Surviving Thailand's infamous 'Death Railway': Arumugam Kandasamy

[@aifa1092]

As a teacher, I am seeing great potential as material for our local history school lessons. Would you all consider adding BM translations?

[@laksshansuthagar6703]

Hey...Thats my grandfather.And thats me in one of those pictures😄

[@umavenkat2005]

hi , I would like to reach out your grandfather or any death railway survivor .Can you please ping me back.

[@lornaaah1]

I have been watching all of these videos with my son - what a great series that captures the real lives of those from this time of war. Great job guys - well done

[@Angusmum]

Thank goodness that you are telling the World War 2 story of this terrible place. My father was a captured British soldier who was sent to Kinsayok to work as a slave to build that Railway. He was also sent to work in other Thailand jungle camps such as Kon-Kohita, Tarsao and others. He spoke of the Asian labourers who were also made to work in those terrible conditions. Thank you for telling your grandfather’s story.

[@imrnhdi]

Great documentary. Keep up the great work! Wish it was longer.

[@rageonlinetv]

Thanks! If you're looking for more, you can watch the full series here: kzbin.info/aero/PLbewG9OWqkEkWm0VWyudCyFqNTgSogkMf

[@stargazeronesixseven]

🙏 This is such a Rare Find indeed to listen to the horrors of the builders endured during the building of the infamous Thailand's " River Kwai Bridge " from a still living survivor! 🙏 Thank You So Very Much for All who've helped Grandfather Arumugam Kandasamy to survived during WWII ... The two Atomic Bombs that used in WWII Japan were indeed Peacemaker Bombs to Stop this Mad , Senseless & Cruel WWII in Asia~Pacific ... 🙏 May All the innocents & Departed be Blessed to a Better World & Realm with No Ageing , No Sickness , No Wars or Death! ... 🕯🌷🌿🌍🕊

[@Angusmum]

Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that the area around the Kwai bridge was where the worst treatment of the forced slave labour happened on this dreadful 415 km railway. Don’t get me wrong it was bad all along the railway and Kwai is famous and highlighted because of the success of the film, “Bridge on the River Kwai”. This area was nearer the start of the Railway but the area that this man’s brother was sent to is KINSAYOK, further north in Thailand and deep in virgin jungle, miles away from any form of Thai civilisation. Kinsayok was where atrocities were witnessed and could be committed by sadistic Japanese guards with impunity😢😭. It was one of the camps closer to “Hellfire Pass” and as anyone who was there, knew it to be as bad as this name implies. How do I know? My father was a captive British prisoner of war on this Death Railway and he was in both Kwai and Kinsayok as well as other camps. He also had experience of cruelty, starvation and even witnessed guards dragging a headless prisoner of war(obviously executed) back into the jungle camp. Anyone wanting to find out more about the Thai Burma Death Railway should also look into Rod Beattie’s accounts because it’s worth noting that the remnants of the railway you see were highlighted and saved from being swallowed back into the jungle by him and his wife.

[@abdulthayub3186]

Heart touching, சூப்பர் முயற்சி,

[@chankhungleong]

Proficiency in Japanese saved his life, as he was the special japanese interpreter during that time .... Having 13 children is also very bravo..

[@krishna17rr39]

One of the many unsung heroes of Malaya / Malaysia. A great salute to him!

[@harrywoodroof9575]

Heroes of Malaya? More like heroes to Thailand and Burma. Should've claim ur rights there, weird. N claim compensations from Japanese who massacred Tamilians who affected by diseases during railway construction. Dun forget to claim it from Sinhalese after Tamil minority natives in Sri Lanka got massacre as well. Why always the Malaysian govt. must compensate Tamilians? Like wtf

[@monishasekar4716]

Becoz rubber plantations were created by tamils!!!​@@harrywoodroof9575

[@elzaaltmann]

My dad was taken out of java to work on the railroad. The dutch got him out of thailand and he was made to fight in Bali. He survived until 1977 but with ill health and a TB scar on his lungs.

