Town:
Soekaboemi District:
West Java Region:
Java Location:
Soekaboemi is on West Java, approximately 90 kilometres south of Batavia (Jakarta). The Alverna Retreat was on the road to Buitenzorg, west of Soekaboemi.
Internees: women and children Information: On 23 September 1943, all the “European” clergy and devotees from the cloisters in Soekaboemi, Tjitjoeroeg and the surrounding area were collected into the Alverna retreat. They had to remain in the house until the end of the war, but they were not guarded. Guards: None