Kosaka POW Camp
Sendai-08B

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Kosaka- Machi POW Camp- Sendai Command, also known as Sendai #8 Branch Camp.
Location:
Sendai-08B Kosaka
(FUJITA GUMI KOSAKA KOZAN)
AKITA-ken, KATSUNO-gun, KOSAKA-machi
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Timeline:
1 Dec 1944:
Camp established as Tokyo-10B (Kosaka)
14 Apr 1945: Jurisdictional control transferred from Tokyo POW Command to Sendai POW Command. Camp redesignated as Sendai-08B (Kosaka).
Sep 1945: Rescue effected


Camp Layout

Interviews:

Books Describing Life at Kosaka

Location Map

Primary Slave Labor Usage:
Mining of Copper

Hell Ships:
Based upon manifest located at NARA, RG 407 and analysis by noted researchers Jim Erickson (Texas A&M) and Michael Hurst (MBE)- founder of the Taiwan Memorial Society, many of the men at the camp were aboard the Hokusen Maru to Taiwan. Probably all were taken to Japan aboard the Melbourne Maru in Jan 1945, but it's possible that some of the men made the journey aboard the Enoshima Maru in Feb 1945.

Camp Rosters at Liberation:  Roster at liberation, Sep 1945 - American, British and Dutch

Japanese Camp Staff:
At time of rescue

List of deceased at Kosaka

Camp Photographs & Sketches 

Aerial Photograph and Liberation Photos