Kuala Lumpur at war
Former child labourer John Robson witnessed a public execution at the old Pavilion Theatre in Kuala Lumpur. It was only one of many atrocities committed throughout the Japanese Occupation.
Never Forgotten
SEVERAL weeks ago, Lim Chung Bee, 93, sat down to tell R.AGE the remarkable story of how he survived being a prisoner of war in Japan during World War II. As his loving grandchildren listened on, he spoke of how he was captured en route to Darwin, Australia in 1942 while serving with the […]
Finding humanity during WWII
Despite the cruelty during the Occupation of Malaya, young Siti Hasmah found humanity in the Japanese invaders.
Bittersweet lessons from WWII
The grandchildren of Malayan WWII survivors discover – and learn – from their grandparents’ wartime pasts.
Student Contributions
Since the launch of the Last Survivors, university students have gone out in search of their own survivors, to film and document their stories before they’re lost forever.
THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF KUALA LUMPUR, THROUGH THE EYES OF A SURVIVOR
At 22, Yoke Kwan experienced both horror and humour during the Japanese Occupation.
This man witnessed the start of World War II
Omar Senik was on Sabak Beach the day the Japanese invaded Malaya, an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbor.