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Traces of War

Survivors of the Burma and Sumatra Railways
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Victory for the allied forces in the Pacific theatre of the Second World War will be celebrated in August, 60 years after the Japanese Emperor Hirohito conceded defeat. There will be among the celebrants a small, largely forgotten group who will once again have to relive their nightmares of the war in the Pacific, despite the fact that they bore no arms in the conflict. Dutch civilians were among more than a quarter of a million Asians - so called romushas - forced by the Japanese to work on railways in Burma and Sumatra. They worked in desperate conditions. Between 80 and 90 per cent of the romushas did not survive the regime, not least as a result of being torpedoed in transit. The sinking of the Junyo Maru, for instance, resulted in the deaths of 4000 romushas and 1500 prisoners of war. In "Traces of War", the Dutch photographer Jan Banning has interviewed and photographed just 24 of the survivors. The haunting images show them as they worked, naked from the waist up. The words elicit, with a matter-of-fact disinterest, the misery of their constant understanding of death. Unsurprisingly, after their experiences, they have hitherto been loath to discuss their ordeals. Jan Banning's Dutch publication of "Traces of War" has all but sold out. Trolley presents the English language version for the many thousands of relatives and children, and the few survivors, who want to know the truths of what happened in Burma and Sumatra.

Author Biography:

Jan Banning was born in the Netherlands in 1954, and studied social and economic history at the University of Nijmegen. He has published 10 books, for which he has won numerous awards, including the World Press Photo 2004 Portrait Stories Award and the Dutch Icodo Award 2003 for Traces of War.
Release date Australia
December 31st, 2000
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
24 b/w duotone
Pages
144
Dimensions
245x225x18
ISBN-13
9781904563464
Product ID
4143017

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