The Japanese Occupation of Penang, Seen from the College General
By Serge Jardin
February 2022 FEATURE
THE COLLEGE GENERAL in Pulau Tikus was a fascinating place. Probably one of the most cosmopolitan places in Penang with more than a dozen nationalities living together, speaking many languages, but communicating in a dead language: Latin. A Catholic seminary is by nature very insular, avoiding outside contact and keeping away from worldly events. Yet, the war arrived: the bombings, the arrests, the rationing… History caught up with it, throwing the seminarists into the world and the world entered the...
Serge Jardin
Independent researcher, Serge Jardin is working on Walks in the French Memory of Malaysia and on the Diary of a French Mercenary in Dutch Melaka.
