Kempeitai East District Branch
| Old YMCA Building | |
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The etched drawings on the heritage monument, near where the present YMCA building stands, depicts what the old YMCA building looked like previously. | |
Former location in Singapore | |
| Former names | Kempeitai East District Branch |
| Alternative names | Old YMCA Building |
| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Location | Orchard Road, Singapore, 1 Orchard Road, Singapore 238824, Singapore |
| Coordinates | 01°17′50.59″N 103°50′54.70″E / 1.2973861°N 103.8485278°E |
| Named for | YMCA |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Opened | 1911 |
| Demolished | 1981 |
| Owner | YMCA |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Known for | Kempeitai East District Branch, a Kempeitai branch during the Japanese occupation of Singapore |
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| History of Singapore |
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| Singapore portal |
The Kempeitai East District Branch was the headquarters of the Kempeitai, the military police corps of the Imperial Japanese Army, during the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1942 to 1945. It was located at the old YMCA building, at the present site of Singapore's YMCA Building on Stamford Road. Opened in 1911, the distinctive Art Deco YMCA building was the site of interrogation and torture of many innocent civilians, including the war heroine Elizabeth Choy. After the war, the Singapore government erected several memorials with some at the former massacre sites. In 1995, the former site of the old YMCA building was gazetted by the National Heritage Board as one of the eleven World War II sites of Singapore.