Georgie Knisely née Reinbrecht

⚠ Georgie remembers ...

- Georgie's "I-Remember" page ...
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Gerald Walsham

⚠ Chapter - main page

- GoTo Gerald Walsham "I-Remembers" ...
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Gladys Swift

⚠Chapter - main page

- Photo: Hugh Hubard
- Photo: Hugh Hubard
- Hugh Hubard writes of "Chinese Conditions" (Oberlin Times)
- Hugh Hubard, by Norman Cliff (April, 2006)
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Gordon Helsby

⚠Chapter - main page

- Book: "He Goes Before Them" by Christine & Meredith Helsby
- Book: (printer friendly version)
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Greg Leck

⚠Chapter - main page

- Book: "CAPTIVES OF EMPIRE"
- Question: "Can you help indentifying these people?"
- Photo: Who's who ?
- Intelligence Report - Navy Department - April 26, 1945.
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Emmanuel Hanquet

⚠Chapter - main page

- Painting: "The Priest's Shack" (click on the pictures)
- Book: Father Hanquet's "MEMOIRES" partially in English
- Book: "Les Mémoires du Père Hanquet"
- Un bref survol de l'Histoire de Chine de 1911 à 1945
- Les Origines d'une Vocation
- Les Premiers Pas du Missionnaire
- Démêlés avec les Japonais
- Successful Getaway ---
- Cheer Up, ---
- Have I Ever Been Afraid ? ---
- The Main Switch ---
- The Italians Are Comming ---
- The Secret Brigade ---
- First letter home ---
- Dans un Pays en Guerre Civile
- Au revoir, la Chine
- Biographie
- Table des Matières
- Illustrations
- Remerciements
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- ... in Memoriam: February 13, 2008.
- The "Hanquet Family Website"
- Father Hanquet, as he was, in Wehsien ...
- Letter: From the Belgian Red Cross, February 6, 1944
- Letter: ... first letter home after the War.
- Illustrations from Father Hanquet's Book.
- Post Mortem texts found on Father Hanquet's computer.
- Map of China used by Father Hanquet after the War
- Father Hanquet's boy scout group in Weihsien
- Our first meeting with Father Hanquet: September 2002,
- Father Hanquet's 90th birthday,
- Photos: at the S.A.M. headquarters in 2005.
- Father Hanquet's "I-Remember" page ...
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HOAX

⚠Chapter - main page

- Eric Liddell and the Beiging 2008 Olympics
- "... the band played the "God Save the King" just after Roll-Call" (!)
- Book: "The Secret of Weifang" more about Amelia Earhart
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I Remember

⚠Chapter - main page

- ... an invitation to write about what do you remember of 'Weihsien 1943-45'?
- ... a selection from the TOPICA messages ...
- Map: from Father Emmanuel Hanquet, 31 years old
- Map: from Janette Ley-Pander, 7 yeras old
- Map: from Georgie Knisely née Reinbrecht, 12 years old
- Map: from Mary Previte née Taylor, 13 years old
- Map: from James H. Taylor, 16 years old
- Map: from Ted Pearson, 10 years old
- Map: form Gerald Walsham, 6 years old
- Map: From Jimmy Harrison, 17 years old
- Map: from Peter Bazire, 14 years old
- Book: "The Children of Weihsien 1943-1945":
- BOOK ONE
- BOOK TWO
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Jacqueline de Saint Hubert

⚠ Chapter - main page

- paintings: GRID view ...
- paintings: LIST view ...
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James R. Hightower

⚠Chapter - main page

- Interview between Tom Hightower and James Robert Hightower in 1994 :
- ... a printer friendly version,
- Photo: James R. Hightower with two ex-Weihsien prisoners.
- Photo: Residential Permit, Peking March 7, 1943 – March 6, 1944
- Photo: James R. Hightower arrives on m/v Gripsholm
- Photo: The voyage of the m/v Gripsholm
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James Taylor III

