Resumen de Interpreters as Japanese War Criminals
During the Second World War, the Japanese military recruited interpreters throughout Asia to assist in interrogating suspected insurgents and managing prison and internment camps. Many interpreters were tried for war crimes by Allied authorities after Japan's surrender. Sentences passed on those who were convicted were often higher than for other low-ranking personnel. Principally using British records, I argue that interpreters were punished because they participated in mistreatment of prisoners. Their punishments were disproportionately heavy because of their close association with the Japanese military police, and as a result of moral outrage by Western courts and Chinese populations in Southeast Asia
