Historical information

Given to former prisoners in Japanese camps in the former Dutch East Indies after liberation 1946.

Significance

Dutch colonists suffered incarceration under the Japanese occupation of former Dutch East Indies. Post-war many returned to The Netherlands where they suffered from the cold. It was difficult for them to settle in and this gift would have been a welcome gesture of acceptance.

Physical description

Hollow cylindrical copper tube with copper screw top with circular handle.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten label says: Warm water kruik aan ons gegeven toen wij koud en berooid uit de Japanse kampen kwamen Jan 1946 (Hot water bottle given to us when we came out of the Japanese camps, cold and destitute, Jan 1946).