Author: ROOS, B[ETTY],
Title: Bonsai-kinderen. Indië-Nederland 1942-1948. First edn.
Description: Amsterdam, In de Knipscheer, 1995. Small 8°. Orig. cloth, dustjacket, designed by Danny Struch. 252pp. Concise glossary malay/indonesian-dutch. Autobiographical novel, being recollections on japanese concentration-camp Tjimahi, near Bandung, and others during the japanese occupation of dutch colonial Indonesia. The sufferings, liberation and repatriation to the Netherlands and the aftermath: assimilation problems, camp-traumata. Very fine copy. (name of previous owner in upper right corner of recte of hftitle).

Keywords: autobiography novel roman pacific war japanese occupation internment camps tjimahi bandoeng bandung recollections trauamata history children indonesia southeast asia buur