⚠Chapter - main page

- Photos of the 60-year celebrations in Weifang
- James Taylor: "B" is for "British"
- Obligation to wear an armband ...
- "A Song Of Salvation" by Mary Previte, August 25, 1985.
- Book (foreword): Eric Liddell, "PURE GOLD" - The Eric I knew,
- Beyond the Chariots of Fire:
- The Arena of Eric Liddell’s Life
- Beyond Success
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- Diary: Jamie Taylor’s Bird Watching Diary 1944 -1945
- James's "I-Remember" page ...
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Jimmy Harrison

⚠ Chapter - main page

- GoTo: Jimmy Harrison's "I-Remembers" ...
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John & Albert deZutter

⚠Chapter - main page

- "Clandestine Scouts"
- Photo: Boy Scout group
- Roll Call: Mrs. deZutter's Weihsien badge
- Athlete Certificate
- Bookbinder's badge
- Weihsien Tenderfoot test
- April 2007, meeting Albert in Belgium (slide show)
- November 2004, meeting Albert in Belgium (slide show)
- November 2004, meeting Albert & Rob in Brussels (photos)
- April 2007, Albert's visit to Belgium
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Jeff Rickert

⚠Chapter - main page

- Power Point Show about Eric Liddell's life:
- EricLiddellNight1.pps
- EricLiddellNight2.pps
- EricLiddellNight3.pps
- EricLiddellNight4.pps
- EricLiddellNight5.pps
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Jean-Marie Struyven

⚠Chapter - main page

- Book: "Un Moine d'Aujourd'hui" by Giovani Hoyois
- [extraits] "En Chine" (*.pdf-version)
- [extraits] "En Chine" (*.html-version)
- [excerpt] "In China" (.*pdf) - in English
- [excerpt] "In China" (*.html) - in English
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Joëlle LEY

YangChow-C

⚠Chapter - main page

- Image: Thanksgiving
- Red Cross Letter: by Norbert Ley,
- Regulations: for YangChow-C (C.A.C.)
- A Study: The Belgians In Concentration Camps In China,
- Letter: YangChow, September 25, 1945
- Letter: YangChow, Seotember 7, 1945
- Letter: WeiHsien, August 26, 1945
- Photos: (click on the pictures)
- Sketches: (click on the pictures)
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John Hoyte

⚠Chapter - main page

- ... Go To John Hoyte's blog
- Book: [excerpts] ... read the Weihsien chapter
- Buy the book
- John Hoyte's sketch book:
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Jonathan Henshaw

⚠Chapter - main page

- University of Alberta - Master of Arts in History,
- My visit to Weihsien, July 26, 2009
- Photos: ... visit to Weihsien, July, 2009
- Testimony: "Our POW Christmas" by Christine Helsby
- Ahmed Kamal: "Prison Koran Tricked JAPS"
- Internet: "The Strange Career of Ahmed Kamal"
- ... about Edmond Van Genechten - a Flemish Missionary in China.
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Kelly Hunsaker

Sister Eustella / Gertrude Bush

⚠Chapter - main page

- "Topica": searching for "Sister Eustella Bush" (A4)
- e-mail exchanges: "why is Sister Eustelle not on Ron Bridge's listings?"
- Letters: You will find MANY references to Sister Eustella
- Letter: June 30, 1932
- Letter: October 2, 1932
- Letter: February 10, 1938,
- Letter: REPORT: LIFE UNDER THE JAPANESE JUNE 11, 1942 - SEPTEMBER 27, 1945
- Photo: Sister Eustella.
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Kim Smith

William A. Smith - (War Correspondent)

