In the shadow of the rising sun : surviving a prisoner of war childhood /
by Henderson, Olga.
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BookPublisher: London : Mirror Books, 2023Description: 1 volume ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781915306425 (pbk.) :; 1915306426 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 940.5472 HENSubject(s): Henderson, Olga | Changi POW Camp (Changi, Singapore) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | Prisoners of war -- Singapore -- Changi | Warfare and Defence | Warfare and Defence | True stories of heroism, endurance & survival | European history | Prisoners of warSummary: In February 1942, ten-year old Olga Morris and her family were living in Singapore when the city fell to the Japanese Imperial Army in the biggest defeat in history of the British Forces. Turned back at an evacuation ship's gangway as the bombs fell, Olga and her parents and siblings were forced to take their chances and hide out until, captured by Japanese soldiers, they were sent on a forced march to the notorious Changi Prison. February 2022 marked 80 years since the Fall of Singapore and at last Olga is ready to tell the story of her years as a child prisoner of war. It's a story of great fear and deprivation; of a childhood utterly lost to conflict. It's also a story of class prejudice and unkindness that didn't end when Olga was freed from the camp and returned to England as an unwanted refugee.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Bootle Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 14/10/2024 | 003118674X |
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In February 1942, ten-year old Olga Morris and her family were living in Singapore when the city fell to the Japanese Imperial Army in the biggest defeat in history of the British Forces. Turned back at an evacuation ship's gangway as the bombs fell, Olga and her parents and siblings were forced to take their chances and hide out until, captured by Japanese soldiers, they were sent on a forced march to the notorious Changi Prison. February 2022 marked 80 years since the Fall of Singapore and at last Olga is ready to tell the story of her years as a child prisoner of war. It's a story of great fear and deprivation; of a childhood utterly lost to conflict. It's also a story of class prejudice and unkindness that didn't end when Olga was freed from the camp and returned to England as an unwanted refugee.
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