Author: NEUMANN, H. & E. VAN WITSEN,
Title: De Sumatra Spoorweg. In de Tweede Wereldoorlog op Midden-Sumatra aangelged door het Japanse leger. Voor de uitvoering werden romusha's (Aziatische dwangarbeiders) en Geallieerde krijgsgevangenen gedwonengn ingezet. Een documentaire van gegevens, in en direct na de oorlog verzameld. Orig.edn.
Description: Middelie, Studio Pieter Mulier, 1985. large 8°. orig. wraps, large rectangular illustr. on upper wrap. Hftitle(verso with publ. imprint).248pp. Num. text-ills. of which after orig.photos.and drawings, num. sketch-maps and plans in text and full-p., of which with legenda, full-p. plans of camps 2-14 and 2 cemeteries, all with legenda on pp. 231-241, Bijlagen(Appendices) (:) chronology of events, numbers of 'Romusha (Asiatic forced labourers) on the Railroad, graphs of those who perished, complete name-lists of P.O.W. deceased on the railroad and in camps, arranged by nationality, numbers of death over 50 years of age, numbers of deceased after 15th August up till 25th of November 1945, name-list of all deceased, bibliogr., lists of contributors and subscribers, errata printed on p. 248. The original, unabridged edn., not only documenting in extenso the drama of the Sumatra-railroad constructed by the Japanese Army and executed by P.O.W. and Asiatic forced labourers, so-called Romusha, but also extensive documentation on the Junyo Maru-disaster, the torpedoeing, 18th November 1944 near Bencoolen, and salvage of P.O.W. and Romusha, by H.B. Houtkoop and R.M.C. Bergman; also incl. the story of the dog Judy, by C. Williams. Very good copy, published in a small edn. Very rare.

Keywords: japanese occupation sumatra railroad history pow pakan baroe militaria indonesia southeast asia japanese camps slave labour