Interviewer: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to ‘Rear Vision’, the only radio show still better than the history channel! Today I’ll be interviewing World War 2 (WWII) veteran, Schnadolf Shnitler on his experiences in the Changi Prisoner of War (POW) camp after the fall of Singapore. So Shnitler, tell me a bit about yourself before we begin?
Schnadolf: I am a veteran of WW2 and I *was* serving in Singapore before they decided to surrender! It was alright I guess.
Interviewer: Interesting. Anyway Mr. Shnitler, give us a bit of background about to the POW camp?
Schnadolf: Well the Changi POW camp was the host to just under 15 thousand Australian soldiers after the British surrendered Singapore to the Japanese after numerous bombing raids on the …show more content…
At one point, the prison actually had its own garden that grew different vegetables.
Interviewer: Other than the deaths, that doesn’t sound too bad, were there any more positives to life at the prison camp?
Schnadolf: Well actually there are more positives, early in the life of the prison, the prisoners were able to move between the many different parts of the camp with ease and freedom, but eventually the Japanese decided this was a bad idea and restricted movement of all the prisoners.
Schnadolf: Soon enough the prisoners decided to see if they could learn, a nice little school titled “Changi University” was created. This school was still running up until the liberation of the camp by allied forces. The ‘school’ boasted classes on Agriculture, Business, Engineering, Science and Medicine.
Interviewer: That sounds fun, well, for school! But surely this place has down
Schnadolf: I am a veteran of WW2 and I *was* serving in Singapore before they decided to surrender! It was alright I guess.
Interviewer: Interesting. Anyway Mr. Shnitler, give us a bit of background about to the POW camp?
Schnadolf: Well the Changi POW camp was the host to just under 15 thousand Australian soldiers after the British surrendered Singapore to the Japanese after numerous bombing raids on the …show more content…
At one point, the prison actually had its own garden that grew different vegetables.
Interviewer: Other than the deaths, that doesn’t sound too bad, were there any more positives to life at the prison camp?
Schnadolf: Well actually there are more positives, early in the life of the prison, the prisoners were able to move between the many different parts of the camp with ease and freedom, but eventually the Japanese decided this was a bad idea and restricted movement of all the prisoners.
Schnadolf: Soon enough the prisoners decided to see if they could learn, a nice little school titled “Changi University” was created. This school was still running up until the liberation of the camp by allied forces. The ‘school’ boasted classes on Agriculture, Business, Engineering, Science and Medicine.
Interviewer: That sounds fun, well, for school! But surely this place has down