women and children

500

While the republicans detained men and older boys and interned them, the women and children sought refuge in the Berg en Dal Hotel. Because Salatiga could not be reached from Ambarawa due to road blocks, several attempts by the British to evacuate the women and children to Allied territory failed. Approximately half of the group were evacuated by truck in the second half of November 1945.

• Dairy 32

women and children

325

At the beginning of December 1945, approximately 325 people who had been pulled from their homes in the night were shut up in the Berg en Dal Hotel. The hotel was full; some people had to sleep on the verandahs. Due to a lack of furniture, people slept on the floor. The food, from a soup kitchen, was bad: starch porridge served as breakfast, for lunch and in the evenings they received a little corn or rice with a little bit of boiled vegetables. There was running water and electric light. In each room there was a bathroom with a toilet, but the capacity was insufficient. There was no medical care. After two weeks a number of women and children were taken to the Dutch-Chinese school in the Langensoeko residential neighborhood, elsewhere in Salatiga. The majority were taken by bus to Soerakarta, because the Indonesians were afraid that the British would stage a violent attack to free the women and children.

women and children

500

While the republicans detained men and older boys and interned them, the women and children sought refuge in the Berg en Dal Hotel. Because Salatiga could not be reached from Ambarawa due to road blocks, several attempts by the British to evacuate the women and children to Allied territory failed. Approximately half of the group were evacuated by truck in the second half of November 1945.

• Dairy 32

women and children

325

At the beginning of December 1945, approximately 325 people who had been pulled from their homes in the night were shut up in the Berg en Dal Hotel. The hotel was full; some people had to sleep on the verandahs. Due to a lack of furniture, people slept on the floor. The food, from a soup kitchen, was bad: starch porridge served as breakfast, for lunch and in the evenings they received a little corn or rice with a little bit of boiled vegetables. There was running water and electric light. In each room there was a bathroom with a toilet, but the capacity was insufficient. There was no medical care. After two weeks a number of women and children were taken to the Dutch-Chinese school in the Langensoeko residential neighborhood, elsewhere in Salatiga. The majority were taken by bus to Soerakarta, because the Indonesians were afraid that the British would stage a violent attack to free the women and children.