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billybud

billybud Report 29 Oct 2015 15:10

hi, any one any ideas how to find out the name of the prison camp my mother was interned in? she's lost too many marbles for me to ask her, and as kids we weren't really interested :-(

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 29 Oct 2015 17:01

Not sure if this will help.

http://www.weihsien-paintings.org/NormanCliff/history/RonBridge/txt_BritishCivilians.htm

Can you remember where she lived or who your father worked for? That may have a bearing on the internment.

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billybud

billybud Report 29 Oct 2015 17:44

actually she was born in Amsterdam as a Dutch national.
i believe she was shipped out as one of the Nazi "comfort women" and ended up in the camps

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 29 Oct 2015 19:13

Try this site and its link....

http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp84.html

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 29 Oct 2015 19:52

That's shocking! We knew that they 'used' Chinese women, but to do the same to European ones?

Would it be worth contacting the Dutch National Archives? They may not actually search on your behalf, but may be able to provide you with links or contacts.
http://en.nationaalarchief.nl/contact

On a more personal note - if your mother is in a care home, the nursing staff may appreciate a bit of back-ground. As we all know, the elderly who suffer from Dementia may revert to their younger selves. For all concerned, it would be best if she talked of her early, happy, childhood rather than her war experiences. It would be horrible if she were reliving those years with no one believing her <3

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billybud

billybud Report 30 Oct 2015 19:10

thanks for the suggestions. yea, she is now in a care home, but to be truthful, she thought she was in flat in amsterdam. now however her memory has just about gone. she used to think her daughter was her sister now the staff have to tell her that daughter has come to see her. she hasn't been coherent for sometime so now she spends her days singing to the budgies in the communal lounge.
i think they brought a class action back in the 80's. strangely i think it was the tenko tv series that gave them the strength to stand up

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 30 Oct 2015 19:47

Bill....I think you need to be looking at the Batavia Trials...it will take some referencing and cross referencing to possibly get any idea of which Camps the women were sent to..it doesn't made for "pleasant" reading...strangely enough it appears only the Dutch did something about addressing the situation post WW2.....

http://koreadutchindiesproject.blogspot.co.uk/2013_05_01_archive.html

http://www.responseinternational.org.uk/archives_articals/men_women_war_questions.htm