JEATH
War Museum
The
name JEATH stands for Japan, England, America, Australia,
Thailand and Holland. The war museum is housed in the compound
of Wat Chaichumphon (a local temple) on the banks of the Mae
Klong River.
It
has been constructed in the form of an allied prisoner-of-war
camp with bamboo bunks running the length of the long hut
and cramped living spaces for each prisoner inside. On the
walls of the hut are enlarged photographs, paintings and other
memorabilia of the atrocities against the prisoners of war
and their severe living conditions.
The
museum is located on Pak Phraek Road, not far from the Kanchanaburi
Tourist Office on Saeng Chuto Road. It is open daily from
8.30 am to 6.00 pm.
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