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Då är det väl den andra

Bron över floden Kwai och då Burma Railway?
Ja, visst! Burma Railway eller Dödens järnväg som den också kallas.
Det kejserliga Japan tvingade mängder med folk att bygga denna järnvägslinje under WW2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Railway
"The River Kwai March" heter marschen som visslas i filmen "Bron över floden Kwai".
Tror dom flesta känner igen den:
https://youtu.be/4k4NEAIk3PU?t=62
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_River_Kwai_March
En av alla dom som tvingades bygga järnvägen var Ringer Edwards:
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Along with many other Allied prisoners, Edwards was sent to work as forced labour on the railway being built by the Japanese army from Thailand to Burma. In 1943, he and two other prisoners killed cattle to provide food for themselves and comrades. They were caught by the Japanese and sentenced to death. Crucifixion was a form of punishment, torture and/or execution that the Japanese military sometimes used against prisoners during the war. Edwards and the others were initially bound at the wrists with fencing wire, suspended from a tree and beaten with a baseball bat. When Edwards managed to free his right hand, the wire was driven through the palms of his hands. His comrades managed to smuggle food to him and he survived his ordeal. The other two men crucified at the same time did not survive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringer_Edwards
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Edwards was the basis for the character "Joe Harman" in Nevil Shute's novel A Town Like Alice (1950; also known as The Legacy). The book was the basis for a film (1956; also known as The Rape of Malaya) and a television miniseries (1981).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringer_Edwards
Boken "A town like Alice":
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On one occasion, Harman steals five chickens from the local Japanese commander. The thefts are investigated and Harman takes the blame to save Jean and the rest of the group. He is beaten, crucified, and left to die by the Japanese soldiers. The women are marched away, believing that he is dead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Town_Like_Alice
Jag vet inte om någon är intresserad men på 1990-talet förlängdes järnvägssträckan "Dödens järnväg". Även denna gången användes slavarbetare och dödstalen var höga.
Journalisten John Pilger reste till Burma och filmade detta när det pågick.
Här är hela hans dokumentärfilm, framspolat till avsnittet som handlar om Dödens järnväg -->
https://youtu.be/TZUssUf8daU?list=FLm7k7BT1P3be2DUKkXaWbyw&t=1592
Jag tycker att vi alla bör titta på den dokumentärfilmen.
Jag läser just nu John Pilgers bok "Den dolda dagordningen" som delvis handlar om Burma. Den kan starkt rekommenderas.