Hellfire Pass is 500 meters long and 26 meters deep of rocks that were dug by prisoners of war designed to rail death to continue his journey from Bangkok to Rangoon. Soldiers were forced to remove the stone using nothing more than picks, hammers and bare hands. At the 1000 Australian and British soldiers, who have 12 weeks clear-cut Mountain, died 700th Hellfire Pass Memorial and Memorial Museum was established to commemorate the fallen. The monument consists of a route where visitors to the old railway line into the jungle and the museum. Museum contains pictures and tools, along with the video shows the exhibition documents the event. Like other places on this track, a monument and a museum of very mobile locations. If you are connected over the connection to events that were imprisoned here, or in any other way can be very painful experience. This site has special significance for Australians. Australia-Thai Chamber of Commerce (http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/oawg/thailand.htm) supports the museum. Four hundred Australian prisoners began working in the Hellfire Pass on Anzac Day in 1943 and instead plays an important role in the annual Anzac event in Thailand.How to get there: There are indeed many orgainsed trips to the Hell Fire memorial and museum are available from Kanchanaburi. For those who want to get there alone, the museum is located on land owned by the Thai army. To get a bus running from Kanchanaburi to Thong Pha Phum pass instead.
The Hell Fire memorial museum is open every day, and there is no entry fee (though donations are suggested).
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