In The Shadow Of The Sun

the long version

In The Shadow Of The Sun describes life in Japanese concentration camps for women in the Dutch East Indies during the Second World War. It deals with the anxieties, frustrations and hopes of a young Dutch mother, Jeannette Herman-Louwerse, and her two small daughters who, like so many others at that time, were caught in a terrifying situation that cost countless innocent civilians their lives. The book covers the equally unsettling period after the Japanese capitulation when the cry 'Merdeka' for independence was heard throughout the Dutch East Indies. It is an important addition to the limited amount of literature on the Japanese occupatin of Indonesia...