Author: KLEIN, J.H.,
Title: Nacht over de Indische Archipel. Een autobiografische beschrijving over de Japanse overheersing van voormalig Nederlands Indië, Birma, Thailand en de Philippijnen in de jaren 1942-1945. Orig. edn.
Description: Hierden-Harderwijk, J. ?Reijnders, s.d. [..], 1977. sm. 8°. orig. pict. col. boards, plastified. 161pp. Ills, incl. a portr. on 6 plates, of which some facsims. of original japanese camp-currencies and a specimen of a P.O.W. reply-card, japanese Imperial Army issue, 3 full-p. terrain-sketches, all with legenda, of which one depict. the location of the Burma-Thailand railroad P.O.W. labour-camps, list of contents. Autobiographical recollections of a dutch P.O.W., an army-sergeant, his capture by the japanese, his internment at Bandoeng (1st. Depot Bat. Inf.), transportation via Singapore (Changi-prison), his stay at various P.O.W. labour-camps alongside the Burma-Thailand Reilroad, a.o. Ban Pang, Canchanaburi, the liberation by the Six Rangers (commander Col. Henry A. Mucci), &c. A good copy. (first blank removed, upper right corner of ti.-p. clipped).

Keywords: japanese camps p.o.w. burma thailand railroad labour camps p.o.w. ban pang tamarkan kwai river canchanaburi pacific war occupation southeast asia burma thailand philippines indonesia bandoeng bandung