1942年，日军在中国占领区内强行拘留关押在华同盟国侨民，把占地面积大、设施齐全的潍县乐道院改造为关押西方侨民的集中营。

　　In 1942, Japanese forces detained Allied civilians in occupied China, transforming the spacious and well-equipped WeiHsien Courtyard of the Happy Way (known in Chinese as“Le Dao Yuan”乐道院) into a concentration camp for Western expatriates.

潍县集中营警戒塔-3区 The guard tower of the camp-district 3

　　潍县集中营是中国单体最大的西方侨民集中营，1943年到1945年期间，曾关押过2000多名西方侨民，其中包括327名儿童。关押在这里的同盟国侨民来自英国、美国、比利时、荷兰、澳大利亚等国家。

　　As China's largest single internment camp for Western civilians, the Weihsien Concentration Camp once held over 2,000 foreign nationals from 1943 to 1945, including 327 children.Allied nationals detained here came from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Australia.