Author: SAUERESSIG, IDO EDUARD,
Title: Voor welk Volk en wiens Vaderland? [Tweede herziene druk; Second revised edition].
Description: Riethoven, Ido Eduard Saueressig - Cuka Asam Productions [TYP], 1999. 8 °. Original thin stiff coloured and illustrated glossy wrappers designed by Johan Saueressig. Frontcover title in bold white type. 249pp. Captioned monochrome illustrations in text and full-page after drawings by Johan Saueressig, captioned photo-plates by John Saueressig, et.al., explanatory glossary indonesian-dutch, epilogue, synopsis printed on lower outer cover incl. author's portrait, table of contents. Autographed copy in ink on ti.pp. Dutch language autobiography with romanticized tendency, in which life and fate of a Batavia family is described, including the separation between wife and kids and her husband, the battle against the japanese invader of Java, experiences as a P.O.W. and in a japanese concentrationcamp on Java, re-united with his family after the japanese surrender 1945. Few literature and research about the fate of eurasian familiesunder the japanese oppression isavailable. Paperback edition (a orig. privately published). Very fine copy.

Keywords: autobiography saueressig history batavia japanese oppression pacificwar secondworldwar p.o.w. concentrationcamps internment autograph java colonialism indonesia southeastasia gevangenschap captivity