prisoners of war

2.755

100

From March 1942 the prison in Glodok functioned as an internment location for prisoners of war, primarily British and Australians. They were put to work at the Kemajoran airfield. Groups of prisoners of war were taken to Tandjong Priok during 1942, for further transport via Singapore to overseas labour camps. In November 1943 the rest of the prisoners of war were taken from the Glodok prison to the 10th Battalion's Encampment in Batavia. Thereafter the prison was used until the beginning of 1945 as a regular prison.

kpt. Nomura Fumio; kpt. Tanaka Kentaro; kpt. Yamamoto Hisao

Japanese military personnel, native prison personnel, Koreans

wingcomm. C.H. Noble; kpt. H.L.A. van den Wall Bake

Kesasar, Totok, Geen saai leven. Het leven van een thee- en rubberplanter gedurende de jaren 1926-1947 [1982])
Kampen-Bronkhorst, D. van, De oorlog duurt voort. Over de problematiek van oorlogsgetroffenen in het kader van maatschappelijk werk ('s-Gravenhage 1979)
Verstraaten, A., Ooggetuige. Krijgsgevangen in Indië en Japan (1942-1945) (Zutphen 2008)

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2641
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2830
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2494
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2879
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 438
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 4945
• Dairy 1
• Dairy 125
• Dairy 165
• Dairy 170
• Dairy 204
• Dairy 205
• Dairy 216
• Dairy 25
• Dairy 280
• Dairy 30
• Dairy 311
• Dairy 332
• Dairy 6

men

500

The Glodok prison served in March 1942 as the first internment location for Dutch administrative officials, police personnel, and members of the city guard. They included Batavia's mayor ir. E.A. Voorneman and resident mr. Ch.W.A. Abbenhuis. Later in March they were taken with the rest of the “European prominent people” to Struiswijk prison, elsewhere in Batavia.

Native prison personnel

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 154
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2840

young men

650

77

On September 27th 1944, several dozen Indo-European youths were arrested in Batavia because they refused to declare loyalty to the Japanese authorities. They were locked up in Glodok prison. In January and February 1945, circa 1,500 Indo-Europeans - primarily boys and men - were arrested for the same reason in Batavia, Buitenzorg, Soekaboemi, Bandoeng, Semarang, Soerabaja, Malang and a number of smaller places. Approximately 650 of them were interned in Glodok prison, the rest were interned elsewhere. They were continually pressed to reconsider their anti-Japanese stance. Several dozen of them refused this pressure to the very end: through starvation, illness, and abuse, by the time of the Japanese capitulation about 80 of this group of political internees had died. The survivors were freed on August 27th 1945.

Hermanus, R., Indisch jongerenverzet 1944 - Glodok 1945 (Ede 1999-2)
Hermanus, R., Glodok 2. Naar de Oost en terug (Zoetermeer 2007)

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 181
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2910
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 8045
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 4648
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 4845
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5499
• Dairy 257
• Dairy 37
• Dairy 375
• Dairy 85

prisoners of war

2.755

100

From March 1942 the prison in Glodok functioned as an internment location for prisoners of war, primarily British and Australians. They were put to work at the Kemajoran airfield. Groups of prisoners of war were taken to Tandjong Priok during 1942, for further transport via Singapore to overseas labour camps. In November 1943 the rest of the prisoners of war were taken from the Glodok prison to the 10th Battalion's Encampment in Batavia. Thereafter the prison was used until the beginning of 1945 as a regular prison.

kpt. Nomura Fumio; kpt. Tanaka Kentaro; kpt. Yamamoto Hisao

Japanese military personnel, native prison personnel, Koreans

wingcomm. C.H. Noble; kpt. H.L.A. van den Wall Bake

Kesasar, Totok, Geen saai leven. Het leven van een thee- en rubberplanter gedurende de jaren 1926-1947 [1982])
Kampen-Bronkhorst, D. van, De oorlog duurt voort. Over de problematiek van oorlogsgetroffenen in het kader van maatschappelijk werk ('s-Gravenhage 1979)
Verstraaten, A., Ooggetuige. Krijgsgevangen in Indië en Japan (1942-1945) (Zutphen 2008)

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2641
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2830
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2494
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2879
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 438
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 4945
• Dairy 1
• Dairy 125
• Dairy 165
• Dairy 170
• Dairy 204
• Dairy 205
• Dairy 216
• Dairy 25
• Dairy 280
• Dairy 30
• Dairy 311
• Dairy 332
• Dairy 6

men

500

The Glodok prison served in March 1942 as the first internment location for Dutch administrative officials, police personnel, and members of the city guard. They included Batavia's mayor ir. E.A. Voorneman and resident mr. Ch.W.A. Abbenhuis. Later in March they were taken with the rest of the “European prominent people” to Struiswijk prison, elsewhere in Batavia.

Native prison personnel

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 154
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2840

young men

650

77

On September 27th 1944, several dozen Indo-European youths were arrested in Batavia because they refused to declare loyalty to the Japanese authorities. They were locked up in Glodok prison. In January and February 1945, circa 1,500 Indo-Europeans - primarily boys and men - were arrested for the same reason in Batavia, Buitenzorg, Soekaboemi, Bandoeng, Semarang, Soerabaja, Malang and a number of smaller places. Approximately 650 of them were interned in Glodok prison, the rest were interned elsewhere. They were continually pressed to reconsider their anti-Japanese stance. Several dozen of them refused this pressure to the very end: through starvation, illness, and abuse, by the time of the Japanese capitulation about 80 of this group of political internees had died. The survivors were freed on August 27th 1945.

Hermanus, R., Indisch jongerenverzet 1944 - Glodok 1945 (Ede 1999-2)
Hermanus, R., Glodok 2. Naar de Oost en terug (Zoetermeer 2007)

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 181
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2910
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 8045
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 4648
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 4845
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5499
• Dairy 257
• Dairy 37
• Dairy 375
• Dairy 85