Memorial Dampit Prison Camp

The text on the front of the memorial:

PRISON CAMP
DAMPIT
1944 - 1945

The text on the back of the memorial:

IN REMEMBRANCE
OF ALL VICTIMS
OF THE DAMPIT-AFFAIRE

The text on the plaque:

In 1944 a large number of Dutch East Indies
boys from Malang and the surrounding area
(East Java) were set to work in a prison camp near
the village of Dampit because of their anti-
Japanese attitude.
Many of them ended up in prisons in which
at least 22 of them lost their lives by executions,
torture and hardships.
After that many a survivor suffered permanent
physical and mental damage as a result of the
maltreatments undergone at the prison camp
and prisons.

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Source

• Text: Arjan Vrieze
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze