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Main entrance of Tangerang (LOG) Youth detention centre

Tangerang

Tangerang Prison Camp Tangerang Prison camp was a women’s and children’s World War II concentration camp on Java History and Location Before the …

Java Prison Camp Kampong Makassar

Kampong Makassar

Kampong Makassar Kampong Makassar Location: This  POW and civilian internment camp was located about 6 km south of Batavia in a coconut …

Japanse Burgerkampen

Summary The book , Japanse Burgerkampen, published by uitgeverij T. Wever ,Franeken, Netherlands first appeared in 1963 as a PhD thesis by …

Tjideng Prison Camp

Tjideng Prison Camp. The Tjideng Prison Camp for women and children was initially declared a “protected area” as of August 1942.  It …

Overview of POW and Civioian internmetn camps in th Bandoeng area

Bandoeng Camps

Bandoeng Camps About twenty Bandoeng Camps were in existence during the Pacific War. Of these by far the biggest and most important …

Four years Till Tomorrow

Four Years Till Tomorrow Published by van der Heide (1999)  Four Years Till Tomorrow refers to the misguided belief of nearly all …

De Auteur , zeven jaar oud in Tjideng

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 …