January 2, 2011

Alternate Camp Names

Prominentenkamp (VIP Camp), Camp Baros, Bamboo-Camp, Kale-koppenkamp (Bald-heads Camp), 6th Battalion Depot Camp
Bunsho II, Camp 5 (per Japanese administration)

Camp Location

This camp was located in the eastern part of Tjimahi, just south of the railroad. The camp was housed in barracks of the native militia emergency station. The bamboo barracks, approximately 27 in all, had cement floors; most had no windows, but full-length openings just below the roofline, and large doors on the end walls. The camp gave off a sinister impression: dingy barracks around a large quad, without a single tree.
The camp was surrounded by a bamboo fence (hence the name Bamboo-Camp).

Japanese Camp Commander

Kunimoto (May 1945 to August 1945)

Camp Guards

Japanese military personnel, Koreans, heihos

Dutch Camp Leaders

Mr. J. Bos (for all camp funtions: see Cocq d’Armaville, referenced below)

Abbreviations / Notes

b=boys (age 12 and older), m=men, om=old men
Band=Bandoeng, Bat=Batavia, Poer=Poerwokerto, Sem=Semarang, Tjim=Tjimahi
(1) Sailors
(2) Prominent individuals
(3) Workers on the Tjitjalengka railroad

Camp Conditions

Foraging Food was picked up regularly at the Bergartillerie (Japanese warehouses): it was therefore possible to meet boys or men from other camps in Tjimahi; it was thus that fathers and sons stayed in touch.
Chores Chores consisted of working at one of the farms outside the camp (in Tjimindi and Leuwigadja), doctors divided work crews into three groups: A (outside work), B (light work within the camp) and C (exempt from any chores).

References

Beekhuis, H. et al – Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, pp 44-45
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, pp 67-68 (events during the Bersiap period)
Brugmans, I.J. – Gevangen op Java, Dagboek uit een Jappenkamp, 2004, pp 43-165 (group from Stella Maris)
Buys, Jan in H.A.M.Liesker – Je denk, ken niet maar ken!!, 1997, pp 211-230
Cocq d’Armaville, I.J.H.P. le in H.A.M.Liesker – Je denk, ken niet maar ken!!, 1997, pp 239-244
Crince le Roy, Paul in H.A.M.Liesker – Jongens in de mannenkampen te Tjimahi, 1994, pp 157-166, 169-174
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 114; Volume II, 2002, p 94
Ee, Mick van – Boys Town, 2002, pp 31…
Elias, W.H.J. – De Japanse bezetting van Nederlands-Indië, 1990
Groot, Willem de in H.A.M.Liesker – Je denk, ken niet maar ken!!, 1997, pp 250-256
Hildesheim, I. in H.A.M.Liesker – Je denk, ken niet maar ken!!, 1997, pp 278-294
Kessel, Albert in H.A.M.Liesker – Je denk, ken niet maar ken!!, 1997, pp 295-308
Kruisheren – Bezetting en bevrijding, Bulletin Prov. St Augustinus, Speciaal, 1995, pp 39-40, 47-49
Lechner, Jan – Uit de verte, een jeugd in Indië, 2004, pp 89-101
Liesker, Hans in H.A.M.Liesker – Jongens in de mannenkampen te Tjimahi, 1994, pp 293-340, 348
Liesker, Klaas in H.A.M.Liesker – Jongens in de mannenkampen te Tjimahi, 1994, pp 95-146
Memelink, Oscar in H.A.M.Liesker – Jongens in de mannenkampen te Tjimahi, 1994, pp 357-392 (diary)
Misset, J.H. – Si Piet, 1952
Tieleman, H. en R. – Het rattevel, 1994, pp 113-116
Vermeulen, pastoor A.J. in H.A.M.Liesker – Je denk, ken niet maar ken!!, 1997, pp 453-457
Werve, Th.P. van der in H.A.M.Liesker – Je denk, ken niet maar ken!!, 1997, pp 416-419
Weijers, Gerard in H.A.M.Liesker – Jongens in de mannenkampen te Tjimahi, 1994, pp 189-204
Woortman, Louk in H.A.M.Liesker – Jongens in de mannenkampen te Tjimahi, 1994, pp 219-250

Photographs / Drawings:

Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, p 68 (photo of barracks around Oebi-veld field, 1994)
Claassen, Rob en Joke van Grootheest – Getekend, 1995, pp 45-49
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, p 113 (aerial photo)
Liesker, Hans – Je denkt, ken niet maar ken!!, 1997, p 252 (kitchen)
Liesker, H.A.M. – Jongens in de mannenkampen …, 1994, pp 358 (barrack 22), 368 (street), 391 (photos 1991)
Nederlanders in Japanse kampen (exhibition catalog), 1976, pp 41, 43, 47

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al – Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 1, 4th Edition, p 44
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, p 69
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p 115
Ee, Mick van – Boys Town, 2002, p 30