Although Portugal was neutral in World War II, most Macanese were swept up in the suffering. Those from Shanghai and Hong Kong took refuge in Macau. Of the hundreds of young men who had enlisted in the army to defend Hong Kong, 33 were killed and almost all the remainder endured years of harsh confinement in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps. Here we present a collection of stories and personal accounts from those turbulent and uncertain years.
Embora Portugal fosse neutro na Segunda Guerra Mundial, a maioria dos macaenses foi afetada pelo sofrimento. Os que vieram de Xangai e Hong Kong refugiaram-se em Macau. Das centenas de jovens que se alistaram no exército para defender Hong Kong, 33 foram mortos e quase todos os restantes suportaram anos de dura prisão nos campos de prisioneiros de guerra japoneses. Apresentamos aqui uma recolha de histórias e relatos pessoais desses anos turbulentos e incertos.
The Sorry Treatment of our War HeroesBy Anthony CorreaFirst published in the Bulletin of the Lusitano Club (Hong Kong). Top row standing: Army Instructor, Victor Maria Nunes, Germano de Pinna, Luís Romano Sequeira, Charles Edward Mackintosh, Alfredo Silva, Army Instructor, Sebastião Rui da Silva, Sílvio Silvino de Sousa, Alfredo Soares, ?, Eduardo Francisco dos Passos, […]
Roll of Honour, Stanley Military Cemetery, Hong KongMany of those who died in the defence of Hong Kong in December 1941 are buried in Stanley Military Cemetery and recorded in the Roll of Honour. I have extracted the names of those whom I could identify as Macanese from that list. (In this I was aided
Everything for Everyone Padre Manuel Teixeira [This is an extract, roughly translated, from a series of articles in Portuguese about Macau during the Second World War, written apparently by Fr Manuel Teixeira in the early 1980s.] After 40 years, few today remember a man who, during World War II (1941-1945), organised a project of
Memories of World War IIBy Henry d’AssumpçãoIt was a great feast-day, celebrating the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. For me, then seven years old in Hong Kong, it was a holiday from school, for my older brother a half-holiday. So breakfast was leisurely that morning when our father announced solemnly: “War can start any
Some war-time reminiscences by Frederic (Jim) Silva, 2012 I was in Macau for 3 years during World War II. I finished my high school education there under the tuition of Irish Jesuit priests from a very prestigious High School in HongKong. I was in HK after the Japanese invasion for nearly one year, aged 14;
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FATHER JOSÉ “ZINHO” GOSANO First published in the UMA Bulletin Apr-Jun 2011 Vol 34 No 2 [Editor’s Note: A number of years ago the late Fr Zinho Gosano’s friend in New Zealand, a Father John Griffin, sent the UMA News Bulletin editor a floppy diskette containing an autobiographical narrative