Tjimahi Baros 6 West-Java
Alternate
Jongenskamp Baros (Baros Boys’ Camp)
Bunsho II, Camp 6 (per Japanese administration)
Camp Location
|
This camp was
located in the southern part of Tjimahi, on both sides of the Barosweg; it was
successively a POW camp, a women's camp and a boys’ camp. The camp consisted
of two divisions on either side of the Barosweg: to the west was the "Willemstraat” section and to
the east, the "Baroskant" section; access between the two divisions
was through two guarded gates (there had to be a valid reason to pass from
one section to the other). |
Japanese
Women’s Camp:
Boys’ Camp: Sagami (July 1944 to Dec. 1944), Kunimoto
(Jan. 1945 to May 1945),
Shimonya (May 1945 to Aug. 1945)
Japanese military personnel, Koreans, heihos (about 50)
Dutch Camp Leaders
Women’s Camp: Mrs. R. Minderman
Boys’ Camp: Mr. G. A. Schotel
Transports (source:
mostly the Atlas Japanse Kampen)
|
Date |
Arrived
from |
Transferred
to |
Number in transport |
Total number in camp |
Indivi-dual type |
|
|
WOMEN’S CAMP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tjim: Treinkampement |
|
1100 |
1100 |
w,ch |
|
|
|
Band: Bloemenk |
1085 |
15 |
w,ch |
|
|
BOYS’ CAMP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
b (1) |
|
|
Band: Tjihapit |
|
211 |
|
b,m |
|
|
Band: Kareës |
|
59 |
|
b,m |
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat |
|
30 |
|
m (2) |
|
|
Tjim: Baros 5 |
|
50 |
|
m |
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat |
|
50 |
|
b,m |
|
|
Tjim: Baros 5 |
|
850 (3) |
|
b,m |
|
|
Bat: Grogol |
|
400 |
1700 |
b |
|
|
|
Sem: Halmaheira |
200 |
|
b,m (4) |
|
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat |
120 |
|
b,m (5) |
|
|
|
Tjim: Baros 5 |
20 |
|
b (5) |
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat |
|
200 |
|
m |
|
|
Bat: Tjideng |
|
100 |
|
b |
|
|
Bat: Kampong Makassar |
|
6 |
|
b |
|
|
Tangerang: LOG |
|
20 |
|
b |
|
|
Batoe |
|
6 |
|
m |
|
|
|
Band: 15e Bat |
200 |
|
b,m |
|
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat |
300 |
|
b,m |
|
|
|
Tjim: Baros 5 |
100 |
1100 |
b,m |
|
|
Tjim: Militair Hospitaal |
|
600 |
|
b,m (7) |
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat |
|
103 |
|
m |
|
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat |
100 |
|
m |
|
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat |
300 |
|
b,m |
|
|
Tjitjalengka-Spoorweg |
|
300 |
|
b,m |
|
|
|
|
|
1700 (8) |
b,m |
Abbreviations
/ Notes
b=boys, ch=children, m=men,
w=women
Band=Bandoeng, Bat=
(1) 15 boys remained from the
former women’s camp
(2) Dutch camp leaders, among
which was Mr. G. Schotel
(3) Other sources say 1000
(4) 10 boy and 190 men
(5) Reunited with fathers
(6) Through April 12, 1945
(7) 150 men (staff) and 450
sick boys and men
(8) Average of various sources
(ratio of boys/men is not known)
Education A lot of education was provided; exams were also given.
Church Services were held
at different locations
almost every Sunday.
Water There was not
always enough water.
Housing The camp consisted
of officers’ houses,
mostly duplexes; each
unit contained two
small and one
larger room, a
kitchen and a
bathroom; there was
electricity and running water.
Relocations There were numerous
internal relocations; on April 7, 1945 all residents
in the Willemstraat
section were moved to the Baroskant section to make room for the incoming transport from the
Military Hospital
Camp.
The Sick On April
10, 1945 all the sick from
the Military Hospital Camp moved into the Willemstraat area.
References
Beekhuis, H. et al – Japanse
burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, pp 46-47
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas
Bersiapkampen, 2009, pp 68-69 (events during the Bersiap period)
Crince le Roy, Paul in H.A.M.Liesker - Jongens in de
mannenkampen te Tjimahi, 1994, pp 167-168
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 115; Volume
II, 2002, p 94
Engelenburg, Dick van -
Jongenskamp Baros 6, Tjimahi 1944-1945, 1990
Heijmans-van Bruggen, Mariska –
De Japanse bezetting in dagboeken, Jongenskamp Baros 6, 2003, pp 285-291
Jong, L. de - Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in WOII, Volume 11B, 1985, p
349
Lanzing, Fred – Voor Fredje is het kamp een paradijs, 2007, pp 61-74
Lavaleije, T. - In naam van de
keizer, 1995
Liesker, Hans in H.A.M.Liesker - Jongens in de
mannenkampen te Tjimahi, 1994, pp 340-348
Meyier, Han de - Kamperen onder
de rijzende zon, privately published, 1986
Tellekamp, Dirk W.S. - Jappenkamp Baroskamp, een willekeurige familie,
privately published
Tieleman, H. en R. - Het
rattevel, 1994, pp 43-99 (II)
Werve, Th.P. van der in H.A.M.Liesker - Je denk, ken niet
maar ken!! 1997, pp 420-427
Photographs / Drawings:
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas
Bersiapkampen, 2009, p 68 (photo of some houses, 1976)
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas
Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 113 (aerial photo)
Engelenburg, Dick van - Jongenskamp Baros 6, Tjimahi 1944-1945, 1990
Liesker, H.A.M. - Je denk ken
niet maar ken!! 1997,
p 362 (portrait of Mr. Schotel), 364 (main street, photo 1976)
Rosters
Engelenburg, Dick van - Jongenskamp Baros 6, Tjimahi 1944-1945, 1990
Engelenburg, Dick van -
Jongenskamp Tjimahi (call to reunion),
Moesson magazine 31/15 (March 1987) p 11
NN - Kamp 4+5+6 (12000 names), SAIP, OP 475 (August 1945)
Camp
Map
Beekhuis, H. et al – Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th
Edition, p 46
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, p
69
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 115
Engelenburg, Dick van -
Jongenskamp Baros 6, Tjimahi 1944-1945, 1990, pp 28, 29, 37
Rosters Baros 6
Camp map Baros 6