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Originally posted by pibroch: ↑

Thanks for the post Farlap. The history interests me as my father worked as a slave on the railway - a prisoner for 3 1/2 years.

Dad had a strong racial hatred of the Japanese until his old age when he wrote a series of gruesome and graphic short stories based on his experiences of these horrific conditions.

The last story involved a reconciliation between a Japanese businessman whose brother had been a notoriously cruel prison camp commander, and an Australian businessman who had endured his sadism. Dad narrated it live on a radio station.

My father then discovered that his racial hatred had, miraculously, completely disappeared and he never wrote another story in his life.

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"The history interests me as my father worked as a slave on the railway - a prisoner for 3 1/2 years."

Mine too. Dad never wanted to discuss the war and I had to drag any comments from him. He died of MND when I was 12 so I guess he wanted to protect his two sons from such harsh realities.
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