Tjitaroemplein

May 18, 2012

 

Alternate Camp Names

IEV-camp, MULO-school (middle school)

Camp Location

The middle school of the Indo-Europese Schoolvereniging (IEV – Indo-European school union) was located on Tjitaroemplein (Tjitaroem square), in the northeastern part of Bandoeng.

The camp was housed in (overcrowded) classrooms and two barracks made of bamboo and atap. The camp was fenced with gedek and barbed wire.

Camp Leaders

Mr. W. C. Martingh (November 1942 to May 1943)
Mr. Rensink (May 1943 to October 1943)

Transports (source: Atlas Japanse Kampen)
DateArrived fromTransferred toNumber in TransportTotal Number in CampIndividual Type
Nov. xx, 1942Surrounding Areas1010
m
(1)
Dec. 4, 1942Surrounding Areas6070
b
m
(1)
Dec. xx, 1942
(2)
Surrounding Areas250320
b
m
(1)
Oct. 13, 1943Tjimahi: Baros 53200
b
m

Abbreviations / Notes

b=boys, m=men
(1) Including many middle-level and senior officials, and dignitaries
(2) And over subsequent months and in May 1943

References

Beekhuis, H. et al – Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 2, pp. 63-64
Bouwer, Jan – Het vermoorde land, 1988, pp. 212-213
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p. 119
Ee, M. van – Het Tjitaroemplein-kamp, Eigen beheer, 1998 (page 110)
Kruisheren – Bezetting en bevrijding, Bull. Prov. St Antonius, Speciaal 1995, pp. 38-39
Kruisheren – Bezetting en bevrijding. Kawatberichten 14/5 (December 1996), p. 6
Lechner, Jan – Uit de Verte, een jeugd in Indië, 2004, pp. 77-88
Voskuil, R.P.G.A. – Bandoeng, Beeld van een stad, 1996, p. 80

Photographs / Drawings

Ee, M. van – Het Tjitaroemplein-kamp, privately published, 1998
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume II, 2002, p. 103

Camp Map

Beekhuis, H. et al – Japanse burgerkampen in Nederlands-Indië, Volume 2, p. 66
Dulm, J. van et al – Atlas Japanse Kampen, Volume I, 2000, p. 119 (photo of outer façade)
Ee, M. van – Het Tjitaroemplein-kamp, privately published, 1998, p. 16

Rosters

Ee, M. van – Het Tjitaroemplein-kamp, privately published, 1998 (reconstructed, with berths per room)