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                                                                                                                                                                                May 9, 2011

Alternate Camp Names

Bunsho I, Camp 1 (per Japanese administration)

 

Camp Location

This camp consisted of houses in a residential neighborhood west of downtown Batavia, between Tjidengweg and and the railroad, just west of the Koningsplein per the city map.

 

Japanese Camp Commanders

Kondo (up to April 1, 1944), Sonei (April 1, 1944 to June 23, 1945), Sakai (from June 23, 1945 onward)

 

Dutch Camp Leaders

Mrs. M. E. Willlinge-Sligter (December 1942 to April 1944)

Mrs. J. M. Abarbanel (April 1944 to June 1945)

Mrs. A. M. Roorda van Eysinga (June 1945 to October 1945)

 

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)

Date

Arrived from

Transferred to

Number

in

transport

Total

number

in camp

Individual

type

Aug. xx, ‘42 (1)

Surrounding Areas

 

2604

2600

w,ch

July 4, 1943

 

Bat: Grogol

800

1800

w,ch

Aug. 17, ‘43 (2)

Bat: Kramat

 

3500

5300

w,ch

 Nov. 16, 1943

 

Bat: Struiswijk

20

5280

b

1944

 

 

 

 

 

 April 1, 1944

 

 

 

5,286

w,ch

 April 2, 1944

Tang: LOG

 

2

 

w,ch

 April 20, 1944

Surrounding Areas

 

40

 

w,ch

 May 20, 1944

 

Tang: LOG

17

 

w,ch

 June 14, 1944

Tang: LOG

 

350

 

w,ch (3)

 Aug. 29, 1944

 

Bat: Grogol

265

 

b,om

 Aug. 29, 1944

Bat: Grogol

 

740

 

w,ch

 Sept. 8, 1944

 

Tang: LOG

100

 

b,w,ch

 Sept. 11, 1944

 

Bat: Kramat

105

 

n

 Sept. 15, 1944

Bat: Kramat

 

240

 

w,ch

 Sept. 18, 1944

Bat: Kramat

 

200

 

sc,sw

 Oct. 12, 1944

Buit: Kedoengbadak

 

562

 

w,ch

 Dec. 1, 1944

Band: Kareës

 

900

 

w,ch

 Dec. 3, 1944

Band: Tjihapit

 

200

 

w,ch

 Dec. 13, 1944

Bat: Struiswijk

 

44

 

sc,sw

 Dec. 13, 1944

Bat: ADEK

 

99

 

sc,sw

 Dec. 28, 1944

 

Bat: Grogol

20

 

w,ch

 Dec. 28, 1944

 

Tang: LOG

214

 

b,w,ch

 Dec. 30, 1944

 

Bat: Grogol

100

 

sc,sw

1945

 

 

 

 

 

 Jan. 12, 1945

 

Bat: K. Makassar

106

 

w,ch

 Jan. 26, 1945

 

Bat: K. Makassar

485

 

w,ch

 Feb. 22, 1945

 

Tjim: Baros 6

100

 

b

 Mar. 4, 1945

 

Bat: Sint Vincentius

120

 

w,sc,sw

 Mar. 16, 1945

Buit: KP & Kbadak

 

581

 

w,ch

 Mar. 17, 1945

 

Bat: K. Makassar

50

 

w (4)

 April 18, 1945

 

Bat: Grogol

1030

 

w,ch

 May 11, 1945

Band: Tjihapit

 

748

 

w,ch

 May 12, 1945

Band: Tjihapit

 

730

 

w,ch

 June 18, 1945

 

Sem: Halmaheira

135

 

sc,sw

 July 9, 1945

 

Bat: Sint Vincentius

?

 

sc,sw

 July 9, 1945

Bat: Sint Vincentius

 

?

 

sc,sw

 Aug. 23, 1945

 

 

 

10,300

w,ch

Abbreviations / Notes

b=boys, ch = children, n=nuns, om=old men, w=women, sc=sick children, sw=sick women

Band=Bandoeng, Bat=Batavia, Buit=Buitenzorg, Sem=Semarang, Tang=Tangerang, Tjim=Tjimahi

KP=Kota Paris, Kbadak=Kedoengbadak, K.Makassar=Kampong Makassar

(1) Until December 1942

(2) Until August 31, 1943

(3) Of British, American and Australian descent

(4) Prisoners

 

Deaths (including those at Camp Sint Vincentius)

Up to March 1, 1944: there were 28 deaths

From March 1, 1944 to August 1, 1945: there were 406 deaths

From August 1, 1945 to October 15, 1945: there were 106 deaths

 

References

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pg 18-19

Brouwers, Jeroen - Bezonken rood, 1981

Chagoll, Lydia - Zes jaren en zes maanden, 1981 (= Buigen in jappenkampen, 1986)

