My Grandfather Was a Rōmusha

During World War II, forced civilian labourers known as rōmusha were used by the Imperial Japanese Army to build the infamous Thai-Burma Railway. Shirlene Noordin pieces together what happened to her grandfather in the three years he worked on the Death Railway. Shirlene is the founder of Phish Communications, a communications consultancy specialising in arts and culture. Transcript and Resources Read the transcript : https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/all-sections/podcast-grandfather-romusha-thai-burma-railway Read the original BiblioAsia article :" https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/all-sections/vol-18-issue-3-oct-dec-2022-grandfather-romusha-thai-burma-railway/ This episode of BiblioAsia Podcast was hosted by Jimmy Yap and produced by Soh Gek Han. Sound engineering was done by Gibson Analytics. The background music "Di Tanjong Katong" was composed by Ahmad Patek and performed by Chords Haven . Special thanks to Shirlene Noordin and her family for sharing their story. The BiblioAsia Podcast by the National Library Singapore tells stories about Singapore history.