A diorama depicting Japanese soldiers screening Chinese men during the Japanese Occupation in Singapore

A diorama is a three dimensional representation of a scene or moment in history. This diorama is part of a series of 20 that was produced in 1983 in the Ayala Museum in Philippines and shipped to Singapore in November 1984. The dioramas depict scenes of key historical events and places in Singapore.

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