二戰時期臺灣人印度集中營拘留記

Taiwanese Interned in India during World War II

1941年12月8日，日本對珍珠港、馬來半島等地同時發動攻擊，交戰國雙方都基於防諜，對「敵國人」展開拘留行動。居住在新加坡與馬來半島的臺灣人被集中輾轉移送印度，先後被拘留在新德里Purana Qila古城、中部Ajmer省Deoli的收容所，直到戰後的1946年5月才返鄉。本文的目的，即在重建這一段鮮為人知的海外臺灣人的戰爭經驗，並且藉由被拘留者名簿，分析戰前在英領馬來的臺灣人發展史。原本夾在華人與日本人間生存的臺灣人，由於集中、集體生活，被強制日本人化。然而，由於被強制隔離，反而遠離戰場，這也成為臺灣人另一種特殊的戰爭經驗。

Following the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor and Malay Peninsula on December 8, 1941, many civilians were taken captives by belligerent countries for fear of espionage. Taiwanese living in the Malay Peninsula and Singapore were detained and then transferred to India. They were first interned at an old castle called Purana Qila, New Delhi and then at the Japanese Internment Camp in Deoli, Ajmer in central India. The internees were finally released and returned to Taiwan in May, 1946. This article reconstructs the little-known wartime history of forced migration of Taiwanese living abroad. Analyzing the list of internees shed light on the pre-war history of Taiwanese residing in the Malay Peninsula who used to live among Chinese communities. However, they were interned at the Japanese Internment Camp in India owing to their nationality and began living like the Japanese. The particular identity of Taiwan and the complex relationships between Taiwan, China and Japan makes wartime experience of overseas Taiwanese one of a kind.