An edition of In The Shadow Of The Sun (1992)
In The Shadow Of The Sun
The true story of a young family interned on Java during Japanese Occupation, 1941-1945
By Ronny Herman
Publish Date
1992
Publisher
Vanderheide Publishing Co.
Language
eng
Pages
200
Description:
In The Shadow Of The Sun describes life in Japanese concentration camps for women in the Dutch East Indies during the Second World War. It deals with the anxieties, frustrations and hopes of a young Dutch mother, Jeannette Herman-Louwerse, and her two small daughters who, like so many others at that time, were caught in a terrifying situation that cost countless innocent civilians their lives. The book covers the equally unsettling period after the Japanese capitulation when the cry 'Merdeka' for independence was heard throughout the Dutch East Indies. It is an important addition to the limited amount of literature on the Japanese occupatin of Indonesia...