prisoners of war

2.625

From March 1942 to February 1943, the buildings of the Government Civilian School for Higher Education (HBS) formed a collection-and-transition camp for prisoners of war from central and eastern Java. From September these were almost entirely British, American, and Australian. At the beginning of January they were taken to the nearby Jaarmarkt camp.

lt. Ueda Tadao

Takishimi; Suzuki Susumu; Nagoya; Murakami; Ichikawa

Japanese military personnel, Koreans

ltz. 2de klasse KMR J. Bennink

Legemaate, H.J., A.J.J. Mulder en M.G.J. van Zeeland, Hr. Ms. Kruiser 'De Ruyter' 1933-1942 (Purmerend 1999)
Hamel, J.C., Soldatendominee. Ervaringen van een legerpredikant in Japanse krijgsgevangenschap (Franeker 1980-3)

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 438

prisoners of war

2.500

In the second half of January, the buildings of the Government Civilian School for Higher Education (HBS) served as a transition camp for approximately 2,500 Moluccan prisoners of war from Batavia, who were on their way to Tandjoeng Perak.

lt. Ueda Tadao

Takishimi; Suzuki Susumu; Nagoya; Murakami; Ichikawa

None

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 438
• Dairy 170
• Dairy 313
• Dairy 332

men, women, and children

For a time, there was a camp for ex-internees returning from republican camps in the buildings of the Government Civilian School for Higher Education (HBS).