Author: NEUMANN, H. & E. VAN WITSEN,
Title: De Pekanbaroe Spoorweg. In de Tweede Wereldoorlog op Midden-Sumatra aangelegd door het Japanse Leger. Een documentatie van gegevens, in en direct na de oorlog verzameld. Orig. edn.
Description: Amstelveen, Studio Pieter Mulier, 1982. Large 8°, pictorial wraps., 76pp., numerous text-ills., after photos & original drawings as made by allied forced labourers, statistics in text, list of cemeteries, short bibliography. An excellent & exhaustive compilation of official & semi-official documents, eye-witness reports, etc. on the construction of the notorious Pakan-Baroe Railroad, right across Central-Sumatra constructed by allied P.O.W. & Romusha, under the japanese occupation of Sumatra during the Pacific War 1942-1945. Printed in a small number. Very difficult to find. Good copy.

Keywords: japanese camps/pakan baru/sumatra/railroad/forced labour/pacific war/indonesia