From Tyranny to Freedom: Dutch Children From the Netherlands East Indies to Fairbridge Farm School 1945-1946

Nonja Peters

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Abstract

When Japan invaded and then occupied the Dutch East Indies from 1942 - 1945, Dutch nationals, including children, were interned in concentration camps for more than three years. This book describes the children's experiences, their internment in the camps, and their short-lived liberation in August 1945 when their lives were eclipsed by more violence as Indonesian youth freedom fighters (Sumpah Pemuda) invoked revolution to secure Indonesia's freedom from Dutch Colonial Rule. The finale of these childrens wartime experiences are played out at Fairbridge Farm School Pinjarra where they were relocated after being evacuated to Western Australia with their families for rehabilitation prior to their repatriation to the Dutch East Indies or back to the Netherlands.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationPerth, W.A.
PublisherBlack Swan Press
Number of pages235
ISBN (Print)9780975751978
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Bibliographical note

Copyright © 2008 Nonja Peters

Keywords

  • colonialism
  • immigration
  • institutional schools

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