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Author:

Layson, Annelex Hofstra.

Title:

Lost childhood : my life in a Japanese prison camp during World War II : a memoir / by Annelex Hofstra Layson ; with Herman J. Viola.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

111 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Layson, Annelex Hofstra--Childhood and youth.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Indonesia--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch.
Concentration camp inmates--Indonesia--Biography.
Child concentration camp inmates--Indonesia--Biography.
Layson, Annelex Hofstra--Childhood and youth.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Indonesia--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch.
Concentration camp inmates--Indonesia--Biography.
Child concentration camp inmates--Indonesia--Biography.

Other Authors:

Viola, Herman J.

Contents:

Before -- Gedangan -- Halmaheira -- Reunion & tragey -- Rescue -- And then -- Timeline of the war and more.

Summary:

In a shockingly honest narrative, a former prisoner-of-war tells how her family, along with ten thousand other Dutch residents living in the Dutch East Indies were shipped off to internment camps where food rationing, terrible sanitary conditions, and an uncertain future were the norms for more than three years.

ISBN:

142630322X (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
9781426303227 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1426303211 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781426303210 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008011671

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)