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Huang Yueyin huangyuelin5@gmail.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Mon, 28 Sep 2015 at 02:08
[weihsien_camp] A letter to Weihsien Internment Camp Witness
发自我的 iPadTo: A letter to Weihsien Internment Camp Witness

Dear Weihsien Internment Camp Witness,

It is blessed that I can have this chance to share some common memory between you and my life.

In March, 1942, the Japanese invader made one of the American Presbyterian mission compound at Shandong, China, named “Weihsien Courtyard of the Happy Way”, to be an Internment Camp for jailing civilians of Allied countries living in Northern China. My grandfather, Pastor Lede Huang, was in charge of “Weihsien Courtyard of the Happy Way” at that time. With risking of losing life and fighting under huge difficulties, my grandfather and my father, Anwei Huang, helped a lot of people from different countries to be able to survive at that time. However, after the war in 1953, my grandfather was exiled to the remote and backward western part of China, all because of he was a Pastor and helped many American refugee. He eventually passed away in poor conditions. And my father, Anwei Huang, a great Pastor also, was treated unfairly whole life due to the same reason, left us forever in 1998.

As the only one Christian currently in my family, I came to visit my family relatives here at America, and then decided to stay here. I am hoping to collect and organize the stories about my grandfather and father, freely express my thought, telling people the miserable experience of my grandfather and father, as Chinese Christian, being suffering from unfair treatment, restoring the historical truth, spreading the power of Christianity, the noble faith.

If, you are the survivor who were held in Weihsien Internment Camp, or you are the descendant of one of them, you will never forget that part of sad history, also you probably still remember that China’s “Schindler”, Lede Huang. Here, can I urge you to recall that part of history at a proper time when you are willing and willing to witness a China Christian clergy‘s ordinary and great deeds, let the noble Christian faith benefiting the world? I would greatly appreciate it if you can provide even a little bit of memory about Weihsien Internment Camp, or a little bit of impression you have about my grandfather, Pastor Dele Huang.

I would be grateful for your help, and I look forward to your reply.

Sincerly,
Yuelin Huang (Granddaughter of Dele Huang)
June, 2015
My Contact: huangyuelin5@gmail.com





Elaine Yau elaineyau2000@gmail.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com

Sun, 27 Sep 2015 at 12:05
Re: [weihsien_camp] 70th aniversary -- Weifang

Dear Leopold,

I will tonight our time as it is Mid Autumn Festival here in hk and I am going out to celebrate with my brother's family.

Blessings,
Elaine

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'tapol_(Skynet)' tapol@skynet.be [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 at 11:28
Re: [weihsien_camp] 70th aniversary -- Weifang

Dear Elaine:

Use this URL:
http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/WeifangWanBao/Weifan_Wangbao.pdf

---

... If it isn’t this one, could you send me a copy of your newspaper for the website ?

Thanks in advance,
Leopold





Elaine Yau elaineyau2000@gmail.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 at 11:17
Re: [weihsien_camp] 70th aniversary -- Weifang

A friend in Weifang bought me 4 newspaper with the news clippings. Which one have you got translated into English?

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'tapol_(Skynet)' tapol@skynet.be [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 at 11:10
[weihsien_camp] 70th aniversary -- Weifang

Hi ☺

To this day, I have about finished the layout for the Weihsien-Paintings’ website for the 70 year celebrations at Weifang this year. All is perfectible ... critics and suggestions welcome !

I included all I had and – of course – that means that I don’t have all I hoped to have !

Who else would like to share his or her photos with us? ... with complementary texts and captions (if possible) ?

There are many speeches missing !

There is a translation (Google) of the WeifangWanBaoNewspaper .... is there a volunteer to get that into “good” English ? etc. ... etc. ...

Click on this URL:
http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/index.php

enjoy !

Best regards,
Leopold





Huang Yueyin
To:leopoldpander@yahoo.com
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 at 07:59
Re: Looking for Weihsien people

I am so glad to read your message.Thank you very much!

