Burma Railway

  • “A railway built with steel, but paid for in human lives.” The Burma Railway, often known as the Death Railway, was one of the most notorious construction projects of the Second World War. Built by the Japanese Empire between Burma (now Myanmar) and Thailand, it was intended to provide a strategic land route connecting Japanese-occupied…

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  • Anyone living outside the Netherlands or the Flemish speaking part of Belgium will probably have never heard of Wim Kan. It is actually not that easy to describe what he was, his title was cabaretier ,which is French for Cabaret performer. But I think the term ‘stand up comedian’ would be more relevant nowadays, even…

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