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gptkbp:instanceOf
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concentration camp
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Civilian_Assembly_Center
gptkb:Weifang_Concentration_Camp
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gptkbp:campFacilities
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gptkb:chapel
gptkb:food
gptkb:hospital
gptkb:school
dormitories
latrines
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gptkbp:capacity
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about 1,500 to 2,000 people
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gptkbp:closed
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August 1945
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gptkbp:coordinates
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36.7061°N 119.1422°E
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Weihsien Internment Camp
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gptkbp:interneesNationality
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gptkb:American
gptkb:Australian
gptkb:Belgian
gptkb:Canadian
British
Dutch
other Allied civilians
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gptkbp:liberatedBy
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gptkb:U.S._Office_of_Strategic_Services_(OSS)
August 17, 1945
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gptkbp:location
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Weifang, Shandong, China
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gptkbp:memorial
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erected at the site in Weifang
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Eric Liddell died in the camp in February 1945
OSS team parachuted into camp to announce liberation
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gptkbp:notableInmate
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gptkb:John_Hersey
gptkb:Eric_Liddell
gptkb:Langdon_Gilkey
gptkb:David_Allen
gptkb:Arthur_Hummel_Jr.
gptkb:Mary_Previte
gptkb:Norman_Cliff
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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gptkb:Children_of_the_Camps_by_Mark_R._Elliott
gptkb:My_Years_in_a_Japanese_Prison_Camp_by_Arthur_Hummel_Jr.
gptkb:Shantung_Compound_by_Langdon_Gilkey
gptkb:The_Courtyard_of_the_Happy_Way_by_Norman_Cliff
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gptkbp:numberOfInternees
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about 2,000
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gptkbp:opened
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March 1943
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
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gptkbp:origin
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gptkb:American_Presbyterian_Mission_compound
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gptkbp:purpose
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internment of Allied civilians in China
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_China
gptkb:World_War_II_internment_camps_in_Asia
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gptkbp:status
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site preserved as a memorial
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gptkbp:usedDuring
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Eric_Liddell
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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