Buitenzorg                Kota Paris                West-Java

                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                February 21, 2011

 

Alternate Camp Names

Bunsho I, Camp 5 (per Japanese administration)

 

Camp Location

This camp was located in the northwest part of the city. The camp consisted of small and large houses (with outbuildings) on Schenck de Jongweg, surrounded by barbed wire and gedek.

 

Japanese Camp Commanders

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

Native police staff, heihos

 

Dutch Camp Leaders

Mr. H. H. Crevels (April 1943 to April 1944)

Mrs. Akkerman (November 1944 to March 1945)

 

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)

Date

Arrived from

Transferred to

Number

in

transport

Total

number

in camp

Individual

type

 Apr. 20, 1943

Surrounding Areas

 

236

236

nw

 Apr. 30, 1944

 

Buit: Kedoengbadak

100

136

nw

 May 3, 1944

 

Bat: Kramat

136

0

nw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 May 9, 1944 (1)

Java

 

262

262

w,ch,fp

 Nov. 2, 1944

 

Bat: Kramat

247

15

w,ch,fp

 Nov. 2, 1944

 

Buit: Kedoengbadak

15

0

w,ch,fp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nov. 28, 1944

Band: Kareës

 

250

250

sc,sw

 Mar. 16, 1945

 

Bat: Tjideng

70

180

w,ch

 Mar. 16, 1945

 

Bat: Kampong Makassar

75

105

w,ch

 Mar. 25, 1945

 

Bat: Struiswijk

105

0

w,ch

Abbreviations / Notes

ch=children, fp=forced prostitutes, nw= Nippon workers, sc=sick children, sw=sick women, w=women

Band=Bandoeng, Bat=Batavia, Buit=Buitenzorg

(1) up to and including May 25, 1944

 

References:

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pp 26-27

Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, p 57 (during the Bersiap period)

Doorn, Iens van - Geluk is als een vogel, 1981, p 108

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 106

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

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

Ruff-O'Herne, Jan - 50 years of silence, 1995

Scaf, Pam - Bogoriana, Moesson magazine, 27/14 (March 1983), p 12

Velden, D. van - De Japanse burgerkampen, 3rd Edition 1977, p 437 (April 1943 to April 1944)

Vuyk, Beb - Kampdagboeken, 1989 (diary)

Wallenburg-Laban, A.van - Persoonlijke mededeling

 

Photographs / Drawings:

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 105

 

Rosters

NN - NA AS 5254 (headline: “Interneringskamp 5”), numbers 1166-1404 (as of April 1944)

 

Camp Map

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 105

 

 

Kota Paris Camp Map

 

Rosters

April 1944

By Camp Number

Alphabetically by Name

 

 

 

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