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OH 0535

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeKEMPFF, Paul (b. 1914)
Military ServiceRoyal Dutch Navy WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0535
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionVeteran of the Royal Dutch Navy in the Netherlands East Indies. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Chungkai and Bampong, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description126 pp.
Terms of UseOpen