‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946 - Volumes
Volumes
7 volumes in ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946
Burma - Missionary Accounts, 1942-1946
These papers contain a clear focus upon the fate of missionaries who were in Burma when the Second World War started. From H.P.Thompson's account of the missionaries' evacuation of Rangoon to accounts and extracts of those who escaped Burma and what happened to those who didn't leave. Read more →
China - Prior to and during the Second World War, 1936-1946
These accounts of life in China cover both peacetime challenges between world wars and missionary life in China during the Second World War. The accounts of the war contain narratives of internment, including those from inside a school and inside a hospital. Read more →
Japan - Collection of papers from H.P. Thompson, 1941-1945
These assorted accounts of internment provide details of what happened to missionaries from the moment of arrest until their release. One key difference between internment in Japan and internment in countries occupied by Japan appears to have been the duration, with missionaries spending less time captive in Japan than elsewhere. Accounts also suggest Japanese guards treated captives in their own country with more courtesy than captives in countries they occupied. Read more →
Malaysia - Labuan and Sarawak, 1941-1945
These papers from Malaysia were collected by H.P. Thompson. There are more accounts of escaping the Japanese invasion in these records than in those from other countries occupied by Japan. As it was the first country to be defeated by Japan in that part of South East Asia, there would have been more escape routes for missionaries from there than from Japan's later conquests. Read more →
