Institution for Dutch victims of Japanese camps

On 7 December 1941, the American base Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. After this attack, Japan began its advance in Southeast Asia, including into the Dutch East Indies, which was occupied in March 1942. As part of the occupation, the Japanese first interned Dutch men, and later women and children, separately from the men. The organization of these camps, where poor hygiene and malnutrition prevailed, was in the hands of the local Japanese occupiers. The women and children were interned for three years, until liberation on 15 August 1945. Because of the unsettled situation in the Dutch East Indies after the war, many remained in the camp for weeks or months after liberation.