Drawings from the camps in the occupied Dutch East Indies (1942-1945) > Life in the camps

What was daily life like in the camps? Where did the internees live? What did they eat? How did they get along with their guards? How did they spend their days? How were the relations between inmates? Numerous aspects of camp life pass the review in the drawings, often in a most poignant way. Chose a theme from the list below to learn more about a given aspect of camp life.

Organization of the camps
European camp management | Everyone a number | Camp rules | Chores |
Roll call | Guards

Living and working
Furnishings | Wheeling and dealing | Overcrowding | Sanitation | From one camp to another | Children | Forced labour

Food and health care
Camp kitchens | Market and camp shop| Trading and smuggling| Hygiene| Sickness | Hospitals | Medicine | 20,000 victims

Education, religion and leisure
Education | Religion | Courses and lectures | Music and theatre | Drawings and handicrafts | Celebrations | News from the outside

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