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Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Toni Harting / Self Published, 2013, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2013. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---softcover, about 6w x 9h inches, a close to near Fine example but there is a short corner crease on the front panel so a Very Good+ example, 186 pages, b&w photos, ---"The Devil's Grin aims to provide insight into, and information about, the mentality, philosophy, and motivation of the Japanese people, especially the Japanese military, before and during the 1941-1945 war in the Pacific, as well as their system of civilian concentration camps in the Dutch East Indies colony in Southeast Asia. --The book also portrays the story of a young Dutch teenage boy developing into an eighteen-year-old man under brutal circumstances as a civilian prisoner of war in Japanese concentration camps in the Dutch East Indies. The story is formatted not as a conventional, detailed memoir but as an informative, journalistic report inspired by, and to a…
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THE DEVIL'S GRIN: WHY AND HOW THE JAPANESE MILITARY IMPRISONED DUTCH CIVILIANS LIVING IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES DURING THE 1941-1945 PACIFIC WAR.
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Toronto: Self-published, 2013. 186 pp, 9" H. Signed on title page: "Toni Harting / 31 May (?) 13". B&w photographs, map. "(A)ims to provide insight into, and information about, the mentality, philosophy, and motivation of the Japanese people, especially the Japanese military, before and during the 1941-1945 war in the Pacific, as well as their system of civilian concentration camps in the Dutch East Indies colony in Southeast Asia. The book also portrays the story of a young Dutch teenage boy developing into an eighteen-year-old man under brutal circumstances as a civilian prisoner of war in Japanese concentration camps in the Dutch East Indies. The story is formatted not as a conventional detailed memoir but as an information-presenting, journalistic report inspired by, and to a large extent based on, my own experiences, observations, and thoughts as a civilian prisoner of war." Interior - light soft crease to fore-edge of first page, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - two very small faint soiling marks on top of text block, one small light stain on fore-edge of text block, very minor edge wear.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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- Keywords World War II, Second World War, War in Pacific, POWs, Prisoners of War, dutch East Indies, Japanese Army, Japanese Military, Prison Camps, personal Reminiscences, Dutch Civilians, Torture, Hunger, Concentration Camps, Teenagers, Memoirs, Indonesia, Camp T
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