Sumatra Japanese Prison Camps
Japanese Prison camps on Sumatra. By the time of the Japanese capitulation ( 15 August 1945) , all European civilian prisoners of …
Today’s Tjihapit
Today’s Tjihapit is what it had been before WWII: a pleasant Bandung suburb. The horrors of war all but forgotten.
Sonei Kenichi
Sonei Kenichi, Captain Sonei Kenichi was a Captain in the Imperial Japanese army, and as of September 1942 was placed in charge …
Tjimahi Yeast Factory
Tjimahi Yeast Factory. The Tjimahi Yeast Factory was an example how necessity is the mother of invention. The regular supply of yeast …
Tjideng on Film
There are some rare examples of Tjideng on film. In researching we found films of the Tjideng camp , prewar Batavia and …
On the History of the Pacific War
A Brief Note on the History of the Pacific War by Boudewyn van Oort This surely must be one of the most …
Book Excerpt “Sudden Invasion”
An excerpt from the book: TJIDENG REUNION by Boudewyn van Oort in which the family learns of the sudden invasion. 1. MAY …
Allies Arrive in Tandjong Priok
Towards the end of September 1945, one and a half months after the war had ended, the first Allied military personnel set …
Tjideng Birthday
Tjideng Birthday A Tjideng Birthday had ceased to have meaning , and the case of many like me, had been feared. Boys …
Tjideng Coffin Factory
Shortly after we arrived in Tjideng the supply of coffins dried up for reasons unknown. Henceforth a coffin making factory was established …