Liverpool’s St. George’s Hall will host a special photographic exhibition to remember the harrowing stories of the prisoners of war in the Second World War’s eastern front.

As part of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the ‘Forgotten Camp – Exhibition on Shenyang World War Allied Prisoners Camp’ offers visitors a rare insight into the lives POWs and the chance to partially relive their struggles.

Running from 7-15 November in the Catacombs, the moving exhibition focuses on the Shenyang Allied Prisoners Camp – known as Mukden – in Northeast China where more than 2000 prisoners were held by Imperial Japanese forces.

Inside a PoW camp where prisoners were subjected to squalor with eight people to one bunk at the time

Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool, says: “I am very pleased to welcome to Liverpool’s own St George’s Hall the remarkable “Forgotten Camp” exhibition.

“As this is the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II it is right that we remember what happened to soldiers and civilians far from our homes and all across the world during those dark years. This exhibition will help us do just that.”

The event is organised by the Shenyang WWII Allied Prisoners Camp Site Museum which remembers prisoners from the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, France and many other countries.

American PoWs on the Bataan ‘Death March’ to the prison camp, Camp O’Donnell

Lihong Fan, curator of Shenyang Second World War Allied Prisoners Camp Site Museum, says: “I hope that this exhibition allows more Britons to understand this relatively unknown history, and provides an opportunity to further strengthen the culture exchange between China and UK.”

The exhibition will run in conjunction with the ‘Weeping Widow’ installation; the sculpture of thousands of poppies first seen at the Tower of London last year to commemorate the 100 year anniversary since the outbreak of World War I, running from November to January 2016.

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