Takao POW Camp (高雄戰俘營)

In the above photo taken on October 12, 1944, I have circled the area where I suspected the Takao POW Camp was located. It was built by the Takao (now Kaohsiung) Harbor. As the next two photos show, this camp was different from the Taihoku #6 and Kinkaseki camps in that each building was surrounded by walls.

In the 1959 photo below, the camp was gone.

I overlayed the 1944 photo on Google Earth satellite image below. You can see how drastically Kaohsiung Harbor has changed over the years.

Explore the area on Google Maps:

在較大的地圖上查看Takao POW Camp 高雄戰俘營

References/Links:

• Takao POW Camp
• Prisoner of War Encampments: Formosa Camps [Note: Takao POW Camp site identified in this page is different from the site shown in the above images.]

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