发自我的 iPad 在 2015年8月28日,下午6:03,Tapol 写道:
>

P.S.
> You can also join our chat group.
> Just send a blank message to:
> weihsien_camp-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
> Best regards,
> Leopold

>
> From: Tapol
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 6:00 AM
> To: Huang Yueyin ; weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
>
Subject: Re: Looking for Weihsien people
>
>

Dear Yuelin Huang,
> Thank you very much for your message.
> Indeed, I was in Weihsien in 1945. I was 4 years old at that time, ... just a child.
> However, I will transfer your message to the Weihsien_Camp chat group, and I trust that somebody will be able to help you in your quest. > You can, of course, have a look at our website: http://www.weihsien-paintings.org which is free access and non commercial. More than 3000 pages of information about the Weihsien Camp we lived in for two and a half years during the war between 1943 and 1945.
> Best regards,
> Leopold
> (from Belgium)

> From: Huang Yueyin
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 4:17 AM
> To: tapol@skynet.be
>
Subject: Looking for Weihsien people
>
>
>> To: A letter to Weihsien Internment Camp Witness
>>
>>

Dear Weihsien Internment Camp Witness,
>>
>> It is blessed that I can have this chance to share some common memory between you and my life.
>>
>> In March, 1942, the Japanese invader made one of the American Presbyterian mission compound at Shandong, China, named “Weihsien Courtyard of the Happy Way”, to be an Internment Camp for jailing civilians of Allied countries living in Northern China. My grandfather, Pastor Lede Huang, was in charge of “Weihsien Courtyard of the Happy Way” at that time. With risking of losing life and fighting under huge difficulties, my grandfather and my father, Anwei Huang, helped a lot of people from different countries to be able to survive at that time. However, after the war in 1953, my grandfather was exiled to the remote and backward western part of China, all because of he was a Pastor and helped many American refugee. He eventually passed away in poor conditions. And my father, Anwei Huang, a great Pastor also, was treated unfairly whole life due to the same reason, left us forever in 1998.
>>
>> As the only one Christian currently in my family, I came to visit my family relatives here at America, and then decided to stay here. I am hoping to collect and organize the stories about my grandfather and father, freely express my thought, telling people the miserable experience of my grandfather and father, as Chinese Christian, being suffering from unfair treatment, restoring the historical truth, spreading the power of Christianity, the noble faith.
>>
>> If, you are the survivor who were held in Weihsien Internment Camp, or you are the descendant of one of them, you will never forget that part of sad history, also you probably still remember that China’s “Schindler”, Lede Huang. Here, can I urge you to recall that part of history at a proper time when you are willing and willing to witness a China Christian clergy‘s ordinary and great deeds, let the noble Christian faith benefiting the world? I would greatly appreciate it if you can provide even a little bit of memory about Weihsien Internment Camp, or a little bit of impression you have about my grandfather, Pastor Dele Huang.
>>
>> I would be grateful for your help, and I look forward to your reply.
>>
>> Sincerly,
>> Yuelin Huang (Granddaughter of Dele Huang)
>> June, 2015
>>
>> My Contact: huangyuelin5@gmail.com

>
> 发自我的 iPad




Daniel Wang To:leopoldpander@yahoo.com
Cc:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com,sancton@nbnet.nb.ca,mtprevite@aol.com
Wed, 9 Sep 2015 at 04:23
Re: Liberation day and the day after (Ida Talbot)

Hello, Leopold,

I apologize for my late response.
My grandfather has read the diaries, but he cannot remember any detail related to the diaries on those two days now.

Daniel





'tapol_(Skynet)' tapol@skynet.be [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Tue, 8 Sep 2015 at 09:19
[weihsien_camp] 109 photos

Hi ☺

109 more photos from Janette and Pierre
http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/PierreLey/PierreLey(17A-web).pdf

http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/PierreLey/PierreLey(17B-web).pdf

http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/JanetteLey/001-WeiHsien(web).pdf

enjoy,
Best regards,
Leopold





Edmund Pearson sipabit@bell.net [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Mon, 7 Sep 2015 at 15:46
Re: [weihsien_camp] day ONE -

These are really interesting except I don’t know who they all are except for Angela. :-)





'Tapol' leopoldpander@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com,windancer8383@gmail.com
Cc:sancton@nbnet.nb.ca
Sat, 5 Sep 2015 at 17:36
[weihsien_camp] Liberation day and the day after (Ida Talbot)

Hi !

Christine Sancton née Talbot sent me a text written by her mother on 17th and 18th August 1945.

http://weihsien-paintings.org/ChSancton/diary/1945-0817-70_Years_Ago.pdf

Dear Eddie Wang,

Could you tell us what you remember of all this? Ida Talbot’s description seems to be very detailed ....
...
a comment, anybody ?

