WW II Internment Camp Apron

Embroidered apron from Japanese internment camp in Jakarta, Dutch East Indies. Embroidered apron from Japanese internment camp in Jakarta, Dutch East Indies. Courtesy Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, acc. no. NG-1999-18-A.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds an embroidered apron that was worked by Mrs Maria Christina Coppoolse (acc. no. NG-1999-18-A). The embroidery includes the texts, in the left upper corner: 'KRAMAT KAMP BATAVIA / 1943 - 1945' and in the right upper corner: 'Perlindoengan Tjihapit Bandoeng/ 2604-1944'.

The apron was embroidered during the internment of Mrs Coppoolse in Indonesia during the period of Japanese occupation. Kramat camp was located at the modern Indonesian capital of Jakarta, formlery called Batavia. Mrs Coppoolse was aged 42 in 1945, and living in the camp, with camp number 22501, with one child.

See also the Stadskanaal commemorative handkerchief; Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue (retrieved 1 May 2016)

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