Mater Dolorosa in Batavia

Other name: Klooster van de Congregatie van de Goede Herder
Internees: prisoners of war
Information: From April 1943, the girls’ and women’s halls at the Cloister of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd were used as a hospital for sick prisoners of war. Among them were seriously ill people from the Molluccan transports. In February 1945, the remaining prisoners of war were taken to the 10th Battalion, elsewhere in Batavia.
Guards: Koreans, heihos
Literature: Berge, G. ten, Met open ogen. Gesprek met Hein ten Berge over zijn jaren in Nederlands-Indië als leraar in Moentilan en in Japanse krijgsgevangenschap (1929-1946) (Maarssen [1995])
Veenstra, J.H.W. e.a., Als krijgsgevangene naar de Molukken en Flores. Relaas van een Japans transport van Nederlandse en Engelse militairen 1943-1945 ('s-Gravenhage 1982)

Other name: Klooster van de Congregatie van de Goede Herder
Internees: men
Number of internees: 2.070
Number of deceased: 276 (May - October 1945)
Information: From May 1945, sick and elderly men from the men’s camps in Bandoeng en Tjimahi were taken to the Cloister of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd. They came by train and were taken from the station to the cloister in open trucks. Most of the patients were ambulatory. Upon arrival they looked terrible: almost no clothing, unshaven, long hair, hollow faces. The death count was high: during the months of July and August 10 or 12 people died daily. The task of nursing was in the hands of the nuns from the Cloister and nuns who were brought to the cloister from Camp Kramat. Medical care was provided by the staff of the nearby Saint Vincent Hospital, the general camp hospital for Batavia. Both infirmaries were considered part of the overall Japanese medical services fro the camps, under one directing medical officer.
Commendant: kpt. dr. Mitsufuji Yasuteru
Main guards: Yamamoto Eiji; Kamura
Guards: Koreans, heihos
Camp leaders: dr. H. Hogerzeil; mw. dr. Brederode; zr. Bank
Literature: Manders, J., De lach uit leed geboren. Herinneringen uit de Japanse concentratiekampen voor vrouwen en kinderen (Nijmegen [1969])

Other name: Klooster van de Congregatie van de Goede Herder
Internees: men
Number of deceased: 1.000
Information: At the time of the Japanese capitulation, the camp hospital at the Cloister of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd held approximately 1,000 men and older boys. They had been taken from men’s camps in Bandoeng en Tjimahi to the cloister due to illness. After the Japanese capitulation there were no new arrivals. The death rate remained high for a time. The camp’s leadership was in the hands of dr. B. Lutter, KNIL officer of health and directing medical officer.
Camp leaders: dr. B. Lutter