---
best regards,
Leopold





'Tapol' leopoldpander@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Thu, 3 Sep 2015 at 13:30
Re: [weihsien_camp] August 18th - afternoon

Dear Michael,

Thanks very much ...
I didn’t have the list of the 12 ex-prisoners. I shall use that for the website (in preparation)

I already saved your photos in jpg-files and shall try to make a layout for the website with all the other photos. From all those who were present at the reunion I hope to receive their personal photos (those they wish to share with us) ... via the Yahoo chat list or on a DVD or on a memory card by snail mail at my address in Belgium:

Leopold Pander,


Sentier du Berger, 15

B-1325 Corroy-le-Grand
Belgium.

PS. If possible, send the photos in high definition (as it comes out of your digital camera)
Thanks in advance.
Leopold

PS ... of course, I will send back the memory cards once I have transferred the data onto my computer !





Michael Rank rank@mailbox.co.uk [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Thu, 3 Sep 2015 at 10:32
Re: [weihsien_camp] August 18th - afternoon

Dear Leopold and friends,

My Weifang photos are here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ibisbill/albums/72157657599694010

You are welcome to use any of them on weihsien-paintings.

Does anyone have contact details for the Liddell sisters and/or Joseph and Joyce Cotterill or their family? If so would you please let me have their email or phone number or ask them to email me.

Best wishes,
Michael





'Tapol' leopoldpander@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Thu, 3 Sep 2015 at 09:05
[weihsien_camp] August 18th - afternoon

Hi !

August 18th – afternoon, we visited the Kite factory with Mr Sui Shude.

I didn’t take any photos when we toured in the park with the electric cars and, unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures of our memorable banquet with Mr Sui Shude either. I’d be happy to add photos of these two events on the Weihsien-Paintings’ website later on. Can somebody help?
http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/LeopoldPander/Leopold(3)-web.pdf

Best regards,
Leopold





Pierre Ley
To:philippe.paquet@lalibre.be
Cc:leopoldpander@yahoo.com
Thu, 3 Sep 2015 at 00:21
70è anniversaire capitulation Japon & libération du camp de concentration de Weifang 16/08/1945

Monsieur,

Je reviens de Weifang en Chine où j’ai accompagné mon épouse et son frère pour l’anniversaire de la libération du camp japonais dans lequel ils furent détenus quand ils avaient 4 & 7 ans ; leur père, Léopold Pander était responsable de la Banque Belge pour l’étranger à Tientsin (Tianjin) et, après Pearl Harbour, la famille Pander fut incarcérée à Weifang ; depuis près de 10 ans mon beau-frère, Léopold (junior) a créé un site internet qui a permis de rassembler aux 4 coins du monde les derniers survivants de ce camp ou leurs descendants ; j’estime qu’il a fait un travail de mémoire remarquable ! mais vous connaissez probablement déjà ce site www.weishsien-painting.org ! Il a permis de réunir quantité de documents et témoignages qui ont contribué à la réalisation d’un musée sur le site même du camp de Weifang ; l’organisateur chinois de la réception commémorative, Mr. Sui Shude, avait notamment prévu la rencontre des seuls 12 ex détenus présents avec un de leurs libérateurs, Mr.Eddie Wang : alerte vieillard de 91 ans, il était l’un des parachutistes américains qui ont libéré le camp il y a 70ans : ce fut un moment très émouvant !

A une époque où prévaut l’attitude négationniste d’une majorité d’officiels Japonais vis-à-vis des crimes de guerre commis en Chine dès 1931 puis dans la guerre du Pacifique jusqu’à leur capitulation en 1945 et où se profile un réarmement intensif du Japon, il est bon de rappeler que même des Belges en furent victime…

J’espère que ce message retiendra votre attention et qu’une visite dudit site vous intéressera !

Bien à vous,
Docteur Pierre Ley,





'Tapol' leopoldpander@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Wed, 2 Sep 2015 at 17:16
[weihsien_camp] Liberation day + ONE

Hi !

Those who wanted to revisit the camp could do so. We had a guide to show us around ... it was necessary !
http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/LeopoldPander/Leopold(2)-web.pdf

Best regards,
Leopold





'Tapol' leopoldpander@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Wed, 2 Sep 2015 at 17:06
[weihsien_camp] Liberation day - afternoon & evening

Hi !

http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/LeopoldPander/Leopold(1)-web.pdf

enjoy ☺
Best regards,
Leopold





'Tapol' leopoldpander@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Wed, 2 Sep 2015 at 10:44
[weihsien_camp] LIBERATION Day (morning)

Hi ! ☺

Day TWO : Liberation day. (before lunch)
Never seen as many photographers per square meter !!
http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/LeopoldPander/Leopold(2)-web.pdf

and:
http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/index.php

enjoy ! ☺
Best regards,
Leopold





'Tapol' leopoldpander@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com

Wed, 2 Sep 2015 at 09:36
Re: [weihsien_camp] Day ONE

Dear Audrey,

It is a pleasure for me to share my photos with all of you and I really hope that I will not be the only one to do so. The pictures sent so far are of the banquet ... the others will follow shortly ...

