One of the "mass graves" in Siglap
A photo taken by Foo Chin Hwa in 1962 during the exhumation of mass graves of Operation Sook Ching. It shows a muddy gravesite in Siglap. Skulls can be seen embedded in the ground. Title devised by Library staff.
Credit Line
All Rights Reserved. Foo Chin Hwa 胡拯华 1962
Subjects
- Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
- Ethnic Communities>>Customs and Traditions
- Cemeteries--Singapore--Photographs
- Skull--Photographs
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