The Weihsien Internment Camp (Chinese: 潍县集中营; pinyin: Wéixiàn Jízhōngyíng; Wade–Giles: Wei2hsien4 Chi2chung1ying2) was a Japanese operated ”Civilian Assembly Center” in the former Wei County (Chinese: 潍县; pinyin: Wéixiàn; Wade–Giles: Wei2hsien4), located in the present-day city of Weifang, Shandong, China. The compound was a Japanese-run internment camp created during World War II to hold civilians of Allied countries living in North China. The camp's population initially included British, Canadian, American, Australian, Dutch, Belgian and other citizens. An additional group of Italian internees arrived in the camp on December 30, 1943, after the allied invasion of Sicily and the fall of Mussolini. In total, Weihsien remained in operation after the Japanese invasion until American forces l