Interesting finds today Sept. 25th, 2013

The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, is the true story of Eric Lomax, a young British officer captured by the Japanese in WW II and one of thousands of soldiers used as slave labor to build railroads for them.  Lomax was subjected to years of physical and mental torture - from his capture in 1942 to the end of the war.  His struggle to cope with the effects of his torture lasted his entire life.
He wrote a book about it, also titled The Railway Man, and about his struggle to forgive his torturers.


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