Historic art deco Bridge House apartments on North Sichuan Road. Used as a prison by the Japanese in WWII. From ww2history.suite101.com article.cfm shanghais bridge house Bridge House was built in 1935, one of the many Art Deco structures that adorned the booming city in the 1930s. Located on 478 North Szechuen Road, it got its name from a bridge that spanned Soochow now Suzhou Creek a couple of blocks away. The Japanese took it over in 1937, shortly after defeating the Chinese in a bloody struggle that lasted three months. Bridge House became the Shanghai headquarters of the Kempeitai, the Japanese military police who gained a reputation as a Japana s Gestapo.a 22627146 N00 has added Bridge House Shanghai, China at 2007 08 25 15 58 58 and tagged as shanghai china
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