Batavia                         Struiswijk                    West-Java

 

                                                                                                                                                          February 22, 2012

 

Alternate Camp Names

Bunsho I, Camp 7 (per Japanese administration)

 

Camp Location

This prison facility was located east of the railway line from Batavia/Weltevreden to Meester Cornelis,

about halfway between the two districts. On the map of Batavia in the “Stedenatlas van Nederlands-Indië”

(atlas of  of cities in the Dutch East Indies), this prison is designated as the “Huis van Bewaring Struis­wijk”

 (Struiswijk House of Detention).  

 

Japanese Camp Commanders

Yadjima with under-commander Iwasaki (March 1942 to January 1944)

Captain Sonei (April 1944 to November 1944), Adachi (November 1944 to August 1945)

 

Dutch Camp Leaders

Mr. H.A. van Karnebeek (March 1942 to January 1944)

Mrs. Truus Fokkema-Visser (November 1944 to August 1945)

 

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)

Date

Arrived from

Transferred to

Number

in

transport

Total

number

in camp

Individual

type

 

MEN’S CAMP

 

 

 

 

Mar 10, ‘42 (1)

Surrounding Areas

 

2000

2000

m

 Mar. 25, 1942

Bat: Glodok

 

500

2500

m

 Aug. xx, 1943

Bat: Boekit Doeri

 

480

3000

b,m

 Oct. xx, 1943

Band: Soekamiskin

 

?

 

m

 Nov. 16, 1943

Bat: Tjideng

 

20

 

b

 Jan. 22, 1944

 

Band: 15e Bataljon

3000

0

b,m

 

WOMEN

 

 

 

 

 xxx.xx 1942

Surrounding Areas

 

100

100

w,ch (2)

 Dec. xx, 1943

 

Tang: Tanahtinggi

100

0

w,ch

 

WOMEN’S CAMP

 

 

 

 

Nov. 6, 1944

Band: Tjihapit

 

651

650

w,ch

 Nov. 7, 1944

Band: Tjihapit

 

650

1300

w,ch

 Dec. 13, 1944

 

Bat: Tjideng

57

 

sc,sw

 Dec. 24, 1944

Bat: Kramat

 

65

1300

w,ch

 Jan. 9, 1945

Bat: K. Makassar

 

50

1350

w,ch

 Mar. 25, 1945

Buit: Kota Paris

 

105

1450

w,ch

 June 19, 1945

Sem: Halmaheira

 

19

 

w,ch

 Aug. 23, 1945

 

Bat: Kramat

15

 

w,ch

 Aug. 23, 1945

 

 

 

1400

w,ch

Abbreviations / Notes

b=boys, ch=children, m=men, w=women, sc=sick children, sw=sick women

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

K. Makassar=Kampong Makassar

(1) And for some days that followed

(2) Of British and American descent

 

Deaths

Up to March 1, 1944: there were 4 deaths

From March 1, 1944 to August 1, 1945: there were 18 deaths

From August 1, 1945 to October 15, 1945: there were 16 deaths

 

References

Beekhuis, H. et al - Atlas Bersiapkampen 1945-1947, 2009, pg 51

Doorn, Iens van - Geluk is als een vogel, 1981, pg 117

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2001, pg 95; Volume II, 2002, pg 74

Dijkgraaf-Lokkers, Leonara – Wat nooit slijt, 2003, pg 100-188

Fenton Huie, Shirley - Vergeten, 1995, pg 173 (interviews, October 1942 - December 1943)

Heyman, Robert - Dossier Robert, 1998

Jong, L. de - Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in WOII, Volume 11B, 1985, pg 836

Keesing, Elisabeth - Op de muur, 1981

Maarseveen, Leo in Lavaleije, Theo en G. Weijers – In naam van de keizer, 1995, pg 207 (men’s camp)

Manders, Jo - De lach uit leed geboren, pg 28 (Struiswijklied)

Michielsen-Baljon, E. - Na 50 jaar, 1995 (November 1944 - August 1945)

Michielsen-Baljon, E. - Alles is in orde …., 1997 (November 1944 - August 1945)

Wertheim, Wim en Hetty Wertheim-Gijse Weenink - Vier wendingen in ons bestaan, 1991, pg 247

 

Photographs / Drawings

Beekhuis, H. et al - Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, pg 51

Claassen, Rob en Joke van Grootheest - Getekend, 1995, pg 22-27 (March 1942 - January 1944)

Michielsen-Baljon, E. - Alles is in orde …., 1997, pg 228-239 (photos 1972 – 1995)

 

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al - Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, pg 51

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen 1942-1945, Volume I, 2001; pg 96 (aerial photo)

Michielsen-Baljon, E. - Alles is in orde …, 1997, pg 220

 

 

Roster – 7th Barrack

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Camp Map

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