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A First World War POW camp where the prisoners ran presses and workshops - and gave Japan its first performance of Beethoven's Ninth.
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Naruto City German House (German: Das Deutsche Haus Naruto, English: Naruto German House) is a museum in Hinoki, Omacho, Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture. Selected as one of the Tokushima 88 Views. It was founded in 1972 as a memorial facility for the German and Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war camp (Bando POW Camp) after the war, by Japan, which had defeated the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I (Japanese-German War).
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Founded / opened：1972 Highlights / collection：Materials on the Bando POW camp, Records of the first performance of Beethoven's Ninth Genre：Architecture, Photography
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