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While Weihsien (now Weifang) was never a Treaty Port, it was the site of a Japanese Internment Camp from late 1942 until 1945, in which Allied nationals were incarcerated. These nationals were residents of several Treaty Ports in Northern China including Tientsin, Tsingtao and Chefoo. Perhaps the most famous of the Camp's inmates was Eric Liddell, of the London Missionary Society, a gold medal winner in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. 'Uncle Eric', as he was known, died in the Camp from a...
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The Liberation Memorial was unveiled in 2005 in...
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The Liberation Memorial was unveiled in 2005 in...
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One side of the Liberation Memorial.
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One side of the Liberation Memorial.
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One side of the Liberation Memorial.
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One side of the Liberation Memorial.
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The Shadyside Hospital building which houses...
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Main entrance to Shadyside Hospital.
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Main entrance to Shadyside Hospital.
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The Shadyside Hospital building which houses...
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Memorial to Eric H. Liddell in front of...
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Main entrance to Shadyside Hospital.
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The Shadyside Hospital foundation stone...
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Rear of the Shadyside Hospital Building. The...
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Rear of the Shadyside Hospital.
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A side door to the Shadyside Hospital.
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A side door to the Shadyside Hospital.
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Upper floor and roof detail on the Shadyside...
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Upper floor and roof detail on the Shadyside...
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Entrance display to the Weihsien Camp Museum...
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Mural of the train journey to the Camp in March...
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Camp model exhibit.
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Panorama of the Camp model exhibit.
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Mural of the escape of Laurence Tipton and...
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A room dedicated to Eric Liddell.
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Mural of the first relief flight on 17 August...
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Main corridor inside the Shadyside Hospital.
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Moongate into Blocks 58, 59 & 60 on "Wall Street".
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Blocks 59 & 60 (near) on "Wall Street".
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Block 58 on "Wall Street".
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Blocks 58 (left) & 60 (right) on "Wall Street".
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Blocks 58 (left) & 59 (right) on "Wall Street".
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Block 50.
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Block 50.
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Detail on Block 50.
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Detail on Block 50.
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Detail on Block 50.
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Detail on Block 50.
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Rear of Block 50.
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Japanese guard quarters.
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Japanese guard quarters.
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Detail on the Japanese guard quarters.
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Detail on the Japanese guard quarters.
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Detail on the Japanese guard quarters.
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Japanese guard quarters.
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A bell, but not the one used in the Camp for...
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The Yuehe flows past the Weihsien Internment Camp.