Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, Thai-Burma Railway

Joan Beaumont

doi:10.4324%2F9780203809204-9

Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, Thai-Burma Railway

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In Kanchanaburi province in western Thailand, a 240-kilometre road heads north-west from the major regional and tourist centre, Kanchanaburi, to Three Pagodas Pass, on the border with Myanmar (Burma). Just off the highway, 80 kilometres from Kanchanaburi, stands the Hellre Pass Memorial Museum. This modest white building was opened in 1998 by the Australian government to serve as a memorial to the 60,000 Allied prisoners of war and perhaps 270,000 Asian labourers (romusha) who suffered and died while constructing the Thai-Burma railway during the Second World War.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The heritage of war
Editors	Martin Gegner and Bart Ziino
Place of Publication	New York USA
Publisher	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Pages	19-40
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9780415593281
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324%2F9780203809204-9
Publication status	Published - 2012

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