Schulte Nordholt-zielhuis, O., - Het Dagelijks Leven In Indië 1937-1947. Brieven. [introduced And Compiled By Henk Schulte Nordhol6t]. Orig. Edn. Orig. Edn.

Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 1999. Orig. limp partly coloured and lettered wrappers, designed by Tinus Schulz. 256pp. Ills., incl. portraits, on 5 plates after orig. photographs, some facsims. in text of official documents, sketch-map of the Indonesian Archipelago with key on verso of table of contents., another sketch-map of dutch Timor in text, epilogue, list of literature and archivalia, explanatory glossary, incl. abbreviations used, malay-dutch, table of contents, orig. clipping taken from an unidentified dutch newspaper, being a review pasted on verso of front wrapper. Observations of a young woman, married to a dutch colonial civil servant, period 1937-1947 in dutch colonial Indonesia through her extensive correspondence with family in the Netherlands. Her daily life experiences, dutch colonial society, the indigenous society, postings of her husband to Sumba, Flores, Timor, the outbreak of the Pacific war, the japanese invasion and occupation, stay in a japanese concentration camp on Timor, the liberation and repatriation to the Netherlands. Supplies an excellent picture of life and experiences in dutch colonial Indonesia. A true document humain. Paperback edn. (as orig. publ.). Good to very good copy.