By SATOSHI JUYANAGI/ Staff Writer
December 2, 2020 at 07:10 JST
This photo appears to show Julius Paul Kiesewetter, at left, with another German prisoner of war at a POW camp in Oita. (Provided by the German Institute for Japanese Studies)
OITA--Karsten Kiesewetter has long been tormented by how his distant ancestor known for his “high-spirited and cheerful” personality wound up dying in a far-off internment camp. [Read More]
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