The Shenyang WWII Allied Prisoners Camp was established in Northeast China by the Japanese army to detain Allied prisoners of war. From November 11th, 1942, to August 15th, 1945, prisoners from the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, France, and other countries, totaling over 2,000 Allied POWs, were imprisoned here.

Under extremely harsh living conditions, the Allied POWs never gave up hope for survival. While secretly resisting the Japanese fascist forces, they used art as a spiritual weapon to combat suffering, creating hundreds of drawings depicting their labor and daily lives in captivity. They used the simplest lines to outline the most truthful memories of trauma. Within these crude works, they also hid kindness and a longing for peace.