⚠Chapter - main page

- ... from the Magazine: "Asia and the Americas" July, 1946 ...
- Photos: William Arthur Smith
- Kim Smith's blog: ILLUSTRATION ART
- Wikipedia: "William Arthur Smith"
- Document: "Chronological Report on Duck Mission"
- Photos & Sketches: Kunming
- Photos & Sketches: local population - China
- Photos & Sketches: Weihsien Camp
- Photos & Sketches: U.S. Army
- Photos & Sketches: planes
- Photos & Sketches: Japanese Army
- Photos & Sketches: Chinese Army
- Photos & Sketches: Portraits
- Blog: "An American Soldier Draws Wartime China 1944-1945"
- Blog: "William A. Smith: "A fine painter" - Robert Fawcett"
- Blog: "Illustration Art" (scroll down)
- Blog: "Today's Inspiration" - William A. Smith: Inside Weihsien Prison Camp
- Blog: "Today's Inspiration" - William A. Smith Describes Life in Weihsien
- Blog: "Today's Inspiration" - "Their enthusiasm made me very humble."
- Blog: "Today's Inspiration" - Getting Out of Weihsien:
- Blog: "Today's Inspiration" - William A Smith: "...a terrible picture of the atrociousness of war."
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Lennart Holmquist

⚠ Chapter - main page

- Foreign Devils - 1894 - 1951
- 1943 "Piano Lessons"
- 1945 "Peace and War"
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... links to → ... Paintings & Sketches ...

⚠ Chapter - main page

- "paintings & sketches"
- Father F.G. Verhoeven
- Father Louis Schmid
- Mrs. Eileen Bazire
- Mrs. Gertrude Wilder
- Joyce & Ediie Cooke's collection
- Norman Cliff's collection
- Mrs. Ida Talbot
- Ted Pearson's collection
- William A. Smith (war correspondent)
- Miss. Jacqueline de Saint Hubert
- John Hoyte
- Brian Butcher's collection
- "The Main Gate": paintings - sketches - photos ...
- Mrs. Katharine Jowett's aquarelles
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Matthew J. Weaver

⚠ Chapter - main page

- Dr. Robinson & family ...
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... maps ...

⚠ Chapter - main page

- map: of China before WWII
- map: a recent road map of China
- map: Prisoner of War & Internee Camps in the Far East
- map: Wikipedia = "List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II."
- Atlas: China, 1932 (in French)
- book: "The Children of Weihsien" - Go To page 207 ...
- Map of Weihsien:
- Father Verhoeven's map of Weihsien
- photocopy of the original
- a copy
- ... with the street names & pathways ...
- aerial view of the Camp
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- Langdon Gilkey's map
- Mr. Pander's map
- Christian de Saint-Hubert's map
- Meredith & Christine Helsby's map
- another map of the camp (as Janette remembers it)
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- map of "The Chinese Empire & Japan"
- Siberia (and Shantung/China) in 1918 ...
- In 2005: locating Weihsien and our old "Compound"
- Shantung province in 1932
- Father Emmanuel Hanquet's map of China - U.N.R.R.A.
- Google Earth ...
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Mary Previte née Taylor

