Buitenzorg               Kedoengbadak                West-Java

 

                                                                                                                                                              Febrary 22, 2012

Alternate Camp Names

Bunsho I, Camp 6 (per Japanese administration)

 

Camp Location

Kedoengbadak was situated approximately 3 kilometers north of Buitenzorg, just east of the main road to Batavia. This site is not shown on the Buitenzorg city map in the “Stedenatlas van Nederlands-Indië” (atlas of cities in the Dutch East Indies) - its location was off the map - but does appears on the topographic map ‘Topografische kaart 1:50.000 (blad 36.38 D)”. The camp was located in an estate house with several outbuil­dings

 

Japanese Camp Commanders

Lt. Sonei (April 1944 to August 1944), Takahashi (August 1944 to September 1944),

Aoyaoi (September 1944 to November 1944), Kasahara (from November 1944 onward)

 

Camp Guards

Heihos

 

Dutch Camp Leaders

Mr. Molsbergen (men’s camp period)

Mrs. T. M. F. E. Brunger-van Dijk (March 3, 1944 to October 12, 1944)

Mrs. Hessels (November 27, 1944 to March 16, 1945)

 

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)

Date

Arrived from

Transferred to

Number

in

transport

Total

number

in camp

Individual

type

 

MEN'S CAMP

 

 

 

 

 Sept. xx, 1942

Surrounding Areas

 

400

400

m

 Oct. 9, 1942

Buit: Ursulinen-Klooster

 

700

1100

m

 Oct xx, ‘42 (1)

Buit: Pledang-Gev

 

80

1180

m

 Dec. xx, 1942

Surrounding Areas

 

350

 

m

 Jan xx, ‘43 (2)

Surrounding Areas

 

100

 

m

March 24, 1943

Buit: Pledang-Gev

 

40

 

m

June 30, ‘43 (3)

Surrounding Areas

 

20

 

om

 July xx, ‘43 (4)

Surrounding Areas (5)

 

70

 

m (6)

 Feb. 9, 1944

 

Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat

738

 

m

 Feb. 11, 1944

 

Tjim: 4e en 9e Bat

462

0

m

 

WOMEN'S CAMP

 

 

 

 

 March 3, 1944

Tegal : Todanstraat

 

762

 

w,ch

 March 3, 1944

Pek: Goedang Garam

 

208

 

w,ch

 March 3, 1944

Soekaboemi

 

109

 

w,ch

 March 3, 1944

Tjiandjoer

 

17

 

w,ch

 March 3, 1944

Tjibadak

 

9

 

w,ch

 March 3, 1944

Surrounding Areas

 

59

 

w,ch

 April 1, 1944

 

 

 

1165

w,ch

 April 30, 1944

Buit: Kota Paris

 

100

1265

w,ch

 May 3, 1944

 

Bat: Kramat

657

 

w,ch

 June xx, 1944

Buit: Kota Paris

 

15

 

w,ch

 Sept. xx, 1944

 

Bat: Grogol

60

 

b,om

 Oct. 12, 1944

 

Bat: Tjideng

562

 

w,ch

Nov. 28, 1944

Band: Kareës (7)

 

1160

 

w,ch

March 16, 1945

 

Bat: Tjideng

506

 

w,ch

March 16, 1945

 

Bat: K. Makassar

654

0

w,ch

Abbreviations / Notes

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

Band=Bandoeng, Bat=Batavia, Buit=Buitenzorg, Pek=Pekalongan, Tjim=Tjimahi

4e en 9e Bat=4e en 9e Batlajon, K. Makassar=Kampong Makassar, Pledang-Gev=Pledang-Gevangenis

(1) And for November 1942

(2) Up to and including March 1943

(3) And July 1, 1943

(4) Until January 1944

(5) Buitenzorg and Soekaboemi

(6) Clergy, among others

(7) In 4 transports

 

References

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pg 28-29

Biessen-Dohmen, Mieke - De klok, 1995

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, pg 106; Volume II, 2002, pg 92

Fenton Huie, Shirley - The Forgotten Ones: Women and Children Under Nippon, 1994

Fenton Huie, Shirley - Vergeten (interviews), 1995

Raalte-Geel, Henriëtte van - Mogen wij altijd in dit kamp blijven? 1998, pg 70-78

Vos, Jan in Jan A.Krancher – The Defining Years in the Dutch East Indies 1942-1949, 1996, pg 162-174

Wit, Oscar de - Met koele obsessie, 1979

 

Photographs / Drawings:

Claassen, Rob en Joke van Grootheest - Getekend, 1995, pg 43-44

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, pg 107

 

Rosters

NN - AS 5254 (headline: “Interneringskamp 5”), nos. 1-1163 (as of April 1944)

NN - IC 032.796 (10 families)

NN - IC 056.552 (death roll)

NN - IC 030.583 (death roll)

NN - IC 041.356 (death roll)

 

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pg 28

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, pg 107; Volume II, 2002, pg 92

 

 

Rosters

April 1944

By Camp Number

Alphabetically by Name

 

Camp Map

Kedoengbadak Camp Map

 

 

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