Tokyo POW Camp #15
Niigata (Tekkojo=Steel Mill)
Yamanoshita Akibadori

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Tokyo-15-B (NIIGATA TEKKOJO)
NIIGATA-shi, YAMANOSHITA AKIBADORI

Additonal Research by Netherlands researcher, John Slootmaekers regarding Red Cross records.
Intl Red Cross Committee: states on 8 Aug 1945 address as:
2 Momoyama-dori
Yamanoshita, Niigata-shi
Camp Commandant: per IRCC was Takeo Nomoto.

Timeline:
1 Apr 1944 Established as 15D
Aug 1945: Renamed 15-B
Sep 1945: Rescue effected

Street Map - Slow loading
Relief Map - Show relation to other camps- camp at top of page
Satellite - Requires Google maps


Photographs:
External Link to the great POW site of Wes Injerd

All of the above: Courtesy of Wes Injerd
Labor: Steel Mill

Hellships: not determined if applicable

Camp Rosters:
rosters located at NARA RG 407 Box 188; Mansell Nara 7 (Pending transcription and cross check) Source of POWS currently unknown.

No affidvaits or investigation reports secured yet at NARA

NARA Records for this camp will be found in RG 389 Box 2133; RG 407 Box 188.

More data courtesy of Wes Injerd
NATIONALITY OFFICER NON COM. AND PRIVATE TOTAL CIVILIAN TOTAL
AMERICAN 9 151 160 --- 160
BRITISH 3 38 41 --- 41
CANADIAN --- 82 82 --- 82
DUTCH --- 11 11 --- 11
AUSTRALIAN 2 24 26 --- 26
TOTAL 14 306 320 --- 320