Soekamiskin
July 2, 2011
Camp Location
The Soekamiskin prison was about 8 kilometers east of Bandoeng, on the Groote Postweg.
Japanese Camp Commander
Minami
Camp Guards
Native prison staff
Dutch Camp Leader
Mr. H. J. Spit
| Date | Arrived from | Transferred to | Number in Transport | Total Number in Camp | Individual Type |
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| Mar xx, 1942 (1) | Surrounding Areas (2) | 700 | m (3) |
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| Apr. 16, 1942 | Bat: 10e Batal | m (4) |
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| Aug. xx, 1943 | Ngawi: Benteng | 100 | m |
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| Sep. xx, 1943 | Peka: Gevangenis | m (5) |
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| Sep. xx, 1943 | Ngawi | 150 | m (6) |
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| Oct. xx, 1943 | Bat: Struiswijk | m |
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| Feb. 15, 1944 | Tjim: 4e en 9e Batal | 100 | m |
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| Feb. 15, 1944 | Band : 15e Batal | m |
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| Mar. xx, 1944 | Bat: Tjipinang | 300 | m |
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| July xx, 1944 | Poer: Gevangenis | 80 | m |
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| Jan. xx, 1945 | Surrounding Areas | 166 | b (7) |
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| Feb. xx, 1945 | Bat: Tjipinang | m |
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| Mar. 10, 1945 | Bat: Glodok | 166 | b (8) |
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| Aug. 23, 1945 | ? | m |
Abbreviations / Notes
b=boys, m=men
Band=Bandoeng, Bat=Batavia, Peka=Pekalongan, Poer=Poerwokerto, Tjim=Tjimahi; Batal=Bataljon
(1) And during the month of April 1942.
(2) From the Bandoeng area and the Preanger region.
(3) Senior officials, prominent individuals.
(4) Among which was the Governor-General.
(5) Government officials from the Pekalongan area.
(6) Government officials from the Ngawi area.
(7) Of Indo-European origin.
(8) The same group that was imprisoned in Soekamiskin in January, 1945.
Operations
Until the end of November, 1942, Soekamiskin operated as a lockdown prison. Subsequently, the prison was run as a camp and prisoners were granted more freedoms (Gantvoort).
References
Alberts, A. – Een kolonie is ook maar een mens, 1989, pp. 95-99
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, p. 79 (events during the Bersiap period)
Bouwer, Jan – Het vermoorde land, 1988, pp. 250-251, 260, 321
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p. 123
Gantvoort, J.Th – Jan Verboom 1891-1956, Moesson magazine 35/12 (February 1, 1991), pp. 4, 20
Jackson, Daphne – Java Nightmare, 1979
Jong, L. de – Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in WOII, Volume 11B, 1985, pp. 483-486, 746, 839, 860
Jong, L. de – The Collapse of a Colonial Society, 2002 (translation of a part of Volume 11B)
Leedekerker, Jacques en Hans Liesker – Voorman in verzet en boei, 1999; privately published
Liesker, H.A.M. – Je denk, ken niet maar ken!!, St. Jongens Japanse Kampen, 1997, pp. 25-28
Pater Tellema S.J. – Brief, Archief Ned. Prov. Jezuiëten (March 14, 1944 – September 7, 1945) p. 2
Pater Noyons S.J. – Brief, Archief Ned. Prov. Jezuiëten (March 14, 1944 – September 7, 1945) p. 65
Schoorel, A.F. – Mensen onder druk, 1986, p. 15
Voskuil, R.P.G.A. – Bandoeng, beeld van een stad, 1996, pp. 77, 81
Wertheim, Wim en Hetty W. – Vier wendingen in ons bestaan, 1991, p. 15
Photographs / Drawings:
Diessen, J.R. van en R.P.G.A.Voskuil – Boven Indië, 1993, p. 85 (aerial photo)
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p. 123 (aerial photo)
Camp Map
Beekhuis, H. et al – Atlas Bersiapkampen, 2009, p. 80 (location on area map)
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume II, 2002, p. 104
