Geoffrey Charles Emerson
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098800
- eISBN:
- 9789882206977
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098800.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter discusses the administration and control of Stanley Camp. It notes that from the beginning of internment the Camp was under the control of the Japanese Foreign Affairs Department, a ...
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This chapter discusses the administration and control of Stanley Camp. It notes that from the beginning of internment the Camp was under the control of the Japanese Foreign Affairs Department, a civilian administration with offices in Hong Kong. Later, on 1 January 1944, it notes that the Camp came under the control of the Japanese military, and its designation was changed from Civilian Internment Camp, Hong Kong, to Military Internment Camp, Hong Kong. It describes how, during the occupation of Hong Kong, many difficulties occurred between the Japanese civilian and military departments. It recounts how Hong Kong was controlled by the military and the two Japanese governors, Lieutenant-Generals Isogai Rensuke (1942–1945) and Tanaka Hisakasu (1945), who were military men. The chapter notes that for the internment camp, the Foreign Affairs Department officials had to get military approval for everything concerning the internees. It describes how the military did what they liked and took what they liked.Less
This chapter discusses the administration and control of Stanley Camp. It notes that from the beginning of internment the Camp was under the control of the Japanese Foreign Affairs Department, a civilian administration with offices in Hong Kong. Later, on 1 January 1944, it notes that the Camp came under the control of the Japanese military, and its designation was changed from Civilian Internment Camp, Hong Kong, to Military Internment Camp, Hong Kong. It describes how, during the occupation of Hong Kong, many difficulties occurred between the Japanese civilian and military departments. It recounts how Hong Kong was controlled by the military and the two Japanese governors, Lieutenant-Generals Isogai Rensuke (1942–1945) and Tanaka Hisakasu (1945), who were military men. The chapter notes that for the internment camp, the Foreign Affairs Department officials had to get military approval for everything concerning the internees. It describes how the military did what they liked and took what they liked.
Fred L. Borch
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198777168
- eISBN:
- 9780191822964
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198777168.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
The 300,000 Europeans and Eurasians residing in the Indies in March 1942 soon learned that the Japanese occupiers planned to implement political, economic, and cultural policies that would integrate ...
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The 300,000 Europeans and Eurasians residing in the Indies in March 1942 soon learned that the Japanese occupiers planned to implement political, economic, and cultural policies that would integrate the newly “liberated” colony into the “Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.” This goal of “Japanization” was to transform everyone living in the Indies into loyal subjects of the Emperor, with one important exception: “Asia for the Asians” meant there was no place for the white race in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). Additionally, the Japanese in the archipelago were true believers in the warrior code of Bushido, which led to widespread mistreatment of prisoners of war and spilled-over into the treatment of civilian internees. This chapter explains how the Japanese intended to eradicate Dutch civilization and how the “Asia for the Asians” philosophy and Bushido code of behavior resulted in the commission of horrific war crimes, especially against whites and Eurasians.Less
The 300,000 Europeans and Eurasians residing in the Indies in March 1942 soon learned that the Japanese occupiers planned to implement political, economic, and cultural policies that would integrate the newly “liberated” colony into the “Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.” This goal of “Japanization” was to transform everyone living in the Indies into loyal subjects of the Emperor, with one important exception: “Asia for the Asians” meant there was no place for the white race in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). Additionally, the Japanese in the archipelago were true believers in the warrior code of Bushido, which led to widespread mistreatment of prisoners of war and spilled-over into the treatment of civilian internees. This chapter explains how the Japanese intended to eradicate Dutch civilization and how the “Asia for the Asians” philosophy and Bushido code of behavior resulted in the commission of horrific war crimes, especially against whites and Eurasians.
