Against All Odds
Fousert, Daan; Melief, Monique
Language: English
Published by Mill Lake Books, 2021
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- Title
- Against All Odds
- Author
- Fousert, Daan; Melief, Monique
- Publisher
- Mill Lake Books
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1777192676
- ISBN 13
- 9781777192679
When Jaan Willem Mobach (1894), his wife Johanna (1896), and their three sons, Piet, Gerard, and Jan, depart for Djokdjakarta in 1930 on the ship Indrapoera, they have no idea what awaits them. The years leading up to 1942-during which time three daughters are born-pass by in relative peace. That changes on March 8, 1942, when the Dutch East Indies fall to the Japanese. All Dutch, Indonesian Dutch, and Europeans end up in Japanese internment camps, as do many Moluccans and Chinese. In these camps, an estimated 30,000 people die of hunger, exhaustion, and torture. "We were lucky." These are the words of Jan Mobach when he describes what happened to his family in the Dutch East Indies during and immediately after the war years. He has recorded his memories in a document in which he recalls his adolescence during the Japanese occupation of Java. Father Jaan Willem, also, has recorded his memories in Prisoners of Nippon. These two documents form the basis of this book, fulfilling Jan's great wish. Because this book involves a whole family that was separated in the war and-pure luck-of which all members are reunited after the war, the experiences of mother Johanna make the picture more complete. Author Monique Melief tells the story of mother Johanna from her perspective, based on the facts. With the capitulation of Japan on August 15, 1945, WWII ends in the Dutch East Indies. But two days later, Java (Indonesia) declares independence. The Netherlands did not see this coming. The period that follows-the "Bersiap"-during which time many become victims of torture, rape, and murder by Indonesian nationalists, is, if possible, even more violent. During these extremely unsafe and uncertain circumstances, the family members trickle back to the Netherlands, father Jaan Willem the last one in June 1946.
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About the Author
Monique Melief was born in the Netherlands in 1955. She studied history and educational sciences and graduated from Utrecht University. She also graduated in social science and labor market politics. In 2012 she began publishing books, and in 2018 she wrote her first historical novel, In het oog van de storm, about the life of scientist and twice Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie. She writes and lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She works as an independent interim manager, mainly in the health care environment.
Helen Mobach was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She graduated with a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. from the University of Manitoba. Then she moved in order to pursue biochemical research at the University of California at Berkeley. She met and married Gerard Mobach in the Bay Area, California. Eventually they moved to Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. Helen substitute taught junior and senior high school in Abbotsford School District # 34 for 12 years. After that, she taught English as a Second Language to adult immigrants for 15 years under the umbrella of Abbotsford Community Services. In the 1980s, Helen translated her Dutch father-in-law's diary of the Japanese concentration camps in WWII Java. In 2020, she received the Dutch book Het geluk te overleven, which is partially based on that diary, and got permission to translate it. After almost 50 years of marriage, Gerard passed away in 2015 and left behind two lovely daughters and their families.
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