In 2018 I visited a very isolated, off the beaten track war memorial in Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). My best friend and I wound up getting lost while looking for a tea plantation, and I happened to notice the signs while driving past.
Stepping inside - I felt physically sick to my stomach. I can't explain it. It was tangible sadness and sorrow. Like someone was pulling my heart to the ground. It didn't stop until we drove off.
I read up on the Allied soldiers who were tortured here by the Japanese - how the camp was actually the final stop of a death march from a city at least 140 miles away. I won't go into the numbers but it was extremely tragic. Most of the Allied soldiers who died there were barely adults.
It made me realize that human suffering can leave its mark on physical locations so I thought to ask, have any of you experienced anything similar?
