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Lost childhood : my life in a Japanese prison camp during World War II : a memoir /

In a shockingly honest narrative, a former prisoner-of-war tells how her family, along with ten thousand other Dutch residents living in the Dutch East Indies were shipped off to internment camps where food rationing, terrible sanitary conditions, and an uncertain future were the norms for more than...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Layson, Annelex Hofstra
Other Authors: Viola, Herman J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2008]
Subjects:
Layson, Annelex Hofstra > Childhood and youth.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Indonesia > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Dutch.
Concentration camp inmates > Indonesia > Biography.
Child concentration camp inmates > Indonesia > Biography.
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Summary:In a shockingly honest narrative, a former prisoner-of-war tells how her family, along with ten thousand other Dutch residents living in the Dutch East Indies were shipped off to internment camps where food rationing, terrible sanitary conditions, and an uncertain future were the norms for more than three years.
Physical Description:111 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Awards:Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009
ISBN:9781426303210 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1426303211 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781426303227 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
142630322X (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)