Weeshuis en internaat voor meisjes van de Vincentius Vereeniging Batavia

prisoners of war

From April 1943 the Saint Vincent girls’ orphanage was used as a hospital for sick prisoners of war, including seriously ill people from the Moluccan transports. In February 1945 the remaining prisoners of war were taken to the 10th Battalion, elsewhere in Batavia.

Koreans, heihos

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)

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 438

Weeshuis en internaat voor meisjes van de Vincentius Vereeniging Batavia

women and children

197 (May - October 1945)

In March 1945, the girls’ orphanage and boarding school of the Sint-Vincentius Vereeniging (Saint Vincent Society) of Batavia became the general camp hospital for Batavia. Along with Mater Dolorosa, it was part of the Japanese general medical service for the camps. Both hospitals were run by one medical director. The staff were primarily “European” internees from the camps, including a few professors of medicine from the Medical Faculty in Batavia. Nuns did nursing and worked in the kitchen, and a group of 50 women from Camp Tjideng cared for the sick and kept the rooms clean. The sick were taken to the sleeping rooms of the orphanage and boarding school, which were encircled with barbed wire. There were separate infirmaries for women, children, and tuberculosis patients. Men stayed in the chapel. The death toll was very high; many had dysentery and hunger oedema. The names of the deceased were written daily on a chalkboard in one of the galleries. The doctors lt. col. Maisey en Smit were regularly abused by the head guards Fukui and Kanayama; camp commandant Mitsufuji was not a match for his underlings. Other doctors in the hospital were dr. H.A.P.C. Oomen and the paediatrician dr. A.M.G. Cramer.

kpt. dr. Mitsufuji Yasuteru

Kumazawa; Fukui; Kondo; Sachiyama; Arai; Kanayama; Kaneoka

Koreans, heihos

dr. H. Hogerzeil; mw. dr. Brederode

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2557
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5379
• Dairy 129
• Dairy 152
• Dairy 230
• Dairy 58

Weeshuis en internaat voor meisjes van de Vincentius Vereeniging Batavia

men, women, and children

1.200

197 (May - October 1945)

In March 1945, the girls’ orphanage and boarding school of the Sint-Vincentius Vereeniging (Saint Vincent Society) of Batavia became the general camp hospital for Batavia. At the time of the Japanese capitulation there were approximately 1,200 men, women, and children in the camp. The Japanese guards were replaced with Gurkhas. The food improved dramatically immediately after the Japanese surrender, while the inmates could also trade clothing for food at the camp edges. The care of the ill continued for some time. The death rate was high. At the end of October the camp was cleared.

• Dairy 152
• Dairy 230

Weeshuis en internaat voor meisjes van de Vincentius Vereeniging Batavia

prisoners of war

From April 1943 the Saint Vincent girls’ orphanage was used as a hospital for sick prisoners of war, including seriously ill people from the Moluccan transports. In February 1945 the remaining prisoners of war were taken to the 10th Battalion, elsewhere in Batavia.

Koreans, heihos

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)

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 438

Weeshuis en internaat voor meisjes van de Vincentius Vereeniging Batavia

women and children

197 (May - October 1945)

In March 1945, the girls’ orphanage and boarding school of the Sint-Vincentius Vereeniging (Saint Vincent Society) of Batavia became the general camp hospital for Batavia. Along with Mater Dolorosa, it was part of the Japanese general medical service for the camps. Both hospitals were run by one medical director. The staff were primarily “European” internees from the camps, including a few professors of medicine from the Medical Faculty in Batavia. Nuns did nursing and worked in the kitchen, and a group of 50 women from Camp Tjideng cared for the sick and kept the rooms clean. The sick were taken to the sleeping rooms of the orphanage and boarding school, which were encircled with barbed wire. There were separate infirmaries for women, children, and tuberculosis patients. Men stayed in the chapel. The death toll was very high; many had dysentery and hunger oedema. The names of the deceased were written daily on a chalkboard in one of the galleries. The doctors lt. col. Maisey en Smit were regularly abused by the head guards Fukui and Kanayama; camp commandant Mitsufuji was not a match for his underlings. Other doctors in the hospital were dr. H.A.P.C. Oomen and the paediatrician dr. A.M.G. Cramer.

kpt. dr. Mitsufuji Yasuteru

Kumazawa; Fukui; Kondo; Sachiyama; Arai; Kanayama; Kaneoka

Koreans, heihos

dr. H. Hogerzeil; mw. dr. Brederode

• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 2557
• Inventory 400, Inv.nr. 5379
• Dairy 129
• Dairy 152
• Dairy 230
• Dairy 58

Weeshuis en internaat voor meisjes van de Vincentius Vereeniging Batavia

men, women, and children

1.200

197 (May - October 1945)

In March 1945, the girls’ orphanage and boarding school of the Sint-Vincentius Vereeniging (Saint Vincent Society) of Batavia became the general camp hospital for Batavia. At the time of the Japanese capitulation there were approximately 1,200 men, women, and children in the camp. The Japanese guards were replaced with Gurkhas. The food improved dramatically immediately after the Japanese surrender, while the inmates could also trade clothing for food at the camp edges. The care of the ill continued for some time. The death rate was high. At the end of October the camp was cleared.

• Dairy 152
• Dairy 230