Welcome to the Hellships Memorial Foundation Digital Library

Our Digital Library is being developed as a comprehensive research resource for historians, descendants, students, educators, and anyone interested in the history of the Japanese Hellships and Allied prisoners of war during World War II.

The library will include carefully selected books, documents, interviews, photographs, archival collections, research papers, videos, websites, and other valuable resources from around the world. Our goal is to provide a reliable gateway to the best available information while helping preserve these important stories for future generations.

The Digital Library is currently under review. We are systematically researching every entry to verify that the information is accurate, the links are active, and the resources remain current and accessible. New materials are being added regularly, and existing entries are continually updated as additional sources become available.

We appreciate your patience during this process and invite you to check back frequently as the library continues to grow into one of the world's leading online resources dedicated to the history of the Hellships and the men and women whose stories deserve to be remembered.

Thank you for visiting, and please come back soon to see what's new.

Oral Interview Catalog

Use this catalog to find oral-history interviews related to Allied POW transport on Japanese hellships during World War II.

Start by searching a person’s name, ship name, archive, or route. Use the filters to narrow results by ship, repository, route, or access type, then open a record to view the full route note and follow the source link to the original interview.

This catalog is designed as a research aid, so entries point you to archival holdings rather than reproducing the interviews themselves.