Pakket 4 pagina 13

Pakket 4 pagina 13

women and girls, who were in detention camps, bereft of their freedom, were in general and in principle unwilling to serve the enemy in a profession that according to Western standards, is indecent and is in conflict with respectability;
that therefore for this reason alone these women and girls could only be induced to do so by means of deception and by force, although in the end they ceased their resistance, when it became clear to them that they had got in such a position that resistance could not be in the least successful;
that it is likewise possible that some among the selected women and girls, motivated by the wish to be released from the detention camp, at all costs, took this chance and accepted the consequences, which by no means alters the fact that the need to leave the camps are a consequence of the detention as ordered by the Japanese and the bad and often inhuman circumstances;
Considering that consequently the Krijgsraad considers it proved, that on the time and at the place as described in the indictment, the women and girls mentioned hereafter (for as far as it has been possible to establish this for each camp) were transported from the camps mentioned for forced prostitution, namely:
from the Halmaheiracamp: XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX and XXXX;
from camp Ambarawa 4: mrs. XXXX, mrs. XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX and XXXX;
from camp Ambarawa 6: two sisters XXXX and XXXX, mrs. XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX;
then, in a building in the Kanarielaan in Semarang, were divided amongst and stationed in the brothels: Semarang Curaboe, Shoko club, Hinomaru and Seiunso (Futubasja) and were there forced to prostitution;
Considering that regarding the Gedangancamp insufficient data can be obtained from the evidence available as to whom (and under what circumstances) have left that camp, for witness XXXX reports nothing or only vaguely about that and witness XXXX declares that the women from this camp were volunteers, a statement also made by defendant XXXX (VII);
that it is nonetheless possible that – when in the camp the suspicion arose that the girls and women were to be transported to brothels and they realized that the Japanese would not change their course of action when confronted with protests or resistance – the female inhabitants of the camp were appealed to, to save the young and pure girls from that fate, and to volunteer for this force prostitution and that following this appeal some women declared themselves willing to submit to the wish of the Japanese, on behalf of the campcommunity;
Considering that presently needs to be verified for each of the defendants if and if so, to what extent, he is liable for these well proven facts, with which the main point of their defence will be addressed as far as necessary;
Regarding the first defendant XXXX:
Considering that as for him the judgment will have to be postponed, now that the President of the Krijgsraad has ordered observation in a mental institution for this defendant;
Regarding the second defendant XXXX:
Considering that the second defendant has denied knowing the girl mentioned in the indictment and forcing her to have sexual intercourse with him;
that he has admitted to have visited (be it not on the opening night) the brothel Seiunso and having had sexual intercourse with girls, nevertheless maintained that each time that was with the permission of the girls and that they never protested of resisted;Considering that in opposition to his denial there is only the statement

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