Kramat

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 centralBataviato 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)
DateArrived fromTransferred toNumber in TransportTotal Number in CampIndividual Type
 Oct xx, ‘42 (1)Surrounding Areas31003100w,ch
 June xx, 1943Cher: Gevangenis5003600w,ch
 July 17, 1943Bat: Grogol1003500w,ch
Aug 17, ‘43(2)Bat: Tjideng35000w,ch
 Sep xx, ‘43 (3)Surrounding Areas1310nw (4)
 May 3, 1944Buit:KotaParis136ex-nw
 May 3, 1944Buit: Kedoengbadak6572100w,ch
 May 25, 1944Tjim: 4e en 9e Bataljon4001700m
 Sept. 3, 1944Bat: Grogol4501250b
 Sept. 8, 1944Tang: LOG2801550w,ch
 Sept. 11, 1944Bat: Tjideng1051650n
 Sept. 15, 1944Bat: Tjideng240w,ch
 Sept. 18, 1944Bat: Tjideng2401150sc,sw
 Nov. 1, 1944Buit: Kota Paris247w,ch
 Nov. 28, 1944Band: Tjihapit198w,ch
 Dec. 1, 1944Band: Tjihapit6002200w,ch
 Dec. 24, 1944Bat: Struiswijk65w,ch
 Dec. 28, 1944Tang: LOG25w,ch,b
 Dec. 30, 1944Bat: ADEK1462000w,ch
 Jan. 3, 1945Bat: ADEK1572150w,ch,n
 Jan. 10, 1945Bat: Grogol50w,ch
 Feb. xx, 1945Bat: K. Makassar243w,ch
 April 1, 1945Bat: Sint Vincentius170w (5)
 April 1, 1945Bat: Sint Vincentius??sc,sw
 May 12, 1945Bat: Mater Dolorosa291650n
 May 19, 1945Band: Tjihapit337w,ch
 Aug. 23, 1945Bat: Struiswijk152000w,ch

Abbreviations / Notes

b=boys, ch=children, n=nuns, nw=Nipponworkers, 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) UntilAugust 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