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Naruto German House

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Japanese name: 鳴門市ドイツ館

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Naruto German House
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WHAT TO DONaruto German House

A First World War POW camp where the prisoners ran presses and workshops - and gave Japan its first performance of Beethoven's Ninth.

WHERETokushima

East · Naruto

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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.

About this place

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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