Tangerang LOG West-Java
Alternate
Bunsho I, Camp 4 (per Japanese administration)
Tangerang was about
20 kilometers west of Batavia. The
Land-Opvoedings-Gesticht (government
reformatory school) for
boys was about
1 kilometer northeast of the
city center. |
Japanese
Sonei (April 1944 to July
1944), Kasahara (July 1944 to December 1944), Ide (from December 1944)
Dutch
Men’s Camp: Mr. P. van den
Eeckhout, Mr. Heintz Steyn, Mr. J. W. Hollerman
Women’s Camp: Mrs. A. C. Vreede-van Stol
Transports (source: Atlas Japanse
Kampen)
Date |
Arrived
from |
Transferred
to |
Number in transport |
Total number in camp |
Individual type |
|
MEN’S CAMP |
|
|
|
|
|
Tang: Gevangenis |
|
605 |
605 |
b,m (1) |
|
|
Tjim: 4e en 9e Bataljon (3) |
605 |
0 |
b,m |
|
WOMEN’S
CAMP |
|
|
|
|
Mar. 20, 1944 |
Soer: Darmo-wijk |
|
580 |
|
w,ch |
Mar. 20, 1944 |
Soer: Werfstraat |
|
163 |
|
w,ch |
Mar. 24, 1944 |
Tang: Tanahtinggi |
|
1112 |
|
w,ch
(4) |
Apr. 2, 1944 |
Bat: Tjideng |
|
2 |
|
w,ch |
May 20, 1944 |
Bat: Tjideng |
|
17 |
1870 |
w,ch |
June 14, 1944 |
|
Bat: Tjideng |
350 |
|
w,ch |
Sep. 3, 1944 |
|
Bat: Grogol |
150 |
|
b,om |
Sep. 8, 1944 |
|
Bat: Kramat |
280 |
|
w,ch |
Sep. 8, 1944 |
Bat: Tjideng |
|
100 |
|
b,w,ch
(5) |
Dec. 27, 1944 |
Bat: ADEK |
|
173 |
|
w,ch |
Dec. 28, 1944 |
Bat: Tjideng |
|
214 |
|
w,ch |
Dec. 28, 1944 |
Bat: Kramat |
|
25 |
|
b,w,ch
(6) |
Feb. 23, 1945 |
|
Tjim: Baros 6 |
20 |
|
b |
Feb. 25, 1945 |
|
Bat: Grogol |
100 |
|
w,ch |
Mar. 25, 45 (7) |
|
Bat: ADEK |
1425 |
0 |
w,ch |
Abbreviations
/ Notes
b=boys, ch=children, m=men, om=old
men, w=women
Bat=
(1) Part of the group
that came to Tangerang
in September 1943 from Kesilir and Bondowoso.
(2) And on
(3) Together with the rest of the group remaining in
the Gevangenis Camp in Tangerang.
(4) Including British and
American women and their children.
(5) Jewish women and wives of prominent individuals
and their children.
(6) Jewish women and
wives of Freemasons and their children.
(7) Through
References
Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in
Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pg 24-25
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, pg 45 (events during the Bersiap
period)
Chagoll, Lydia - Zes jaren en zes maanden, 1981;
Buigen in jappenkampen (heruitgave van Zes jaren ...), 1986
Deinema, C.H.A. - Persoonlijke mededeling
Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume
I, 2000, pg 84; Volume II, 2002, pg 73
Ferguson, Margaretha - Mammie ik ga dood, 1976
Jackson, Daphne - Java nightmare, 1979;
Nachtmerrie op Java, 1989, pg 86-92
Keesing, Elisabeth - Op de muur, 1981
Ofeigssen-Takes, Annie - Wel en wee, 1955 (songs
and poems)
Pos, Mary - Eens op Java en Sumatra, pg 57-64
Vas Dias, Riek - Kampherinneringen (privately-published),
pg 29-41
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 (radio-interviews)
Wijngaard, Maria - De niet verloren jaren, 1972 (poems)
Photographs / Drawings:
Claassen, Rob en Joke van Grootheest - Getekend,
1995, pg 33-37
Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume
I, 2000, pg 84; Volume II, 2002, pg 73
Rosters
NN - AS 5254 (title:
“Interneringskamp 4”) (as of April 1944)
Camp Map
Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in
Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pg 24
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, pg
45 (location in Tangerang)
Dulm, J. van et al - Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume
I, 2000, pg 85 (aerial photo); Volume II, 2002, pg 74
Rosters
April 1944 |
By Camp Number |
Camp Map