent|url=http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface?content=a739096101&rt=0&format=pdf|title=The women of stanley: internment in Hong Kong 1942–45|journal=Women's History Review|volume=5|issue=3|pages=373-399|doi=10.1080/09612029600200119|accessdate=2007-05-13|format=PDF}}</ref> The camp area consisted of the grounds of [[St. Stephen's College, Hong Kong|St. Stephen's College]] and the grounds of [[Stanley Prison]], excluding the prison itself.<ref name="Emerson">{{cite journal|author=Geoffrey Charles Emerson|url=http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/44/4401355.pdf|title=Behind Japanese Barbed Wire: Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong 1942–1945|journal=Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|volume=17|year=1977|accessdate=2007-05-13|format=PDF}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:55, 13 May 2007
The Stanley Internment Camp was a civilian internment camp in Hong Kong during World War II. Located in Stanley, on the southern end of Hong Kong Island, it was used by the Japanese imperial forces to hold non-Chinese enemy nationals after their victory in the Battle of Hong Kong. About 2,800 men, women, and children were held at the non-segregated camp for 44 months from early January of 1942 to 1945-08-16, the day the Japanese forces surrendered.[1] The camp area consisted of the grounds of St. Stephen's College and the grounds of Stanley Prison, excluding the prison itself.[2]
References
- ^ Bernice Archer and Fedorowich Kent. "The women of stanley: internment in Hong Kong 1942–45" (PDF). Women's History Review. 5 (3): 373–399. doi:10.1080/09612029600200119. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
- ^ Geoffrey Charles Emerson (1977). "Behind Japanese Barbed Wire: Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong 1942–1945" (PDF). Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 17. Retrieved 2007-05-13.