Jan Verstraaten’s father was in his 20s when he ended up in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. He never talked to his son about the appalling conditions there. Jan (73) couldn’t let it go. Now that he is slowly going blind, he has moved to Asia. About a forgotten piece of World War II history. “He has experienced all kinds of trouble here.”
Castor van Dillen
Jan Verstraaten is sitting at the dining table of his apartment on Zandweerd. Enjoy the peace and quiet and the view of the IJssel. How different it was a few weeks ago. Suddenly the 73-year-old Deventer was big news in two regional Japanese newspapers.
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