Batavia             Kampong Makassar           West-Java

 

                                                                                                                                                                                January 4, 2011

 

Alternate Camp Names

Bunsho I, Camp 9 (per Japanese administration)

 

Camp Location

This camp was located in the extreme south of Batavia, about 8 kilometers south of Meester Cornelis, not far from the main road to Buitenzorg. The camp was housed in bamboo and atap (thatched roof) barracks, and fenced by barbed wire and gedek.

This camp served as a work-camp for growing vegetables (for various internment camps) and raising pigs (for the

Japanese). Therefore, the camp was also known as Makassar Farm.

Before January 3, 1945, the camp was used for the internment of POWs.

 

Japanese Camp Commanders

Captain Tanaka

 

Camp Guards

Japanese military personnel, Koreans, heihos

 

Dutch Camp Leader

Mrs. M. Witvoet

 

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)

Date

Arrived from

Transferred to

Number

in

transport

Total

number

in camp

Individual

type

 Jan. 3, 1945

Bat: Grogol

 

48

 

w,ch

 Jan. 9, 1945

Bat: Struiswijk

 

50

 

w,ch

 Jan. 12, 1945

Bat: Tjideng

 

106

 

w,ch

 Jan. 25, 1945

Bat: Tjideng

 

485

 

w (1)

 Feb. xx, 1945

Bat: Kramat

 

243

 

w,ch

 Feb. xx, 1945

Bat: Grogol

 

246

 

w,ch

 Feb. 22, 1945

 

Tjim: Baros 6

6

 

b

 Mar. 16, 1945

Buit: Kota Paris

 

70

 

w,ch

 Mar. 16, 1945

Buit: Kedoengbadak

 

654

 

w,ch

 Mar. 17, 1945

Bat: Tjideng

 

50

 

w (2)

 Mar. 24, 1945

 

??

8

 

w,ch

 Apr. 4, 1945

 

??

3

 

m

 May 13, 1945

Bat: ADEK

 

161

 

w,ch

 May 15, 1945

Band: Tjihapit

 

750

 

w,ch

 May 17, 1945

Band: Tjihapit

 

750

3600

w,ch

 May 28, 1945

 

??

10

 

w,ch

 June 18, 1945

 

Sem: Halmaheira

16

 

w,ch

 July 24, 1945

 

??

5

 

w,ch

 Aug. 23, 1945

 

 

 

3500

w,ch

Abbreviations / Notes

b=boys, ch=children, m=men, w=women

Bat=Batavia, Band=Bandoeng, Buit=Buitenzorg, Sem=Semarang, Tjim=Tjimahi    

(1) Without children

(2) Prisoners

 

Deaths

In the period March 1, 1945 to August 1, 1945, there were 23 deaths; in the period August 1, 1945 to

October 15, 1945, there were 9 deaths.

 

Critically Ill

The critically ill were transferred to camp hospitals in Sint Vincentius and Mater Dolorosa, both in Batavia.

 

References:

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pp. 34-35

Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, pp. 49 (events during the Bersiap period)

Biessen-Dohmen, Mieke - De klok, 1995

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p. 102, Volume II, 2002, p. 74

Fenton Huie, Shirley - Vergeten (interviews), 1995, p. 68; The forgotten ones, 1992

Hélène, Suzanne, Is er nog een morgen ...?, 1979

Herman, Ronny - In the shadow of the sun, 1992 (diary)

Hillen, Ernest - Kampjongen, 1994, pp. 145-170

Jackson, Daphne - Java nightmare, 1979

Jackson, Daphne - Nachtmerrie op Java, 1989, pp. 125-162

Luyckx, Ko - Het verbluffende kamp, 1945

Raalte-Geel, Henriette van - Mogen wij altijd in dit kamp blijven? 1998, pp. 79...

Vonk, Corry en Wim Kan - 100 dagen uit en thuis, 1946

Vuyk, Beb - Kampdagboeken, 1989 (diary)

Wallenburg-Laban, A. van - Persoonlijke mededeling

 

Photographs / Drawings:

Claassen, Rob en Joke van Grootheest - Getekend, 1995, pp. 38-41

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, pp. 102-103; Volume II, 2002, pp. 86-91

Velden, D. van – De Japanse burgerkampen, 3rd Edition, 1977, pp. 248...

 

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, p. 34

Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, p. 49 (location of the camp)

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, p. 102; Volume II, p. 86

 

 

Map Batavia-South

 

 

Kampong Makassar Camp Map

 

 

 

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