The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949: Survivors' Accounts of Japanese Invasion and Enslavement of Europeans and the Revolution That Created Free IndonesiaJan A. Krancher McFarland, 4 set 2003 - 288 pagine Following their invasion of Java on March 1, 1942, the Japanese began a process of Japanization of the archipelago, banning every remnant of Dutch rule. Over the next three years, more than 100,000 Dutch citizens were shipped to Japanese internment camps and more than four million romushas, forced Indonesian laborers, were enlisted in the Japanese war effort. The Japanese occupation stimulated the development of Indonesian independence movements. Headed by Sukarno, a longtime admirer of Japan, nationalist forces declared their independence on August 17, 1945. For Dutch citizens, Dutch-Indonesians or "Indos," and pro-Dutch Indonesians, Sukarno's declaration marked the beginning of a new wave of terror. These powerful and often poignant stories from survivors of the Japanese occupation and subsequent turmoil surrounding Indonesian independence provide one with a vivid portrait of the hardships faced during the period. |
Sommario
Overview of the Imprisonment Experience | 11 |
A Soldier in the Royal NetherlandsIndies Army | 25 |
A Letter to My Grandson | 39 |
A British Prisoner of War | 43 |
Glimpses of Camp Life | 56 |
A Teacher Turned Soldier and Imprisoned by the Japanese | 64 |
A Dutch Youth Tortured and Imprisoned by the Japanese Then Pressed into Service Against Indonesian Freedom Fighters | 71 |
They Cant Be Human Beings | 85 |
Memories of an Indo Boy | 162 |
An Unlikely Friendship | 175 |
Saved by a Stranger | 188 |
Disguised as a Boy | 196 |
The Loss of My Father | 214 |
Innocence Denied | 225 |
Never to See the Land of My Birth Again | 234 |
The Missing Years | 249 |
A Wartime Girlhood | 98 |
The MouseDeer and the Tiger | 103 |
Imprisoned in Our Own Home | 117 |
Ode to My Mother | 126 |
New Terror on the Way Home | 133 |
The Protectors Abandoned Us | 148 |
The Bombs That Saved My Life | 155 |
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