Soekamiskin-gevangenis

men and boys

The Soekamiskin prison was used in the first weeks of the Japanese occupation for the internment of “prominent people” from the local Netherlands East-Indies government and their co-workers. To their number were added, at the beginning of April, the governor-general and his staff, before they were taken to Batavia. Between August 1943 and March 1944 these internees were taken in small groups to four widely separated camps. The Soekamiskin prison was simultaneously used to hold political prisoners, including Indo-European boys detained in Bandoeng in raids in the first months of 1945; later, the majority of them were taken to the Glodok prison. In both groups, political and “regular” prisoners, there were many deaths. The regime of police-inspector Minami was extremely harsh.

Soeridjadi; Minami

Native police personnel

mr. H.J. Spit; lt.-kol. R.F.C. Smith; lktz. N.J.C. Smit; ltz. B. van der Horst; ltz. J.P.A. Dekker; wingcomm. A.D. Groome; G.A. Burgerhoudt

Liesker, H.A.M. e.a., Je denk, ken niet, maar kèn!! (Waddinxveen 1997)

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Soekamiskin-gevangenis

men

From 23 August 1945, the Soekamiskin prison held a group of political prisoners, including three Dutch citizens. They were discovered and evacuated in October. That same month, the prison was used to imprison men who had been detained in the surrounding area by the pemoedas. They were freed by British and/or Japanese troops on October 20th.