Title: In The Shadow Of The Sun
First published: 1992
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...
Subjects: Biography, Concentration camps, Dutch Personal narratives, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Personal narratives, Dutch, Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, Prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945
Places: Indonesia, Java, Netherlands
People: Herman family
LC classification: D805.I55 H47 1992