WWII exhibition in Singapore explores the notion of ‘war memory’


By AGENCY

Laid out in a tall glass cabinet and exhibited for the first time are more than 200 items excavated in the 1960s from a grave for victims of Operation Sook Ching. Photo: The Straits Times/Asia News Network

A tank has appeared at the entrance of the National Museum of Singapore.

The decommissioned AMX13-SM1 vehicle, on loan from the Army Museum, is a teaser for the new exhibition Dislocations: Memory & Meaning Of The Fall Of Singapore, 1942. The exhibition (which runs until May 29) commemorates the 80th anniversary of the historic event. The British surrendered Singapore to the Japanese on Feb 15, 1942.

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