Batavia                        Kramat                   West-Java

                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                December 28, 2010

Alternate Camp Names

Bunsho I, Camp 2 (per Japanese administration)

 

Camp Location

This camp was situated on the west side of Kramat, which was the main road from central Batavia to Meester Cornelis, on both sides of Raden Salehlaan.

 

Japanese Camp Commanders

Sonei (April 1944 to November 1944), Maruyama (from November 1944 onward)

 

Camp Guards

Native police staff, heihos

 

Dutch Camp Leaders

Mr. de Vries (December 1943 to September 1944)

Mrs. M. M. van Neuren-de Roy (September 1944 to May 1945)

Mrs. F. C.Bartholomeusz-Mulder (May to August 1945)

 

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)

Date

Arrived from

Transferred to

Number

in

transport

Total

number

in camp

Individual

type

 Oct xx, ‘42 (1)

Surrounding Areas

 

3100

3100

w,ch

 June xx, 1943

Cher: Gevangenis

 

500

3600

w,ch

 July 17, 1943

 

Bat: Grogol

100

3500

w,ch

Aug 17, ‘43 (2)

 

Bat: Tjideng

3500

0

w,ch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Sep xx, ‘43 (3)

Surrounding Areas

 

1310

 

nw (4)

 May 3, 1944

Buit: Kota Paris

 

136

 

ex-nw

 May 3, 1944

Buit: Kedoengbadak

 

657

2100

w,ch

 May 25, 1944

 

Tjim: 4e en 9e Bataljon

400

1700

m

 Sept. 3, 1944

 

Bat: Grogol

450

1250

b

 Sept. 8, 1944

Tang: LOG

 

280

1550

w,ch

 Sept. 11, 1944

Bat: Tjideng

 

105

1650

n

 Sept. 15, 1944

 

Bat: Tjideng

240

 

w,ch

 Sept. 18, 1944

 

Bat: Tjideng

240

1150

sc,sw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nov. 1, 1944

Buit: Kota Paris

 

247

 

w,ch

 Nov. 28, 1944

Band: Tjihapit

 

198

 

w,ch

 Dec. 1, 1944

Band: Tjihapit

 

600

2200

w,ch

 Dec. 24, 1944

 

Bat: Struiswijk

65

 

w,ch

 Dec. 28, 1944

 

Tang: LOG

25

 

w,ch,b

 Dec. 30, 1944

 

Bat: ADEK

146

2000

w,ch

 Jan. 3, 1945

Bat: ADEK

 

157

2150

w,ch,n

 Jan. 10, 1945

 

Bat: Grogol

50

 

w,ch

 Feb. xx, 1945

 

Bat: K. Makassar

243

 

w,ch

 April 1, 1945

 

Bat: Sint Vincentius

170

 

w (5)

 April 1, 1945

 

Bat: Sint Vincentius

??

 

sc,sw

 May 12, 1945

 

Bat: Mater Dolorosa

29

1650

n

 May 19, 1945

Band: Tjihapit

 

337

 

w,ch

 Aug. 23, 1945

Bat: Struiswijk

 

15

2000

w,ch


Abbreviations / Notes

b=boys, ch=children, n=nuns, nw=Nippon workers, w=women, m=men, sc=sick children, sw=sick women

Band=Bandoeng, Bat=Batavia, Buit=Buitenzorg, Cher=Cheribon, Tang=Tangerang, Tjim=Tjimahi

(1) Until December 1942

(2) Until August 31, 1943

(3) Until March 1944

(4) With their families

(5) Women sent to prepare the Camp Sint Vincentius hospital to admit the sick

 

Deaths

From March 1, 1944 to August 1, 1945, there were 20 deaths.

From August 1, 1945 to October 15, 1945, there were 8 deaths.

 

References:

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th ed., 1999, pg 20-21

Bilderbeek, Estelle van - Kampkind, 1992

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, pg 94; Volume II, 2002, pg 74

Fenton Huie, Shirley - Vergeten, 1995, pg 49; The forgotten ones, 1992 (interviews)

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

Oed, De poppers, Moesson magazine 43/9 (March 1999), pg 9 (evacuation of the northern camp area)

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

Stouw-Lengbeek, Elise G. van der - De hel van Tjideng, 1995

Vas Dias, Riek - Kampherinneringen (privately published), pg 3-6

Wertheim, Wim en Hetty Wertheim-Gijse Weenink - Vier wendingen in ons bestaan, 1991

Wilton van Reede, Theo en Arjan Onderdenwijngaard - Een draad van angst, 1983, pg 40, 47 among others

 

Interviews

Ursuline Sisters, Katholiek Documentatie-Centrum, Nijmegen, numbers 75,372 and 75,587

 

Rosters

NN - AS 5254 (April 1944, name, gender, age, signature, 1309 people)

Beekhuis, H. – Alphabetical register of the NA-roster, AS 5254 (in EXCEL: 758 surnames)

NN – NIOD, IC 052.715 (probably August 1945, camp number, name, gender, age, number of children)

Beekhuis, H. – Alphabetical register of the NIOD-roster, IC 052.715 (in EXCEL: 1217 surnames)

NN - NIOD, IC 052.712 (Deaths, September 1944 – September 1945: 28 people)

 

Photographs / Drawings

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume II, 2002, pg 82 (aerial photo)

 

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pg 20

Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, pg 95

 

Rosters

April 1944

  By Camp Number

  Alphabetically

 

Camp Map

Kramat Camp Map

 

 

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