Dulm, J. van et al - Kampatlas, Volume I, pg 90; Volume II, pg 74

Eyden, Ton van der - Arts en gezin in de Oost 1928-1946, 2006, pg 147-210 (December 1945)

Fenton Huie, Shirley - The Forgotten Ones: Women and Children Under Nippon), 1992

Fenton Huie, Shirley - Vergeten, 1995 (interviews), pg 43

Ferguson, Margaretha - Mammie ik ga dood, 1976

Graaff, Nell de - We survived: a mother's story ..., 1989, pg 54

Herman, Ronny - In the shadow of the sun, 1992

Hobma-Glastra, T.Y. - Bandjir, een Indische kroniek 1935-1950, 1988

Hollander, Vivian den - Alleen Beer mocht mee, 1992, 1995, 2004, pg 71-154

Jackson, Daphne - Java Nightmare, 1979

Jackson, Daphne - Nachtmerrie op Java, 1989, pg 99-104

Jager, Hugo de - Wij zijn er nog, 2002

Keesing, Elisabeth - Op de muur, 1981

Kemperman, Jeroen - De Japanse bezetting in dagboeken: Tjideng, 2002

Kogel, Paula – Ampasiet A15, 2005

Kogel, Paula - The House at Ampasiet, 2010

Lanzing, Fred - Geen school, geen schoenen, geen ouders, Maatstaf 28 (1980) 56-70

Oldenziel, J.C. – Dagboek (diary), NIOD IC-dagboek 60 (Tjihapit, ADEK, Tjideng)

Oort, Boudewijn van – Tjideng Reunion, 2009 (in English)

Renes-Boldingh, M.A.M. - Ik kom terug zegt Loes, 1947

Rinzema-Admiraal, Win - Dit was uw Tjideng, 1989, 1991

Sorber, Adri - Dagboek vrouwenkamp Tjideng, 1987 (February 11, 1945 through August 25, 1945)

Stouw-Lengbeek, Elise G. van der - De hel van Tjideng, 1995, 2010

Tuckerman, E. en G. de Ruyter Wildt - Tjideng zwart op wit, 1977 (poetry)

Vergroesen, A.J. – Dagboek (diary), NIOD, pg 4-11

Wilton van Reede, Theo en Arjan Onderdenwijngaard - Een draad van angst, 1983 (radio interviews)

Wit, Oscar de - Met koele obsessie, 1979

 

Photographs / Drawings

Claassen, Rob en Joke van Grootheest - Getekend, 1995, pg 30-32

Dulm, J. van et al - Kampatlas, Volume I, pg 90; Volume II, pg 75-80

Grevendamme, Ben – Vrij, pg 72, 74

Hobma-Glastra, T.Y. - Bandjir, een Indische kroniek 1935-1950, 1988, pg 83-103

Velden, D. van – De Japanse burgerkampen, 3rd Edition, 1979, pg 248 (kleurkatern)

 

Rosters

NN - NA, AS 5254 (headline: “Interneringskamp 1”, 10 blocks) (as of April 1944)

NN - NA, AS 5253 (August 1945, with camp numbers)

NN - NA 5249 (death rolls for August and September 1945 with grave numbers)

NN - NA 5249 (transport lists to the Militair Hospitaal on Sept 24, 1945 and to Tjikini on Sept 28, 1945)

NN - SAIP, OP 474 (unknown date, some streets, residents per house)

Beekhuis, H. - Alphabetical register of the NA-roster, AS 5254 (in EXCEL - document covers 10 blocks)

 

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al - Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, 1999, pg 18

Dulm, J. van et al - Kampatlas, Volume I, 2000, pg 90; Volume II 2002, pg 75

Hobma-Glastra, T.Y. - Bandjir, een Indische kroniek 1935-1950, 1988, pg 85

Kemperman, Jeroen - De Japanse bezetting in dagboeken: Tjideng, 2002, pg 438

Rinzema-Admiraal, Win - Dit was uw Tjideng, 1989, 1991

 

Events

February 1, 1943 - gates were closed (Ferguson pg 120)

August 17, 1945 - delivery of medicines

August xx, 1945 - seriously ill patients taken to city hospitals

August 29, 1945 - Japanese soldiers replaced “heiho” guards outside the gates

September xx, 1945 - successfully defended against “pemoeda” attack

September 29, 1945 - gates were closed again

February xx, 1946 – camp closed

 

 

Rosters

April 1944

By Camp Number

Alphabetically by Name

August 1945

By Camp Number

Alphabetically by Name

 

 

Death Roll

Aug. To Sept. 1945

By Date of Death

Alphabetically by Name

 

 

Camp Map

Tjideng Camp Map

 

 

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