Women who were in Japanese internment camps in the Netherlands East Indies learned to suppress their painful past. At a later age, the feelings of rage and grief surface and they relive the pain.
What are the experiences of the women and children who used to be in the Japanese internment camps in the Netherlands East Indies? And what are the remaining wounds and scars? In Als ik mijn ogen sluit, women who survived the camps share their experiences and how they coped with them later in life. Director Pieter van Huystee also has a personal connection with this history. Both his mother and grandmother survived a Japanese camp.Because he barely talked with his now deceased mother about what she went through, in this film he asks the questions he can no longer ask her.
Moderator:Lidija Zelovic
Expert: Prof. Dr. Henry Otgaar - Expert on the development of memories.
Moderator:Lidija Zelovic
Expert: Prof. Dr. Henry Otgaar - Expert on the development of memories.
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