Category : MilitaryWhen the Japanese entered the war in 1941, some 20,000 British civilians in the European colonies in Asia were rounded up and marched off to concentration camps where they were to remain for three long years. Over 3,000 of them were children. This is the first time their extraordinary experiences of suffering, endurance and bravery have been collected together. STOLEN CHILDHOOD offers a window to a forgotten world of European colonialism, and explores what happened when that world was brutally shattered overnight, plunging these children into a savage and chaotic world. It was as if in an instant their childhood had been stolen from them. Living on what had effectively become the frontline of a war, in daily contact with an enemy whose values were totally alien, they witnessed acts of shocking violence. They had to cope with the knowledge that beloved family members had been beaten, and saw at close quarters the evil that human beings can wreak on each other when the social rulebook is torn up. But their stories also prove inspirational, such as the nine-year-old girl who stood up to the Japanese guards, or the children who taught themselves Latin by etching out their verbs in the dust. Harrowing, but ultimately uplifting, internment from a child's perspective is a complex - and untold - story. A story that features horror, suffering and self-sacrifice, but it also celebrates the resilience, adaptability and fundamental irrespressibility of the human spirit.Other products from Rakuten Kobo Canada
Stolen Childhoods
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