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Alternate Camp Names

Bunsho I, Camp 8 (per Japanese administration)

 

Camp Location

This camp was located near the railway line that ran between Koningsplein and Meester Cornelis, just north of the Werkplaatsen van de Spoorwegen (railway work station), between van der Houtlaan and Sluisweg. ADEK stands for Algemeen Delisch Emigratie-Kantoor (General Deli Emigration Office), recruitment office of coolies for the tobacco plantations in Deli.

The camp was situated in barracks, surrounded by barbed wire and gedek.

 

Japanese Camp Commanders

Sonei (April 1944 to November 1944), Maruyama (from November 1944 onward)

 

Camp Guards

Native police staff, Koreans, heihos

 

Dutch Camp Leaders

Mrs. C. van Gulik-van Alphen (November 25, 1944 to March 20, 1945)

Mrs. M. M. van Neuren-de Roy (from March 20, 1945 onward)

 

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)

Date

Arrived from

Transferred to

Number

in

transport

Total

number

in camp

Individual

type

 

MEN’S CAMP

 

 

 

June xx, 1942

Surrounding Areas

 

2800

2800

m (1)

Feb. 1, 1944 (2)

 

Band:  15e Bataljon

2800

0

m

 

WOMEN’S CAMP

 

 

 

Nov. 25, 1944

Band: Tjihapit

 

850

 

w,ch

Nov. 26, 1944

Band: Tjihapit

 

780

 

w,ch

Nov. 27, 1944

Band: Tjihapit

 

600

2200

w,ch

Dec. 13, 1944

 

Bat: Tjideng

99

 

sc,sw

Dec. 27, 1944

 

Tang: LOG

173

 

w,ch (3)

Dec. 30, 1944

Bat: Kramat

 

146

 

w,ch

Jan. 3, 1945

 

Bat: Kramat

157

2000

w,ch,n

March 17, 1945

 

Bat: Tjideng

1212

 

w,ch

March 25, 1945

Tang: LOG

 

1425

 

w,ch (4)

April 1, 1945

 

Bat: Sint Vincentius

33

 

w,ch

May 13, 1945

 

Bat: Kampong Makassar

161

 

w,ch

My 20, 1945

Band: Tjihapit

 

140

 

w,ch

June 18, 1945

 

Sem: Halmaheira

22

 

w,ch

Aug. 23, 1945

 

 

 

2000

w,ch

Abbreviations / Notes

ch=children, m=men, n=nuns, w=women, sc=sick children, sw=sick women

Band=Bandoeng, Bat=Batavia, Sem=Semarang, Tang=Tangerang

(1) Employed in shipbuilding

(2) Until February 3, 1944

(3) Jewish women and children

(4) Jewish, British and American women and children

 

Deaths

From March 1, 1944 to August 1, 1945, there were 21 deaths

From August 1, 1945 to October 15, 1945, there were 20 deaths

 

References

Bakker, Miep - Kampherinneringen, 2005 (LOG Tangerang collection)

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th ed., 1999, pg 32-33

Beekhuis, H. e.a. – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, pg 48 (Bersiap period)

Chagoll, Lydia - Zes jaren en zes maanden, 1981

Chagoll, Lydia - Buigen in jappenkampen, 1986 (Reïssue of Zes jaren...)

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, pg 96; Volume II, 2002, pg 74

Ferguson, Margaretha - Mammie ik ga dood, 1976

Keesing, Elisabeth - Op de muur, 1981

Oldenziel-Kabel, J.C. - Dagboek (Diary), NIOD, IC-dagboek 60 (Tjihapit, ADEK, Tjideng)

Roos, Betty - Kan-niet is dood: kinderjaren in een jappenkamp, 1989

Vas Dias, Riek - Kampherinneringen (privately published), pg 41-53

Vletter, M.E. et al - Batavia/Djakarta/Jakarta, Beeld van een metamaorfose, 1997, pg 70

Wertheim, Anne-Ruth - De gans eet het brood van de eenden op, 1994

Wertheim, Wim en Hetty Wertheim-Gijse Weenink - Vier wendingen in ons bestaan, 1991

Wilton van Reede, Theo en Arjan Onderdenwijngaard - Een draad van angst, 1983, pg 127 (radio-interviews)

 

Interviews

Ursuline Sisters, Katholiek Documentatie-Centrum, Nijmegen, numbers 75,372 and 75,587

 

Photographs / Drawings

Bakker, Miep - Kampherinneringen, 2005 (LOG Tangerang collection)

Beekhuis, H. e.a. – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, pg 48 (Bersiap period)

Claassen, Rob en Joke van Grootheest - Getekend, 1995, pg 28-29 (I)

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, pg 97; Volume II, 2002, pg 83-84

Koers West, Verslag van de Repatriëringsdienst (Repatriation Service Report), 1946, pg 26, 28, 30, 32

Grevedamme, Ben – Vrij, pg 72-73

 

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th ed., 1999, pg 32

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, 2000, Volume I, pg 97

 

Local Update

On September 30, 1989, the barracks were destroyed by fire and replaced with residences.

 

Rosters

Roster as of August 1945

 

 

Camp Map

ADEK Camp Map

 

 

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