Bandō prisoner-of-war camp
The Bandō POW camp (板東俘虜収容所, Bandō Furyoshūyōsho) was a prisoner-of-war camp during World War I in what is now Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan. From April 1917 to January 1920, just under a thousand of the three thousand nine hundred German soldiers captured at Tsingtao, China in November 1914 were imprisoned at the camp. When the camp closed in 1920, sixty-three of the prisoners chose to remain in Japan.[1]
Contents
1 Orchestra
2 German House
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
6 Further reading
Orchestra
A head of the camp Lieutenant Colonel Toyohisa Matsue created opportunities for the prisoners to interact with residents on Shikoku.[2] During their internment he allowed the prisoners to form an orchestra which performed over a hundred concerts between 1917 and 1920, including at nearby Ryōzen-ji.[1][3] On 1 June 1918 the prisoners mounted the first performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the country. This event is the origin of the popularity of the symphony in Japan, performed numerous times at the end of each year, and is celebrated annually with a concert at the Naruto Bunka Kaikan on the first Sunday in June.[4][5]
German House
The Naruto Doitsu-kan (鳴門市ドイツ館) or German House museum opened in 1972 to exhibit related items. In 1974 Naruto was twinned with Lüneburg in Germany and the subsequent accession of further materials necessitated the move to new premises. A new building near the former camp opened in 1993.[6]
See also
- German–Japanese relations
- Baruto no Gakuen
References
^ ab Johnston, Eric (13 June 2006). "Bando POW camp: chivalry's last bastion". The Japan Times. Retrieved 29 April 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Monument to chief of WWI POW camp, known for humanitarian treatment of POWs, unveiled in Fukushima". The Japan Times. September 23, 2018.
^ "Heimat Bando (historic photographs)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
^ Brasor, Philip (24 December 2010). "Japan makes Beethoven's Ninth No. 1 for the holidays". The Japan Times. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
^ "Annual Events in Naruto". Naruto City. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
^ "Cultural & Tourist Facilities - German House (Doitsu-kan)". Naruto City. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
External links
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(in German) Bandō Archive
(in Japanese) Naruto German House
(in German) Naruto German House
(in English) Autobiographical reminiscences by a Professor whose father was at Bandō
Further reading
Burdick, Charles (1984). The German Prisoners-of-War in Japan 1914-20. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8191-3761-6.
Coordinates: 34°09′33″N 134°29′48″E / 34.159100°N 134.496561°E / 34.159100; 134.496561