Prisoners of war on Onrust Island, Java.

Pulau Kapal, augustus 1946

Prisoners of war on Onrust Island, Java. On the island to Onrust, off Tandjong Priek, is a prisoner-of-war camp, which helds 200 German POW's and appreximately 800 Indonesians who were arrested during the military action in Java. The Germans are mostly U-beat crews who were trapped in the Netherlands East Indies after the Japanese collapse. Indonesian 'republican' newspapers stated that prisoners on Onrust were being ill-treated, and these photographs show the fallacy of his accusation. The men are being treated strictly according to the Geneva-convention. The chef, a former member of a German U-boat crew, inspects the preparation of a meal in the kitchen of the camp. NI 918