70 Years ago - Hong Kong
Jan 21, 2012 19:52:44 GMT -5
Post by helen on Jan 21, 2012 19:52:44 GMT -5
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Seventy years ago, Hong Kong had recently surrendered to the Japanese, and the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong had begun.
A new project on Gwulo.com gives you a daily summary of news from 70 years ago, compiled from diaries and newspapers of the time. Here are some recent examples: Alison McEwan typed up the R E Jones diary, and made it available via the Stanley Camp discussion group. More recently she's been in Hong Kong with her husband Tim Luard, promoting his book Escape from Hong Kong: Admiral Chan Chak’s Christmas Day Dash, 1941. Alison's father Colin McEwan was one of the members of that escape party.
Barbara Anslow lived in Hong Kong in the 1940s, and was interned in the Stanley Camp. She has very generously agreed to share her diary with us.
Brian Edgar has already shared details of his father's time in Hong Kong during the fighting and occupation. He's also doing a great job of providing links to other documents that mention events from this time.
Tony Banham is the local expert on Hong Kong during the fighting and occupation. He has written several books about the topic, and the timeline approach he's used so successfully is the inspiration for this project.
I hope we can add more diaries, to get a broader range of viewpoints. If you know anyone who has family diaries covering Hong Kong between 1941-1945, please could you ask if they are willing to share them with us?
Seventy years ago, Hong Kong had recently surrendered to the Japanese, and the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong had begun.
A new project on Gwulo.com gives you a daily summary of news from 70 years ago, compiled from diaries and newspapers of the time. Here are some recent examples: Alison McEwan typed up the R E Jones diary, and made it available via the Stanley Camp discussion group. More recently she's been in Hong Kong with her husband Tim Luard, promoting his book Escape from Hong Kong: Admiral Chan Chak’s Christmas Day Dash, 1941. Alison's father Colin McEwan was one of the members of that escape party.
Barbara Anslow lived in Hong Kong in the 1940s, and was interned in the Stanley Camp. She has very generously agreed to share her diary with us.
Brian Edgar has already shared details of his father's time in Hong Kong during the fighting and occupation. He's also doing a great job of providing links to other documents that mention events from this time.
Tony Banham is the local expert on Hong Kong during the fighting and occupation. He has written several books about the topic, and the timeline approach he's used so successfully is the inspiration for this project.
I hope we can add more diaries, to get a broader range of viewpoints. If you know anyone who has family diaries covering Hong Kong between 1941-1945, please could you ask if they are willing to share them with us?