[@dorairajmokhan4692]

The life we live now is the sacrifices and struggle our ancestors went through, we need to feel bleesed we have a peaceful and harmony life now,

[@harrywoodroof9575]

Nah, Ur still not grateful, always complaining bout being 3rd class citizens eventho the Malays didn't treat U like Sinhalese did. Here in Malaysia🇲🇾, we don't have LTTE army, Tamil is far lesser in percentage, Tamil is not native to Southeast Asia. Would've more justified to ethnic-cleansing y'all faster and easier🤦🏻‍♂️ what a lost for Malay forefathers.

[@Hallam001]

The history of the Romusha must be more widely disseminated, and this short film does a great job! Thank you.

[@rispiyanibrahim6561]

Its very sad story . I like this stoty.

[@ellavijaya6998]

you was great. sir

[@alkemiebala]

A real hero. My love and salute to this survived. 🎉

[@sivaselvadurai4644]

Great work

[@aestheticlover1265]

My tata also one of the Victim.

[@Stuffry]

Sorry but, what is a tata exactly?

[@michealmoses2135]

@@Stuffry tata means Grandfather

[@limkokhwa5098]

He should be conferred the Datuk title.

[@vishak5129]

i want to meet this granpa.

[@mrarunj]

Great survival. But it's painful.

[@richardteh2936]

Japan government should compensate him

[@fancy1725]

Japan's government should compensate everybody!

[@vickrammaniam5384]

great

[@johngta7172]

from the many stories we hear, it seems japanese were very distant from polite people, always bowing !!!

[@dhenoyznero]

Soekarno sebagai mandor Romusha mengirim ribuan orang jawa ke sini dan semua tewas gak ada yang hidup.

[@SilvaKumar]

Working on a recognition

[@pagongtagi6124]

did thailand appologize?

[@harrywoodroof9575]

Nah , Thailand are not like Malays

[@7_77_.]

They forced by Japanese not thais.

[@sivashankaran4232]

😪😪

[@sundrapandian3154]

Indian achievements in new era

[@devsen71]

Malaysian Tamil, not Indian perhaps !

[@edwardkay3193]

Shouldn't have put the kid there. She looks bored and restless at grandpa's story.

[@rageonlinetv]

Thanks for the feedback! We've been trying to include the grandchildren's perspective as much as possible in this series, because we want the younger generation to realise what their grandparents went through, just 2-3 generations ago. We get what you mean, though. The granddaughter is actually really interested in her grandpa's stories, but it just doesn't come across on camera, unfortunately. Hopefully it won't deter other grandkids from learning more about their families' WWII histories! =)

[@pooja350]

Come on. Don't do her dirty like that. I'm sure she was interested, just didn't show it.

[@thomasciarlariello3228]

You censored my entries posted since like most reactionaries who are hysterical about fascism and colonialism you are hostile to engineering.

[@thomasciarlariello3228]

Not true. Japan had airships and rocket powered gliders instead of rail transit.

[@7_77_.]

WTH? research about siam death railways, dummy.

[@thomasciarlariello3228]

Bibliographies ranging from books of Barbara Molony to Robert Mikesh to O.S.S, files along with stuff written in Korean Hangul, Japanese Hiragana katakana and Manchurian Jurchen Khitan along with a basic grasp of early 1940s technology proves my entries posted above.

[@thomasciarlariello3228]

"Siam" and "Siamese" are racial epithets so please stop slandering Thailand since I would be censored if I posted derogatory epithets about Middle East Semites or Blacks.

[@thomasciarlariello3228]

Your journalistic integrity is irresponsible of how you have chosen to select a Black Person from India to portray as a victim is the sort of Anti Asian racism of Rodney King Los Angeles Riots when my cousin Kim had to escape to suburbia.

[@thomasciarlariello3228]

To whoever is behind @Kavin6214 notice how my entries posted were transferred to bottom end of commentaries since I can prove what happened.

[@monishasekar4716]

Okay what happened then?