Zentsuji POW camp

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf concentration camp
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Zentsuji Internment Camp
gptkbp:capacity about 400 prisoners
gptkbp:closed 1945
gptkbp:coordinates 34.2261°N 133.7922°E
gptkbp:heldPrisonersFrom gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zentsuji POW camp
gptkbp:liberatedBy gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:location Zentsuji, Kagawa, Japan
gptkbp:notableEvent first major POW camp in Japan for Allied prisoners
gptkbp:notableFeature relatively better conditions compared to other Japanese POW camps
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Louis_Zamperini
Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright
Brigadier Arthur Varley
Colonel Charles E. Kilbourne
gptkbp:opened 1942
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_POW_camps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6