Up the hill at the Hellfire Pass
Lorry used for the work at the quarry still is exposed on the same place where it was used during the construction of the Death Railway.
Locally referred to as Konyu Cutting, this 600m stretch earned its 'hellfire' nickname following the final 'Speedo' construction period where shifts of 500 prisoners worked 16 to 18 hours a day, and even the 'light sick' were marched back to work. The glow from burning torches cast eerie shadows of the Japanese guards and of the gaunt prisoners’ faces, so that the scene was said to resemble Dante’s Inferno.
Lindefotografie 03/03/2019 16:08
beeindruckendes Foto, man kann sich genau die furchtbaren Qualen der Gefangenen vorstellen