SURVIVING THE SWORD： PRISONERS OF THE JAPANESE 1942—45

Book ID/图书代码： 07980005B00850

English Summary/英文概要： Many of the prisoners held by the Japanese during the Second World War were so scarred by their experiences that afterwards they could not discuss them even with their families. They believed that their brutal treatment was, literally, incomprehensible. But some prisoners were determined that posterity should know how they were starved and beaten, marched almost to death or transported on ’hellships’, used as slave labour - most notoriously on the Burma-Thailand railway - and how thousands died from tropical diseases. They risked torture or execution to keep secret diaries and make drawings that they hid wherever they could, sometimes burying them in the graves of lost comrades. The diaries tell of inhumanity and degradation, but there are also inspirational stories of courage, comradeship and compassion. When men have unwillingly plumbed the depths of human misery, said one prisoner, the artist Ronald Searle, they form a silent understanding of what solidarity, friendship and kindness to others can mean. The diaries and interviews with surviving prisoners drawn on in SURVIVING THE SWORD will tell a new generation about that solidarity, friendship and kindness.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 许多在二战中饱受日寇战俘营折磨的英国、澳大利亚和美国的俘虏们对他们惨痛的经历印象之深之痛，连自己的家人都不敢告诉。他们都觉得日韩侍卫们对他们实施的暴行简直不可理喻。 但还是有些战俘们决定要让他们的后代知道他们的悲惨经历，了解他们是如何饱受饥饿、皮鞭之痛，被残忍地推向死亡边缘，或者是运上地狱之船，被运到丑名昭著的泰缅铁路线上当作奴工用。他们冒着受酷刑和死刑的危险偷偷地写日记，想尽办法乘着看守们不注意把画好的素描和图画藏起来，有时还会把他们藏在死去的同志们的坟墓中。 日记不仅仅揭露了战争中的非人性和堕落的一面，更多的我们看到了一个个激励人心的感人故事，目睹了勇气、同志间友爱和关切。

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