Contents -- A Boy�s Life in a Japanese Labor Camp -- a teenaged prisoner of japan, no. 17326 -- discovering java -- malang -- merbaboe park -- war -- uncertain times in malang -- kesilir -- the final days of de wijk -- the transport -- lampersari -- the benteng -- camp bangkong -- horseplay -- the diary -- the disease of despair -- bleak prospects -- death and unexpected freedom -- hidden dangers -- the british -- escape from hell -- a family again -- time to fly -- surabaja restored -- to holland on oranje -- Epilogue -- Glossary