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An Indo Profile: Hannie Blaauw – Camp Stories and More

Indo Profile, Stories, Witness to the War, World War IIBy The Indo Project March 17, 2021 6 Comments

Read TIP’s Indo Profile about war camp survivor and musician Hannie Blaauw. Hannie Blaauw is my very special friend. I met him about twenty years ago when I moved to Arizona. Born and raised on Java, he is eleven years older than I, so he was a teenager during the years of Japanese oppression. He…

The Camps

History, Military, Stories, Witness to the War, World War IIBy indoproject October 27, 2011 38 Comments

By Jan Krancher, California, USA Overview of the Japanese Imprisonment Experience The Japanese High Command on Java attempted to coerce the Indo-European members of the former Royal Netherlands-Indies Army, Navy and Air Force to enlist in the Japanese army. A goodly number of Indos who refused were summarily executed and many ended up in camps. …