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Within Changi's Walls - A Record Of Civilian Internment In World War II

by George L. Peet
RM22.16 MYR RM15.48 MYR 30% off
Within Changi's Walls - A Record Of Civilian Internment In World War II - Thryft
Within Changi's Walls - A Record Of Civilian Internment In World War II - Thryft

Triumph amidst adversity.

Within Changi's Walls tells the compelling story of George L. Peet's internment in Singapore during World War II. Through his diaries and records, Peet illustrates the resilience and determination of the human spirit in times of extreme difficulty. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in personal accounts of wartime experiences and the strength of the human spirit.

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Within Changi's Walls - A Record Of Civilian Internment In World War II

by George L. Peet
RM22.16 MYR RM15.48 MYR 30% off
ISBN: 9789814328852
Authors: George L. Peet
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: World War II, Microhistory, Social Justice, Biography, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.8
(rated by 5 readers)

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When the Japanese captured Singapore in February 1942, the European population was rounded up and sent to internment camps, where they were kept till the end of the war. This is the story of one such internee George L. Peet whose diaries and records preserve a stunningly vivid portrait of the triumph of the human spirit in those trying times. Interned first at Changi Gaol, then at Sime Road Camp, Peet paints a detailed and moving picture of the world behind walls. The internees mostly British and mostly the top tier of pre-war Singapore society find themselves in vastly reduced circumstances, dispossessed and humiliated. Fortunately, their Japanese wardens, while enforcing strict security, left the running of the camps to the internees. And so, drawing on their respective skills from their peace-time occupations, the internees soon organized themselves into an elaborate functioning microcosm of society. Those who had been doctors served as camp doctors. Those who had been in the Department of Agriculture grew vegetables. The engineers saw to water and sanitation. The chemists made yeast for bread. And experts from every conceivable field took turns to lecture at the unofficial, in-house Changi University. In the author s own a veritable war-time Swiss Family Robinson indeed. With a sympathetic eye, Peet reveals the strength as well as the ugliness of human nature. Food, comfort, survival, morale, and a longing to be reunited with his wife and children fortunately evacuated to Australia form the main part of the author s thoughts, as well as the backbone of this riveting record.
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Triumph amidst adversity.

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