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This is the story of the Japanese prisoner of war camps on the island of Taiwan (Formosa) during the Second World War and of the men who were interned in them.

Our site contains descriptions of the former camps, as well as an honour roll of the prisoners of war. We want to tell their story, so that what these men suffered will never be forgotten..

The Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society is committed to finding the locations of the former prisoner of war camps and documenting their history. We want to honour the memory of the men who suffered to bring us the freedom that we enjoy today.
65 Years Ago

2010 is the 65th Anniversary of the end of World War II, and we want to share with our readers a chronology of events that took place in 1945 relative to the Taiwan POWs, to help commemorate their suffering and sacrifice for our freedom.

Click here to view our 65th anniversary chronology
Rembrance Poppy

FEPOW DAY 2010

For our friends in Taiwan - be sure to mark Sunday August 15th on your date-books and calendars and plan to join us for our 3rd FEPOW Day event. Local notices will be sent out closer to the time of the event.

Google Earth photos of the Taiwan POW camps and other POW points of interest –

Please click on "The Camps" page in the menu column.

To see our Honour Roll of the more than 4300 former Taiwan POWs click on “THE MEN” in the left menu.

65th Anniversary Remembrance Week Event

This year our special 65th anniversary Remembrance Week event will take place from November 10 – 17 and we are hoping that many former Taiwan POWs and their family members will come out and join us here in Taiwan this year.

We will have visits to the former POW camp sites complete with memorial services, local sightseeing tours, our special FEPOW banquet and of course the Remembrance Day Service at the Taiwan POW Memorial on the site of the former Kinkaseki POW Camp in Jinguashi.

Click here for more information and how you can be part of this wonderful event.

Click here to view a video of our Remembrance Day Service at Kinkaseki November 2009

Tribute to the POWs . . .

their story must be told!

Please click here to visit all of the current Taiwan Prisoner of War Memorials

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