Michael Rank has already shared his pictures and Mary sent quite a few on the Yahoo group website.

My intentions are to group the photos by author and make a layout for our website with the correct captions. As I do not know everybody personally, ... I will be needing your help ! Who’s who, stories, anecdotes ... I am now trying to get the texts of the speeches pronounced on the 70 year anniversary day of our liberation ... You can send all that to my personal e-mail address: tapol@skynet.be

Thanks in advance,
Leopold





'Fern Nordmo' raks732@gmail.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 at 18:54
Re: [weihsien_camp] Day ONE

Thank you so much—will there later be names of the guests for identity?

Is this the banquet of the 16th—day of arrival?

Will there be pictures of the memorial garden.

I am a bit confused—is the long wall with all the prisoners’ name still there or where—people show the statue with the names in Chinese around the bottom—?

Audrey Nordmo Horton





'Tapol' leopoldpander@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 at 14:39
[weihsien_camp] Day ONE

122 photos for the first day,
http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/LeopoldPander/Leopold(1)-web.pdf

http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/ElaineYau/ElaineYau-Yahoo(web).pdf

http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/MichaelRank/MichaelRank-300dpi(web).pdf

http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/BrianKerry/Weihsien/BrianKerry(web).pdf

http://www.weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/PierreLey/PierreLey(16web).pdf

http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/BrianButcher/BrianButcher(web).pdf

http://weihsien-paintings.org/70YearsAfter/Photos/AngelaCox/Angela(WEB).pdf

enjoy ☺
Best regards,
Leopold





Mary Previte mtprevite@aol.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 at 12:52
Re: [weihsien_camp] Re: More on Betty Lambert from Desmond Power and Ted Pearson

Betty did not attend the Chefoo School.

Mary Previte





alphadogal@yahoo.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Tue, 1 Sep 2015 at 08:06
[weihsien_camp] Re: More on Betty Lambert from Desmond Power and Ted Pearson

I remember Betty Lambert, who I believe was two or three years older than me. I remember her long hair and that she seemed to be a very private person and quite reserved, as befitted a proper English girl. I also remember Tony Lambert who, I thought, was Betty's brother. I remember Tony singing "I'm Henery (Henry) the Eighth I am," and doing a little dance at one of the shows we used to put on in the church/assembly hall. He did it on several occasions, often enough for me to learn the lyrics, which have stayed with me to this day. I'm curious to know whether Betty attended the school classes that were set up for the kids of the general population, or did she attend the Chefoo school, although as I remember she was not a boarder at that school.

Albert de Zutter





Mary Previte mtprevite@aol.com [weihsien_camp]
To:weihsien_camp@yahoogroups.com
Mon, 31 Aug 2015 at 22:24
[weihsien_camp] More on Betty Lambert from Desmond Power and Ted Pearson
Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Desmond Power"
>
Subject: More on Betty Lambert
>

Dear Mary,

> As a pre-teenager in Tientsin Betty studied ballet under Madame Voitenco who had been a member of St Petersburg’s Corps de Ballet. Betty (who was really my half sister) danced at several concerts in Weihsien camp and also at a show put on for the liberating paratroopers. One of them Pete Orlich sought out Betty after which he and Betty fell for each other and became unofficially engaged despite her ridiculously young age. I guess after he returned to the States and Betty was in England the distances were too great and they went their different ways. But she left a lasting impression on him according to Pete’s family who wrote to me about it. She went on in her dancing career to a good degree of success, appearing as the acrobatic dancer Zari in the 1960 Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip at the London Palladium where she received equal billing with Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis JR, Liberace, and Vera Lynn. She never married. She died of a heart attack in 2000.

> Desmond.



Betty Lambert and my Dad, Frank Pearson did a ballet together in the camp. I remember I was so astonished when I saw her launch herself across the stage into my Dad’s arms. He had taken ballet as a young man in order to improve his jumping skills.

Ted Pearson.