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Santo Tomas Internment Camp
WW2 Japanese internment camp for enemy civilians / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as the Manila Internment Camp, was the largest of several camps in the Philippines in which the Japanese interned enemy civilians, mostly Americans, in World War II. The campus of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila was utilized for the camp, which housed more than 3,000 internees from January 1942 until February 1945. Conditions for the internees deteriorated during the war and by the time of the liberation of the camp by the U.S. Army many of the internees were near death from lack of food.
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Santo Tomas Internment Camp | |
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Concentration camp | |
![]() One of the principal buildings housing internees at Santo Tomas was the Education building (now UST Hospital building). Shanties and vegetable gardens can be seen near the building and the wall of the University compound is in the background. | |
Coordinates | 14°36′36″N 120°59′22″E |
Other names | Manila Internment Camp |
Location | University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Japanese-occupied Philippines |
Commandant | Lt. Col. Toshio Hayashi |
Original use | University of Santo Tomas campus |
Operational | January 1942 – February 1945 |
Number of inmates | more than 3,000 internees |
Liberated by | U.S. Army |
Notable inmates | List |
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