Plight of 'forgotten camp' POWs recalled

The underground catacombs of one of Britain's most iconic buildings are to offer a rare chance to relive the dark days of one of the most notorious Japanese prisoner of war camps in China. Liverpool's St. George's Hall is to host a photographic exhibition highlighting the Shenyang World War II Allied Prisoners Camp, originally known as Mukden POW Camp.

The camp, in northeastern China, is the best preserved of more than 200 prisoner of war camps established by Japan in the Asia-Pacific region.

Among the 2,000 prisoners of war incarcerated in the camp during World War II, were soldiers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, France, some of them high-ranking.