3 August 2005

Monastery used as military hospital for Japanese captives 2

Posted by khuushuur under: mongolia .

MONTSAME – NEWS AGENCY: “WORSHIP TEMPLE BUILT FOR JAPANESE SOLDIERS Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. A worship temple for Japanese soldiers has been built near the Dambadarjaalan Monastery in Ulaanbaatar under the initiative of the Japanese Kasugo San During the 1945 war, over 12,000 soldiers captured were delivered to Mongolia for the employment in construction works. Kasugo San was one of the war prisoners. Being a doctor, he established a hospital in temples of the Dambadarjaalan Monastery to treat ill prisoners, of which 1686 died due to the heavy work and poor food supply.”

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