Chapei Civil Assembly Centre - ash dump, by Florence Ovadia-Reuben, Shanghai, 1945

            Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked in Shanghai for Holland-China Trading Company, from 1939. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, the Japanese entered the International Concession of Shanghai. Life changed considerably for nationals of countries which the Japanese considered enemies. Radios, cameras, cars had to be handed in. It became forbidden to visit cinemas. People had to wear armbands to be easier to recognise. A letter indicated the country: A=American, B=British, N=Netherlands, X=other nationalities. 

In March 1943, Charles Gesner van der Voort was interned in Chapei (now: Zhabei) Civil Assembly Centre, along with about a hundred other Dutch nationals. 

15 August 1945, the internment camp was liberated. The final months, especially knowing that the war in the Netherlands had ended in May 1945 and when the food rations had reduced considerably, had lasted very long for the people interned.

Several people who were interned in Chapei shared their drawings and stories with me. 

This sketch by Florence Ovadia-Reuben shows the ash dump, where people could search the kitchen fire ashes for pieces of coal to be re-used. 

Courtesy Florence Ovadia-Reuben

Taken on: August 1, 1945

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Sets appears in: • WW II • Chapei Civil Assembly Centre & Haiphong Road Camp

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