The Diary of Prisoner 17326 : A Boy's Life in a Japanese Labor Camp / John K. Stutterheim.
Stutterheim, John K., author.; Parillo, Mark, contributor.
2012
D805.I55
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Title The Diary of Prisoner 17326 : A Boy's Life in a Japanese Labor Camp / John K. Stutterheim.
Author Stutterheim, John K., author.
ISBN 9780823250141
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823250141
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (228 p.)
Item Number 10.1515/9780823250141 doi
Call Number D805.I55
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.5317
Summary In this moving memoir a young man comes of age in an age of violence, brutality, and war. Recounting his experiences during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, this account brings to life the shocking day-to-day conditions in a Japanese labor camp and provides an intimate look at the collapse of Dutch colonial rule.As a boy growing up on the island of Java, John Stutterheim spent hours exploring his exotic surroundings, taking walks with his younger brother and dachshund along winding jungle roads. His father, a government accountant, would grumble at the pro-German newspaper and from time to time entertain the family with his singing. It was a fairly typical life for a colonial family in the Dutch East Indies, and a peaceful and happy childhood for young John. But at the age of 14 it would all be irrevocably shattered by the Japanese invasion.With the surrender of Java in 1942, John's father was taken prisoner. For over three years the family would not know if he was alive or dead. Soon thereafter, John, his younger brother, and his mother were imprisoned. A year later he and his brother were moved to a forced labor camp for boys, where they toiled under the fierce sun while disease and starvation slowly took their toll, all the while suspecting they would soon be killed.Throughout all of these travails, John kept a secret diary hidden in his handmade mattress, and his memories now offer a unique perspective on an often overlooked episode of World War II. What emerges is a compelling story of a young man caught up in the machinations of a global war-struggling to survive in the face of horrible brutality, struggling to care for his disease-wracked brother, and struggling to put his family back together. It is a story that must not be forgotten.
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Added Author Parillo, Mark, contributor.
Series World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
In Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
Available in Other Form print 9780823231508
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Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. A Teenaged Prisoner of Japan, No. 17326
Chapter 2. Discovering Java
Chapter 3. Malang
Chapter 4. Merbaboe Park
Chapter 5. War
Chapter 6. Uncertain Times in Malang
Chapter 7. Kesilir
Chapter 8. The Final Days of De Wijk
Chapter 9. The Transport
Chapter 10. Lampersari
Chapter 11. The Benteng
Chapter 12. Camp Bangkong
Chapter 13. Horseplay
Chapter 14. The Diary
Chapter 15. The Disease of Despair
Chapter 16. Bleak Prospects
Chapter 17. Death and Unexpected Freedom
Chapter 18. Hidden Dangers
Chapter 19. The British
Chapter 20. Escape from Hell
Chapter 21. A Family Again
Chapter 22. Time to Fly
Chapter 23. Surabaja Restored
Chapter 24. To Holland on Oranje
Epilogue
Glossary

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