Japanese Civilian Camps

May 23, 2013

Contents	During the World War II in the former Netherlands East Indies, from March, 1942 to August, 1945, about 100,000 Dutch civilians were imprisoned 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 within and outside the Netherlands East Indies: www.japansekrijgsgevangenkampen.nl * Camps of the post-war "Bersiap" period (October 1945 to May 1947): www.bersiapkampen.nl
Reference Books	* L. de Jong – The Collapse of a Colonial Society, 2002 (translation of “Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in WOII”, Volume 11B) * Gavan Daws – Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific, 1994 (paperback 1996) * Antoni Harting – The Devil’s Grin (no-charge pdf-book on internet, see www.toniharting.com)
Additional Camp Website	www.indischekamparchieven.nl/en
Archives & Organizations of Interest	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)
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Civilian 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)

Research an Internment Camp or Ship

Research Options

Miscellaneous

Abbreviations

Camp Populations on August 23, 1945

Index