Prisoners of the Sumatra railway : narratives of history and memory
2019
Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway is about the experiences of British former prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra during the Japanese occupation. It is also a study to be undertaken of the life-writing of POWs held captive by the Japanese during the Second World War, and the transgenerational responses in Britain to this period of captivity. Met index, literatuuropgave. xix, 169 pages. : map. ; 24 cm.
Vervaardiger
- Oliver, Lizzie (Elizabeth)
Collectie
- NIOD Bibliotheek
Type
- Text
Identificatienummer van NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
- on1114287816
Trefwoorden
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Indonesia--Sumatra.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- Prisoners of war--Indonesia--Sumatra.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, British.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
- Indonesia--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
- Railroads--Indonesia--Sumatra.
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