justchloe

My Oma also grew up in Indonesia to Dutch-Jewish parents. For obvious reasons they decided not to move back to the Netherlands in the late 30s and stayed in Indonesia instead where they were also interred in a Japanese camp. At the end of the war she migrated with her remaining family members to Australia. My Oma is now 94 and has never spoken much about her time in the camps but now that she is getting alzheimers she is getting flash backs occasionally. I am never sure whether or not to ask her about her experiences so I wanted to ask you what motivated you to do this ask reddit?

I have 2 questions if you are still answering.

My Oma (mother's mother) was in a camp, although I don't know the name of it. She has never spoken about it until recently. She has Alzheimer's so some days forgets that she is not imprisoned. Do you ever have any flashbacks and how did you cope with the terrible experience you had in the years after the war?

My great grandmother (father's father's mother) was in the same camp as my oma. They did not know this until after my parents married. Did you know a lot of the people that were there with you before the war?