Prisoners of war on Onrust Island, Java.

Prisoners of war on Onrust Island, Java. On the island to Onrust, off Tandjong Priek, is a prisoner-of-war camp, which helds 200 Germans, and appreximately 800 Indonesians who were arrested during military activities in Java. The Germans are mostly members of U-beat crews who were trapped in the Netherlands East Indies after the Japanese collapse. Indonesian 'republican' newspapers stated that prisoners on Onrust were being ill-treated, and these photographs show the fallacy of his accusation. The men are being treated strictly according to the Geneva-convention. Prisoners line up for fatigue-duty. The men receive good food, and in spite of the inovitable barbed wire, many of the men like the life on Onrust. The climate is pleasant and was, before the war, used as a health resort for people suffring from tuberculesis. NI 917