Lunghua Civil Assembly Centre was one of the internment camps established by the Empire of Japan in Shanghai for European and American citizens, who had been resident under Japanese occupation since December 1941.
[1] Lunghua Civil Assembly Centre was originally the Jiangsu Shanghai High School.
[2] It was located on Minghong Road about three miles (5 km) from Shanghai Longhua Airport.
The school was damaged in the Second Sino-Japanese War and was empty until it was designated as a Civil Assembly Centre.
South of the Assembly Hall, also built east–west, was the three storey Building F, which was the administration block.
East of the Assembly Hall was the three storey Building D which was an accommodation block for families,[3] built north–south.
[10] Children interned in the camp attended classes at a school on the site which was called Lunhgwa Academy.
The Botanical Garden is southwest of Longhua Airport; both of these are clearly identified on satellite images.
The site of the camp is now enclosed by housing, but can be identified by the rectangular area (once Buildings A, B and C) and trees.