The Bahay na Pula is a former hacienda in San Ildefonso, Bulacan in the Philippines. The site is remembered for the mass rapes and murders committed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The Japanese military murdered all of the men and boys in the adjacent Mapaniqui, Candaba, Pampanga, and forced over 100 women and girls into sexual slavery, confining and raping them in the Red House.
The building in 2014
Bahay na Pula in its derelict condition in 2022, after the partial demolition
San Ildefonso, officially the Municipality of San Ildefonso is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 115,713 people.
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Bahay na Pula, also known as the "Red House" (2014)
Municipal hall
Sanguniang Bayan Session Hall