8月29日（土）快晴
カウラ収容所にはイタリア人14,720名、ドイツ人1,585名、日本人1,104名の捕虜がいました。豪州政府はジュネーブ条約に沿って娯楽施設も備え、副食に魚を加えるなどの配慮もしていました。しかし日本人社会は捕虜を不名誉とみなし、家族が村八分にされて自殺する事件が相次いでいました。1944年8月「生きて俘虜の辱めを受くるなかれ」と集団脱走を図った挙句の集団自決。日本兵の8割は偽名を用いていたので墓標も偽名のまま。日本人特有の集団ヒステリー事件とされています。
カウラの集団自決事件
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Graveyard for Japanese people in Cowra
Sat. August 29 : fine
There were 14,720 Italian, 1,585 German and 1,104 Japanese war prisoners at Cowra POW camp. Under the Geneva Convention the Australian government gave a consideration setting up some recreation facilities or adding some fish to their side dish. But Japanese society considered it as a dishonor to be the war prisoner and there were many incidents that the family committed suicide during social ostracism. In August 1944, “Never submit to war prisoner but a death in war” Japanese prisoners attempted a mass escape and mass suicide finally. As 80% of Japanese prisoners used false names those names were written just as they used on their gravestones. It is viewed as a mysterious incident of Japanese caused by their mass hysteria characteristic.
incident of mass suicude in Cowra
カウラ収容所にはイタリア人14,720名、ドイツ人1,585名、日本人1,104名の捕虜がいました。豪州政府はジュネーブ条約に沿って娯楽施設も備え、副食に魚を加えるなどの配慮もしていました。しかし日本人社会は捕虜を不名誉とみなし、家族が村八分にされて自殺する事件が相次いでいました。1944年8月「生きて俘虜の辱めを受くるなかれ」と集団脱走を図った挙句の集団自決。日本兵の8割は偽名を用いていたので墓標も偽名のまま。日本人特有の集団ヒステリー事件とされています。
カウラの集団自決事件
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Graveyard for Japanese people in Cowra
Sat. August 29 : fine
There were 14,720 Italian, 1,585 German and 1,104 Japanese war prisoners at Cowra POW camp. Under the Geneva Convention the Australian government gave a consideration setting up some recreation facilities or adding some fish to their side dish. But Japanese society considered it as a dishonor to be the war prisoner and there were many incidents that the family committed suicide during social ostracism. In August 1944, “Never submit to war prisoner but a death in war” Japanese prisoners attempted a mass escape and mass suicide finally. As 80% of Japanese prisoners used false names those names were written just as they used on their gravestones. It is viewed as a mysterious incident of Japanese caused by their mass hysteria characteristic.
incident of mass suicude in Cowra
いろいろ学ぶことは多いような気がします。
混乱の中の心理状態は
不可解なことばかりですが。。。
でも、なぜ偽名なのでしょうね。
悪事をしているという自覚が
あった故にのような気が。。。