Hiroshima Civilian Internment CampCOPY OF A CABLE RECEIVED FROM GENEVA JULY 4 1942 NLT INTERCROSS WASHINGTON 115 OUR DELEGATE JAPAN VISITED ON JUNE 13 CAMP MIYOSHI HIROSHIMA OPENED ON DECEMBER 13, 1941 ADDRESS KENCHO HIROSHIMA STOP 29 INTERNEES OF WHOM 13 CAME FROM UNITED STATES STOP 18 WOMEN 3 MEN AGED 33 TO 55 COMING FROM HIROSHIMA AND OKAYAMA PROVINCES CAMP SITUATED IN FORMER SANATORIUM OF AMERICAN MISSION ON HILL 300 METERS LOCATION HEALTHY FORESTS AND FIELDS STOP WOODEN CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STORIES EACH ONE 200 METERS SQUARE 3 METERS HIGH LARGE SUNNY WINDOWS FIRST FLOOR TWO REFECTORIES RECREATION ROOMS STOP IN BED-ROOM HALF OF BEDS ARE EUROPEAN HALF ARE JAPANESE JAPANESE STOVES AND BRAZIERS ELECTRIC LIGHT STOP JAPANESE BATHS LATRINES WITH RUNNING WATER LAUNDRY ICEBOXES TWO KITCHENS TWO COOKS WHO ARE NUNS STOP DAILY FOOD RATION 300 GRAMS OF BREAD 1/4 LITRE OF RICE 2 DECIS (1/5 OF A LITRE) OF MILK PLUS 600 GRAMS OF MEAT WEEKLY 225 GRAMS OF SUGAR A MONTH FISH CEREALS VEGETABLES BUTTER CHEESE FRUITS TEA COFFEE STOP PERMISSION TO BRING SHEETS FROM OUTSIDE STOP BODY WEIGHTS INCREASING STOP SUFFICIENT CLOTHING GOOD HEALTH NO DEAD MONTHLY MEDICAL VISIT DENTAL CARE WHEN NECESSARY PHYSICAL EXERCISES GAMES SPORTS WEEKLY WALK STOP LIBRARY RADIO STUDY OF JAPANESE RELIGIOUS SERVICE DAILY IN THE CHAPEL STOP LOCAL AND OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENCE UNHINDERED STOP EXCELLENT CAMP GOOD ATMOSPHERE NO COMPLAINTS GOOD DISCIPLINE [stamp]
RECEIVED DEC 23 1944 INTERCROIXROUGE 4800
RENAISSANCE HOTELS & RESORTS LOCATION
Name and exact location of camp with description or distinguishing features or surroundings (so as to be identifiable from the air): Number of internees broken down by sexes, nationality, race and age groups.Location: Hiroshima Prefecture is located in agreeable surroundings far from the city in the heart of rural life. It is surrounded by mountains and hills on all sides with a park nearby and a beautiful river view. This camp is now _nonexistent_, as it was leased for one year, December 13, 1941 to December 13, 1942. Internees: Men - 5; Women - 4; Religious Sisters - 15 (one Irish, released) Nationalities:
Ages: The ages range from 33 years to 78 years. DESCRIPTION OF PREMISES
Kind of buildings (e.g. barracks, abandoned factories, school or college buildings); estimate of square and cubic feet per internee; lighting and heating facilities (hours when available); kind and amount of bedding provided. Beds and nets. The building was of a low two-story wooden Japanese structure vrith tiled roof in the form of a printed letter "E", omitting the middle bar. It had been used as a kindergarten for some seventy-five or eighty children. It was heated by wood fires, the materials being obtained from a neighboring lumbering company and was carried in chain fashion by all the internees in unison. Ordinary lighting facilities gave the readily available electric power. For the first month, until beds were procurable and personal bedding could be sent for, much soiled borrowed bedding was obtained from a rural inn nearby. The space allotted twelve persons to each small Japanese room of six regulation mats each minus furniture. Thus, sleeping quarters necessitated one sleeping in a bed, the other on a mat in Japanese fashion in each room for a group of twelve. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
