The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949 ─ Survivors Accounts of Japanese Invasion and Enslavement of Europeans and the Revolution That Created Free Indonesia

Twenty-four Dutch and Dutch-Indonesian individuals, the children of plantation operators, urban businessmen, and government personnel in Dutch-colonized Indonesia, recount their personal experiences of Japanese occupation during World War II and the subsequent independence movement, led by Sukarno. For the most part, the stories are testimonials of imprisonment at the hands of the Japanese and survival during war. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jan A. Krancher survived the Indonesian independence movement and was repatriated to the Netherlands in 1956. He now lives in Visalia, California. Visit his website at www.krancher.org.