"To End All Wars"

This is a very powerful movie based on the experiences of Allied POWs in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. These men lived under horrific conditions and were forced to construct a railroad between Thailand and Burma.

The heart of the film, though, is in the prisoners’ struggle to maintain their dignity by studying philosophy, literature and music, and, ultimately, by forgiving their captors. The narrator is a young Scotsman who eventually went on to become dean of the chapel at Princeton University.

Highly recommended.

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