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Japanese war criminals 1945

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2019-08-07 21:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

From the WAR OFFICE, CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND AMERICAN SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION

JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL TAKUNADA. SEPTEMBER 1945, HONG KONG

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2019-08-07 20:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

From the ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION.

Description:

Colonel Takunada, holding his trousers up because his belt was taken to prevent running, infamous Commandant of the POW camps in Hong Kong being taken back to gaol after he had been charged with being a war criminal. Known to the prisoners as "The fat, near white Pig", he is being held in a Civil Gaol pending investigations.

Hong Kong’s War Crimes Trials Collection

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2019-08-02 23:29

In 2008, the HK goverment funded a project to research Hong Kong’s War Crimes Trials conducted in the years 1946-1948. A total of 46 cases with 123 accused persons were studied. An overwiew of this project can be found here.

Of special interest might be the case WO235/1012:

In this case five Japanese officers were charged to have committed war crimes:

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