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George |
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Surabaya |
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edokuindo@gmail.com |
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Dear Elisabeth
Well, your story is very very good! I hope you could visit indonesia again and thank you for telling your story! |
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2008-08-28 10:30:42 |
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Roy Ismunandar |
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malang |
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ismuroy@gmail.com |
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dear elizabeth,
this is good story for me, btw my grand mother is a half dutch, her name is betsy vink, she lost all of her sisters during world war II, i hope sometimes u will visit malang again, so i can introduce u to my grand ma... thx |
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2008-08-18 12:58:40 |
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Timothy |
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Bandung,Indonesia |
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loecoe_corleone@yahoo.co.id |
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Dear Elizabeth,
Thanks for sharing your story.
When i read it page by page, i feel that i can feel so much that you feel in the past times. Your joy, your struggle for life during cruel Japanese occupation, your love to your father, make my heart moved.
I think your father very proud there in heaven have a great daughter like you.
Thanks, |
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2008-07-29 22:47:33 |
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Wim Langenberg |
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wimlang@sbcglobal.net |
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Via een kennis van me ,Dieuwke Wendelaar Bonga ( Eight Prison Camps) kreeg ik een link toegestuurd over bewijs van een order van de Japanse overheid om alle krijgsgevangenen en burgerlijke gavangenen om te brengen. Door deze link kwam ik op uw verhaal. Ook ik werd met mijn ouders met de Kota Baroe gerepratrieerd naar Holland, maar pas in Juli 1947. Kon het daar niet uitstaan en emigreerde naar America. Veel van Uw belevenissen heb ik ook meegemaakt, met de uitzondering dat ik in een gevangenis zat in Madioen in 1945. Uiteindelijk repatrieerde het Rode Kruis ons uit een kamp waar we door de Indonesiers werden gehouden in October 1946. |
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Dear Elizabeth,
I am so glad that you made the effort to tell your story. As a child who lived in many foreign countries with my father, your story touched me deeply. Your sense of adventure and goodness is evident in every single page.
Thank You |
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2008-07-27 03:25:50 |
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Denis |
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Cairo, Egypt |
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deniscook64@hotmail.com |
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Thank you so much for this beautiful rememberence. I really enjoyed reading it. |
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2008-07-05 10:10:44 |
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Paul Horning
My grandfather was a POW also. He said the Korean were the worst. To this day he spits when he hears the word Korean.
Koreans are very proud to be POW guards because they loved to torture people. |
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2008-07-04 00:59:26 |
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Jean Gordon |
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Albuquerque, NM |
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rdrunnner@yahoo.com |
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Dear Elizabeth,
Thank you so much for taking the time to write your story. I could not stop reading until I finished it all. Your joy, love, and deep pain was evident throughout your story. God bless you and your children. You have had an interesting life. |
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2008-07-03 03:23:35 |
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Robin Kalhorn |
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Houston, TX |
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kalhorn@sbcglobal.net |
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Dear Elizabeth,
My great aunt (also named Elizabeth - Tante Lies) was imprisoned with her little daughter in Ambawara and Banyu Biru camps. She has written a short account of her experiences. If you are interested, I can e-mail a copy to you.
Thanks for your well done web site, and for telling the world what happened to our families during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies.
Regards,
Robin |
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2008-06-23 05:12:40 |
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zulkeflinordin |
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Terengganu Malaysia |
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Read your story with much interest, felt sadden to what had happened to your late father. A very loving father indeed,and of course the courage shown by your mother and your goodself are exemplary. I could write no more. I have lost of words. Thank you. |
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2008-06-15 09:08:53 |
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Harits |
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Jakarta, Indonesia |
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Thank you for sharing your stories. It's really amazing and inspiring. I've heard many stories about live during the occupation, from my grandparents and from my great-granduncle who was an Indonesian police at the time.
But hearing the story from the Dutch side, it brings a whole new perspective to my understanding of the war and independence. |
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2008-06-04 14:00:12 |
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Dessy Sudiana |
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AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia |
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Raffaid@yahoo.com |
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Hi Elizabeth,
I am very impressed about your stories. I am 3rd generation Indo-Dutch. My parents experienced the 2nd war as well. They told me how bad the situation at that time. My grandparents was captured, and jailed under Japan occupation. My parents said it was black memories in their life.
My father passed away when I was 13years old. I felt something missing in my life.You are right, losing the loved one, it is really bring empty place in our life. I and my other 6 sisters grow up without father. My mother (now 74 years old) stay in Bogor (Buitenzorg).
I finished my University in Malang. Now stay in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia with my husband and two kids. Your stories really bring lot of memories about my parents and Malang.
Thank you four sharing your interesting story.
Wish you all the best,
Dessy |
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2008-06-02 14:18:18 |
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Melanie Schultz |
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Diamond Bar, CA |
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indodutch@aol.com |
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Thank you for sharing your interesting and well-written story. I am a 2nd generation Indo-Dutch. My parents (both who are now dead) experienced the war first-hand. My mother was under the Japanese occupation in Samarang, my father was sent back to Holland for his higher education and was subsequently captured by the Germans just after graduating from engineering school and taken as a POW for helping the Jews. I wish they had documented their stories...I find it fascinating. The memories should not be forgotten. I admire the courage, strength and steadfast faith it required to survive the 4 years of hell. |
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2008-05-31 10:10:13 |
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Hans |
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Graz, Austria |
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Thank you for sharing your memories!!!
You wrote your story in such a very intimate and informative way that makes it a real "pageturner".
All the best
Hans |
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2008-05-27 10:50:06 |
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