ARCHIVES FILE NUMBER 3-76-4 TITLE LIST OF CIVIL INTERNEES ORIGIN INTERNMENT CAMP MIJOSHI [Miyoshi] DATES AUTHENTICITY UNKNOWN SOURCE RECOVERED PERSONNEL TEAM X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
List of Civil Internees table (see below)
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| No. | Names | Nationality | Place and date of birth | Domicili. | Occupation | Next of Kin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuizinga, Gerriet | Netherlands | Slochteren (Neth.) 10 April 1896 |
Malang (Java) | Captain Mercantile Man? |
Mrs. C. Tuizinga |
| 2 | Meisenbacher, Ulrich August | do. | Hoorn (Neth.) 14 March 1906 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Acting Chief ofc. Mercantile Man? |
Mrs. A. Meisenbacher |
| 3 | de Best, Adrian | do. | Malang (Java) 17 October 1907 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | 2nd officer Mercantile Man? |
Mrs. E. A. H. de Best |
| 4 | Verhoef, Pieter Jan Govert. | do. | Arkel (Neth.) 19 July 1912 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | 3d officer Mercantile Man? |
Mrs. D. Verhoef |
| 5 | van der Wolf, Dirk Gerrit | do. | Waddinxveen (Neth.) 21 October 1903 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Acting Chief Engineer | Ita and Tine van der Wolf |
| 6 | de Roy van Zuydewyn, Charles Aston | do. | Djocja (Java) 3 April 1908 |
Soerabaja. (Java) | 3d engineer. | Mrs. Ch. H. A. de Roy van Zuydewyn |
| 7 | Willems, Louis | do. | Batavia (Java) 24 May 1909 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | 3d engineer. | Mrs. G. L. Willems |
| 8 | Hendriks, Derk | do. | Nijmegen (Neth.) 31 October 1912 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | 4th engineer. | Mrs. L. B. Hendriks |
| 9 | Kuiken, Thija | do. | Midlum (Neth.) 31 May 1913 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | 4th engineer. | C. Kuiken |
| 10 | Bakker, Johannes Bernardes Godefrides | do. | Den Haag (Neth.) 29 November 1912 |
Soerabaja | 5th engineer. | Mrs. A. M. Bakker-Boin |
| 11 | Oost, Pieter | do. | Sigli (Sumatra) 3 March 1919 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | 5th engineer. | Mr. H. Oost |
| 12 | Stijve, Niklaas | do. | Appingedam (Neth.) 1 August 1920 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | 5th engineer. | Mr. K. Stijve |
| 13 | Soediren. | Javanese, Neth. subject. | Djoewane (Java) 14 June 1921 |
Djoewana (Java) | 5th engineer. | Mr. Djojopitono |
| 14 | Soedarsono | Javanese, Neth. subject. | Kertosono (Java) 14 August 1917 |
Soerabaja (Java) | Electrician. | Mrs. R. F. Soedarsono |
| 15 | Dirkse, Jakobus | Netherlands | Den Naag (Neth.) 30 July 1892 |
Lawang (Java) | Chief stewart. | Mrs. Dirkse- Brekelmans |
| 16 | Koenen, Francois Louis Mathieu Gertrude | do. | Warmenhuizen (Neth.) 18 December 1894 |
Soerabaja (Java) | Chief cook. | Mrs. Koenen- Schermer |
| 17 | Schuur, Cornelia Johannes | do. | Zoeterwoude (Neth.) 16 March 1905 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Wireless officer. | Mrs. C. J. Schuur |
| 18 | van de Poel, Johannes Casper | do. | MIddleburg (Neth.) 9 April 1894 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Chief Engineer. | Mrs. A. J. van de Poel-Kraat |
| 19 | Bollman, Theodorus Stephanus Everardus | do. | Arnhem (Neth.) 27 May 1903 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Chief officer. | Mrs. H. Bollmann- Schoolderman |
