Japanese Civilian Camps

July 8, 2010

Contents	During the Second World War in the former Dutch East Indies, from March, 1942 to August, 1945, about 100,000 Dutch civilians were detained by the Japanese in internment camps. Men were separated from women and children. Starting in 1944, older boys were interned in either men’s camps or separate boys’ camps. - Camps: For each camp the most important details are provided, where available, such as arrivals, transfers, departures, rosters, death rolls, maps, photos, drawings and reference sources. - Camp Numbers (Japanese registration numbers for internees) - Camp Transports (incoming and outgoing) - Ship Transports (post-war evacuation to Europe)
Related Websites	* Japanese POW camps both within and outside the Dutch East Indies: www.japansekrijgsgevangenkampen.nl * Camps of the post-war "Bersiap" period (October 1945 to May 1947): www.bersiapkampen.nl
Additional Information	* Velden, D. van - De Japanse burgerkampen (1963) – Japanese internment camps (PhD-thesis, 600 pages) * Dulm, J. van et al. - Geïllustreerde Atlas van de Japanse Kampen in Nederlands-Indië 1942-1945, Volume I (2000) and Volume II (2002) - illustrated atlas of the Japanese internment camps in the Dutch East Indies * Beekhuis, Henk et al. - Geïllustreerde Atlas van de Bersiapkampen in Nederlands-Indië 1945-1947 (2009) - illustrated atlas of the internment camps of the post-war period in the Dutch East Indies
Archives & Organizations	www.kit.nl (Royal Tropical Institute) www.kitlv.nl (Royal Neth. Inst. of Southeast Asian & Caribbean Studies) www.kb.nl (National Library of the Netherlands) www.nationaalarchief.nl (National Archive of the Netherlands) www.niod.nl ( Netherlands Institute for War Documentation) www.ogs.nl (Netherlands War Graves Foundation) www.rodekruis.nl (The Netherlands Red Cross) www.sifa.nl (Dutch East Indies Family Archive Foundation)
Further Information	h.beekhuis@planet.nl (Henk Beekhuis)

Camps

Java	Introduction	Camps
Sumatra	Introduction	Camps
Borneo	Introduction	Camps
Celebes	Introduction	Camps
Eastern Archipelago	Introduction	Camps

Classification System of Internee Camp Numbers

Internee Camp Numbers on Java

Transfer Schedules (between camps)

Java	Batavia	Men	Women
	Buitenzorg	Men	Women
	Soekaboemi		Women
	Bandoeng	Men	Women
	Semarang	Men	Women
	Jogja-Solo	Men	Women
	Soerabaja	Men	Women
	Malang	Men	Women
Sumatra	North	Central	South
Borneo	North	South
Celebes	North	South
Eastern Archipelago

Ship Transports to Europe 1945-1962

List of Ships

Codes to the Archives (locate a passenger list)

Search for a Camp

Research Options

Miscellaneous

Abbreviations

Camp Populations on August 23, 1945

Index