Town:
Makassar District:
South and southeast Celebes Region:
Celebes Location:
Makassar is situated on the southwest coast of Celebes (Sulawesi). The building of the Nautical College was on Strandweg, on the coast.
Other name: Zeevaartschool, Kweekschool voor Inlandse Schepelingen (KIS) Internees: prisoners of war Information: The buildings of the former Nautical College were used in March and April 1942 as a temporary internment camp for captured KNIL soldiers. These were later transferred to the infantry encampment, also on Strandweg. Literature: Stolk, T. en P. Seth Paul, Hoe het ons verging... op Zuidwest Celebes en omliggende eilanden (Emmen [1994])