B-kamp

prisoners of war

The prisoners of war who were collected in Palembang in March 1942 were primarily British and Australian. Among the Dutch were the surviving crew members of the torpedo-boat destroyer Hr. Ms. Evertsen, which was destroyed in February in the Soenda Strait. A number of buildings in Palembang were used to hold the prisoners of war, but after most of the native KNIL military personnel had been set free there were two camps: the Chinese school (A-Camp) and the Muloschool (secondary school, B-Camp). Both school buildings were encircled by a fence and barbed wire. The prisoners were put to work in various locations, for example at the Talangbetoetoe airfield, in the harbor, and in the city constructing air-raid shelters. In March 1944, the prisoners of war from the Muloschool began work on a new replacement central camp on the eastern side of Palembang, at the beginning of the road to Soengeigeroeng.

maj. Matsudera

Japanese military personnel, Koreans

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prisoners of war

In the last months of 1945, in the Muloschool (secondary school) ex-prisoners of war were taken in who had been put to work on the Pakanbaroe railway line.

Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Advocaat-soldaat: oorlogsherinneringen (Amsterdam 1999)
Boissevain, G. en L. van Empel, Vrouwenkamp op Java. Herinneringen van Gon Boissevain en Lennie van Empel (Amsterdam 1991-2)

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 499