| 20 | Mulder, Johannes Jacobus | do. | Baarn (Neth.) 12 July 1906 |
Soerabaja (Java) | Purser. | [page missing] |
| 21 | Mellems, Andries Willem | do. | Utrecht (Neth.) 4 December 1901 |
Soerabaja (Java) | Surgeon, lieut. commander Royal Netherlands Navy | |
| 22 | Vreede, Jan Johannes Antoni Arnoldus | do. | Wijchen (Neth.) 11 January 1900 |
Modjokerto (Java) | Surgeon, lieut. commander Royal Netherlands Navy Reserve. | |
| 23 | Veldhuyzen, Adrianus | do. | Tjimahi (Java) 11 June 1909 |
Soerabaja (Java) | Surgeon, lieut. R.N.N. | |
| 24 | Wempe, Johannes Willem Nicolaas | do. | Alkamaar (Neth.) 15 April 1896 |
Malang (Java) | Surgeon, lieut. R.N.N. | |
| 25 | van Koeverden Brouwer, Gerritt Hendrik | do. | Amsterdam (Neth.) 19 March 1905 |
Batavia (Java) | Surgeon, lieut. R.N.N. | |
| 26 | Veen, Ruurd | do. | Oostburg (Neth.) 4 July 1905 |
Djokjakarta | Surgeon, Lieut. R.N.N. | |
| 27 | Wiemans, Sjoerd | do. | Tegal (Java) 12 July 1913 |
Batavia (Java) | Dental officer, R.N.N.R. | |
| 28 | Schouten, Netty | do. | Amerongen (Neth.) 8 May 1895 |
Batavia (Java) | Qualified head nurse | |
| 29 | den Boer, Hermina Maria Johanna Elisabeth | do. | Pernis (R'dam) (Neth.) 8 June 1901 |
Batavia (Java) | Qualified head nurse | |
| 30 | Hoekveen, Maartje | do. | Maasland (Neth.) 7 August 1901 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | |
| 31 | van Waning Bolt, Agnes Elisabeth | do. | Smilde (Neth.) 17 June 1909 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | |
| 32 | ||||||
| 33 | van den Berg, Anna Wilhelmina | do. | Kabandjahé (Sumatra) 19 December 1910 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | |
| 34 | de Boer-Gerth van Wijck, Jeanette Margaretha | do. | Bennebroek (Neth.) 27 November 1893 |
Soerabaja (Java) | Qualified nurse. | |
| 35 | Gunther, Petronella Hermina | do. | Nijmegen (Neth.) 19 November 1891 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | |
| 36 | Mackay, Willemina Johanna | do. | Rotterdam. (Neth.) 1 August 1902 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | |
| 37 | Smaardijk, Johanna | do. | Middelburg (Neth.) 23 January 1894 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | Mrs. Smaardijk |
| 38 | Vos de Wael, Maria Immaculata Antonia Ernesta | do. | Roermond (Neth.) 7 March 1905 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | Mr. W. M. Hens |
| 39 | Brouwer, Charlotte Geertraida Jansje | do. | Zwolle. (Neth.) 21 June 1902 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | Mrs. D. Brouwer |
| 40 | van der Wolf- née van Bers, Clementine Maria | do. | Halsteren. (Neth.) 8 December 1902 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | 1) Mr. L. A. van Bers 2) Fam. Lang- van Bers |
| 41 | Heil-Zuur, Tilly | do. | Bandoeng. (Java) 17 June 1906 |
Kediri. (Java) | Volunteer nurse Red Cross. | Mr. J. H. Heil |
| 42 | Smits, Elisabeth Petronella Cornelia | do. | Breda (Neth.) 14 December 1899 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Qualified nurse. | Mr. F. Smits |
| 43 | van den Boach, Gerardus | do. | Den Dungen (Neth.) 4 August 1902 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Male nurse. | Mrs. M. Demetrius |
| 44 | Rekers, Willem Johan | do. | Enschedé (Neth.) 3 September 1915 |
Batavia-C. (Java) | Male nurse. | 1) Mr. R. A. Rekers 2) Miss D. Cooper |