POW. Japan. POW card Bu.PW27a written on 15 June 1943, from a husband in Osaka to his wife in Soerabaja

POW. Japan. POW envelope Jacobs OS2 type I from a husband in Osaka to his wife in Soerabaja, including the original Japanese sheet of writing paper (stationery), Jacobs OS4, written on 11 Aug 1944

POW. Japan. POW envelope Jacobs OS3 type II from a husband in Osaka to his wife in Soerabaja, including the original Japanese sheet of writing paper (stationery), Jacobs OS4, undated

POW. Japan. POW envelope Jacobs OS3 type II (small tear) from a husband in Osaka to his wife in Broek op Langedijk, the Netherlands, including the original Japanese sheet of writing paper (stationery), Jacobs OS4, written on 11 Aug 1944. The envelope has an Allied censor label and green Dutch Red Cross ‘Het Nederlandsche Roode Kruis / Centr. Informatiebureau’

POW. Thailand. POW card Bu.PW42 written on 25 May 1944 by a corporal in Camp No. 2 via the liberated city of Eindhoven 2 April (1945) to Wormer, the Netherlands, showing a hexagonal censor mark, and red Dutch Red Cross ‘Het Nederlandsche Roode Kruis / Centr. Informatiebureau’

POW. Thailand. POW card Bu.PW42 written on 10 June 1944 by a lieutenant commander in Camp No. 4 via Eindhoven 23 May 1945 to Doorn, the Netherlands. Also a similar card, but written on 15 Jan 1944

POW. Japan. POW card Bu.PW26 from a brother in Fukuoka No. 2 to a brother in Willemstad, Curaçao, showing Japanese and American censors. Please realize the circumstances in which these cards were kept by the internee. Very rare destination for a POW card from Japan!

POW. Thailand. POW card Bu.PW44 from a son in camp No. 6, undated, to family in Zaltbommel, the Netherlands

POW. Thailand. Two POW cards Bu.PW44 from the same internee in camp No. 1, both undated, to family in Malang

POW. Cover from a family in Amsterdam to an interned son in the Fukuoka camp No. 2, probably received 23 Aug 1943, showing German censor marks and label and Japanese censor

POW. Cover from a family in Amsterdam to an interned son in the Fukuoka camp No. 2, probably received 19 Sep 1943, showing German censor marks and label and Japanese censor

POW. Cover from a family in Amsterdam to an interned son in the Fukuoka camp No. 2, probably received 14 Nov 1943, showing German censor marks and label and Japanese censor

POW. Red Cross. International Red Cross envelope, without included Red Cross form, to the Fukuoka camp No. 2 showing in red ‘Serv. holl.’ (Service Hollandais) and Japanese censor mark, probably received 28 June 1943

POW. Red Cross. International Red Cross envelope to a boyfriend in a Fukuoka camp, on the right rough opened with finger, probably received 25 July 1943, included with the original Dutch Red Cross form, Jacobs RC7, completed by his girlfriend in Amsterdam (in Dutch) ‘Dear Jan. Why don’t I hear from you? Have I waited all these years for nothing? Do let me know. Your Bep.’ The form shows Egyptian (?) and Japanese censor marks

Red Cross. Dutch Red Cross form completed by a person in Utrecht on 22 Aug 1945 with a message to a family in Soerabaja, arrival postmark 2 Feb 1946, however after many fruitless attempts to find the addressee (written ‘obk karth’ which stands for onbekend kartotheek = unknown card library), on 1 Mch 1945 via Batavia returned to sender

Red Cross. Dutch Red Cross form completed by a person in Utrecht on 24 Sep 1945 with a family message, sent to an interned brother in POW camp No. 6 in Thailand, however, the person has been transferred to Manila on 7 Oct 1945 (from Manila the POW internees were transported to Java where the Indonesians started the war of independence)