⚠ Chapter - main page

- 1997: "How I Found My Heroes"
- Printer friendly version (A4 - 93 pages)
- James Taylor III "The Armband They Made Us Wear"
- 1985: "A SONG OF SALVATION AT WEIHSIEN PRISON CAMP"
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- Letter: September 1945: from the "Duck Team" to Weihsien internees
- "AMERICA HAS HEROES I KNOW THEIR NAMES"
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- Photos: September 1945 - first evacuations ...
- Photo: The girls from LSD
- 1985: "A SONG OF SALVATION AT WEIHSIEN PRISON CAMP"
- 1998: "Previte's Magnificent Seven"
- Photo-1998 - with Carol Orlich widow of Peter Orlich
- April 2017:"Sending It Home"
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- 1983: "A mother cut off from her own youngsters."
- 1998: "A schoolgirl POW thanks her rescuers a half-century later"
- 1998: Raymond Hanchulak ([click] and scroll down)
- 2000: "Former captive recalls U.S. liberation of camp"
- 1997: "Former prisoner tracks down rescuers"
- "Stanley Staiger"
- 1998: Reunion with Jim Moore, May 1998
- 1997: "The Tad Nagaki Story ..."
- 2005: Photos of the 60-year anniversary of Weihsien's liberation ...
- 2005: Former Prisoner of Japanese Spellbinds National Reunion
- 2001: "Finding her angels"
- 1998: "World War II "Angels" Are Not Forgotten"
- Document: "Chefoo School Logo"
- Eric Henry Liddell
- Red Cross Messages
- 2005: "Gao-liang ― by any other name"
- 2008: "Saved from hell by angels with parachutes"
- 2014: "Back To The Future"
- Photo: TAYLOR FAMILY REUNION, Fenghsiang, Shgensi, September 1945.
- 2015: "Rescue From The Sky" - Navy Ensign Jim Moore
- 2000: "National Public Radio" - Mornig Broadcast (mp3 - 8 minutes)
- 2015: "How I Found My World War II Hero – in CHINA"
- "The National WWII Museum, New Orleans" (video - 12 minutes)
- 2008: Beijing Olympics 2008
- Sound recordings: Mary's audio and video memories ...
- August 16, 2005, — all about Gao-Liang ---
- August 17, 2005, — Mary's speech at Weifang No.2 Middle School ---
- ... 1935 ... — "... on our way to boarding school ..."
— life in camp ---
— Eric Liddell ---
— Liberation ---
— You are my sunshine ---
— Back home ---
— 2005, the 60th anniversary of our liberation ---
— Tad Nagaki's 90th birthday --- (video: +40 minutes)
— 1998 POW Day speech, Lyons VA - Medical Center ---
— Abington Pa., Library, April 21, 2010 ---
— NPR interview, May 11, 2000 ---
— NPR interview, May 20, 2013 ---
— On June 29, 2011 - 11 a.m., BBC Radio 4
- 2017 - New Zealand Radio
- BBC World Service, August 2015
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- March 2015: "Wonderful! The Last Hero!"
- June 2011: "Those Unsung Heroes and Their R4Ds"
- May 2015: "Seven Decades Later, Previte Connects with Liberator"
- June 2015: "Haddonfield woman finds the last of her seven heroes"
- July 2016: "Woman reunited with Chinese rescuer 71 years on"
- August 2015: "Growing up in a Japanese WW2 internment camp in China"
- May 2015: "Haddonfield woman finds the last of her seven daring heroes"
- Fall 2016: "Retired New Jersy Legislator Visits China to Meet Her Rescuer from WWII POW Camp"
- August 2016: "A Hug after 71 Years: 83-year-old American Woman Flies to China ..."
- December 2015: "Veteran's Day" Mary Taylor Previte and John Farrell, Vietnam veteran and teacher at ...
- July 2016: "A kiss 71 years in the making!"
- April 2017: "Eric Liddell’s former roommate in China ..."
- April 2017: "Parachute that helped save 1,500 from WWII camp will ..."
- July 2016: "Woman reunited with Chinese rescuer 71 years on"
- July 2016: "A kiss 71 years in the making! American prisoner of war ..."
- June 2017: "Shipped to Timbuktu" (audio ± 19 minutes)
- April 2018: "Life Under The Guard Towers"
- November 1945: First letter home
- ... various texts:
- Mairzy Doats
- America has Heroes, I Know their Names
- America has heroes - speech August 2005
- Finding my heroes
- How I Found my Weihsien Heroes
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- Mary Previte's "I-Remember" page ...
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Natasha Petersen (TOPICA)

⚠ TOPICA Chat list — the very begining ...

- The year : 2000
- The year : 2001
- The year 2002 from January to June
- The year 2002 from July to December
- The year 2003 from January to June
- The year 2003 from July to December
- The year 2004 from January to June
- The year 2004 from July to December
- The year 2005 from January to June
- The year 2005 from July to December
- The year : 2006
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