Tangerang                     LOG                        West-Java

                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                January 2, 2011

 

Alternate Camp Names

Bunsho I, Camp 4 (per Japanese administration)

 

Camp Location

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 Camp Commanders

Sonei (April 1944 to July 1944), Kasahara (July 1944 to December 1944), Ide (from December 1944)

 

Dutch Camp Leaders

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

 

 

 

 

 Nov. 11, 1943

Tang: Gevangenis

 

605

605

b,m (1)

 Feb 14 1944(2)

 

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=Batavia, Soer=Soerabaja, Tang=Tangerang, Tjim=Tjimahi

(1) Part of the group that came to Tangerang in September 1943 from Kesilir and Bondowoso.

(2) And on February 15, 1944.

(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 March 27, 1945 in three transports

 

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

Alphabetically by Name

 

Camp Map

LOG Tangerang Camp Map

 

 

 

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