Soerabaja Boeboetan East-Java
The Boeboetan Prison was on
the west bank of
the Kalimas river,
in the center of the city.
Native
prison staff
Dutch
Mr. Benschop
Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)
|
Date |
Arrived from |
Transferred to |
Number in transport |
Total number in camp |
Individual type |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
m (1) |
|
|
Soerabaja |
|
50 |
|
m (2) |
|
|
Surround Areas
(3) |
|
250 |
|
m (4) |
|
May xx, 1942 |
|
Released |
20 |
|
m (5) |
|
|
Surround Areas
(6) |
|
15 |
|
m (7) |
|
|
Sem: Djatingaleh |
|
200 |
|
m (8) |
|
|
Djok: Vredeburg |
|
80 |
|
m (7) |
|
|
Solo: Ziekenzorg |
|
10 |
|
m (7) |
|
|
|
Ngawi: Fort vdBosch |
385 |
0 |
m (7) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July xx, 1942 |
Surround Areas
(3) |
|
|
|
m |
|
Jul. xx 1942 (9) |
|
Kesilir |
|
0 |
m |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct. xx, 1943 |
East-Java |
|
50 |
|
m (10) |
|
|
Soer: Darmo-wijk |
|
20 |
|
b |
|
Feb. xx, 1944 |
|
Band: 15e Bataljon |
50 |
|
b,m |
|
|
|
Sem: Bangkong |
13 |
0 |
m |
Abbreviations / Notes
b=boys, m=men
Band=Bandoeng, Djok=Djokjakarta, Sem=Semarang,
Soer=Soerabaja, Solo=Soerakarta
Surround Areas=Surrounding Areas
(1) The Mayor of
(2) Railroad employees from
Soerabaja
(3) The city of
(4) Local government and municipal officials
(5) Postal and harbor employees of Indo-European descent
(6) The islands of
(7) Officials
(8) Officials and Chinese, among others
(9) After a stay of only one
or two days (Boeboetan
functioned as a collection
center for transfer to Kesilir)
(10) Foreign nationals (non-Dutch)
References
Alberts, A. - Een kolonie is ook maar een mens,
1989, pp 78-88
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas
Bersiapkampen, 2009, p 191 (events during the Bersiap period)
Broeshart, A.C. - Soerabaja, Beeld van een stad,
1994, p 41
Brs van Huybergen - Gedenkboek 1920-1970, p 52
Brs van Oudenbosch - Negen-en-negentig, honderd,
Gedenkboek 1962, Volume II, pp 50-62
Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas
Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 169
Drawings
Claassen, Rob en Joke van Grootheest - Getekend,
1995, p 104