Die chinesische Minderheit und die japanische Besatzung - Java 1942 - 1945

Abstract

This contribution deals with one of the less-known aspects of Indonesian historiography: the Chinese minority under Japanese occupation. Due to the administrative division during wartime Indonesia, the geographical subject is limited to Java island. Three major questions are addressed by the author: (1) the Chinese adaptation process in the new political system (from Dutch to Japanese regime), (2) Japanese policies towards the Chinese minority during the occupation, (3) the impact of Japanese occupation on the Chinese, with special reference to their political stance towards the Indonesian revolution. In conclusion, the author describes the political situation of the Chinese in Indonesia fifty years after the occupation (in Soeharto's New Order), which retains certain patterns similar to the Japanese occupation days.