Author: JONGE, THERA DE,
Title: De lange schaduw van Nederlands-Indië. Over het leven van Laurentinus Waltherus Klerx (1894-1983)en de zijnen. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Geesteren, A3 boeken, 2008. Square 8°. Original coloured and illustrated glossy limp wrappers. 96pp. Numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations on plates and in text, of which portraits and documents after archivalia, biogr. note with coloured portrait of author, synopsis printed on lower outer cover. Dutch language publication in which the life and times of Laurentius Waltherus Klerx, a teacher serving in Netherlands India (Java) and his relatives is described in rather detail by his granddaughter after written material (letters and picture postcards) and oral data, including the period of internment in japanese camps during the Pacific war. Very fine copy.

Keywords: recollections biography teaching history japanese camps career data family relatives colonialism indonesia southeastasia java