Julius Ernst, murwi weKNIL weBurma Railway

Iwe wakaverenga kusati kwaziviswa kweZuva Rokurangarira muna Nyamavhuvhu 15 muKanchanaburi, tsika yakanaka, inochengetedzwa chaizvo neDutch Embassy muThailand.

Burma Railway yakauraya vanhu vakawanda, asi sezvineiwo vasungwa vakawanda vehondo vokune dzimwe nyika, kusanganisira vaDutch, vakapona panguva iyoyo yakaipa. Nhamba iyoyo yevapukunyuki zvechokwadi iri kuramba ichiderera nekufamba kwenguva. Ini pachangu ndaiziva varume vaviri vakanga vashanda ikoko uye vakararama. Vese vari vaviri zvino vafa, asi ndinoziva kuti vaisamboda kutaura nezvemamiriro avo ezvinhu anosiririsa panguva iyoyo.

Mupepanhau reThailand nguva pfupi yapfuura ndakaverenga mushumo wokuti musoja wechiNgezi wokupedzisira anozivikanwa aishanda muBurma akanga afa pazera ramakore 94. Ndakashamisika kuti chii chakanga chiri mamiriro ezvinhu neDutch vakapona. Ndakabata Burma-Siam Railway Memorial Foundation uye ndakagamuchira mhinduro inotevera:

"Nheyo yedu parizvino ine vangangosvika makumi matanhatu vakapona paBurma-Siam Railway pafaira. Hapana mubvunzo kuti kune vakawanda, asi pamwe havasati vambonyoresa nesu kumusangano wekusanganazve kana mamwe maveterans”.

Mumwe wevakasara ivavo ndiJulius Ernst, murwi weKNIL aiva nemakore anopfuura 90, akaiswa mujeri mumusasa weRintin. Gore rapfuura Dick Schaap akaita hurukuro naye yeCheckpoint, magazini yepamwedzi uye nezve veterans. Pazasi pane nyaya izere:

Nhanganyaya

“Ichienzaniswa nehero mumusasa wevafambi weRintin, pedyo neBurma Railway iri kuvakwa, mimwe misasa yose yakanga iri pasi pano nokuda kwavasungwa vakaneta vehondo,” anodaro murwi weKNIL ane makore 91 okukura Julius Ernst. Nekuda kwenhamba huru yerufu, Rintin yainziwo Musasa Werufu. Avhareji yevasungwa vashanu vaifa nekorera zuva nezuva. "Chirwere chemudumbu chaunoburitsa zvachose," anodaro Ernst. Mwedzi mitatu pashure pokubuda kwedenda rakasimba remanyoka, Rintin yakavharwa namaJapan.

Kutanga

Julius Ernst aive nemakore gumi nemanomwe paakasaina KNIL. Muna 17, mushure mekunge maJapan apinda muDutch East Indies, aifanira kushuma semusungwa wehondo muBandoeng. Aive 1942 panguva iyoyo uye aive chikamu chechitatu battalion yeKNIL, dhipatimendi rekutsvaga. Ernst aigara muTjimahi, kwaakapupurira kuurayiwa kwevasungwa kakawanda. VaJapan vakaisa zvirango zvakakomba nokuda kwechakaipa chipi nechipi. “Kwakanga kusingabviri kuyera chawaigona kuita chakaipa,” anodaro Ernst. Sechirango chokusakwazisa murwi wokuJapan, musungwa wehondo akaiswa muchizarira chewaya ine minzwa kwemaawa akawanda muzuva raipisa zvikuru. Zvirango zvakawanda zvaitora zuva rimwe kana maviri kana kuti dzimwe nguva pavhiki.

Cabaret

VaJapan vakabvumira zvinotsausa pakupera kwevhiki; cabaret mitambo uye kuverenga kwakarongwa nevasungwa vane matarenda akavanzwa. Pane imwe nguva pakamboratidzwa varume vaipfeka sevakadzi. Vamwe vekuJapan vakada kuziva kana vaive vakadzi chaivo uye vakabata vatambi mugomba, izvo zvakafadza vasungwa. Mutambi ane mukurumbira gare gare Wim Kan akabatanidzwawo muzviratidzwa izvi.

Kuenda kuThailand

Pane imwe nguva, vaJapan vakasarudza vasungwa vane utano hwakanaka 250, kubatanidza Ernst; hapana aiziva zvaiitwa nemaJapan. Rwendo rwakatanga kuenda nechitima kuenda kuTandjong Priok uye rwakapfuuridzirwa kubva ipapo nemutakuri wekutakura kuenda kuSingapore. Vasungwa vakanga vari pamberi penhare; varindi vamene vakavaka kuseri kwenzvimbo yaichengeterwa zvinhu, vachitarisira kuti vaizopukunyuka kurovera ngarava neAllies ikoko. Kubva kuSingapore kwakatevera rwendo rwechitima kwemazuva mana nehusiku kuenda kuBan Pong. “Nevarume makumi mana vari murori yemombe, muchiita bhizimusi renyu nechekuzasi kunze kwegonhi rakamanikana. Masikati tembiricha yakakwira kusvika ku30, 35 degrees, asi usiku kwaitonhora zvikuru,” anoyeuka kudaro Ernst.

Nhamba 225

MuBan Pong, musasa une imba yokuchengetera zvokudya, zvakava pachena zvaitarisirwa kuvasungwa. Kwaifanira kugadzirwa njanji, yaiitirwa kugovera mauto eJapan. Izvi zvaida kufora kwemakiromita 225 kuenda kuPaal 225, kubva kuBan Pong kuenda kuPakanoen kuThailand. 'Paal' ndiyo yaiva bumbiro remisasa yaifanira kumiswa uye kugadzirirwa panguva yebasa. Kufora kwacho kwakapedzwa kwehusiku gumi, nezuva rekuzorora mazuva maviri ari ose. Vakafamba murima, kubva naXNUMX:XNUMX manheru kusvika mangwanani aitevera, kuti vatize ziso rendege dzeAmerica dzekuongorora.

Kushanda paBurma Railway

Nzvimbo yakashata yaizovakwa njanji yakanga yatotemwa nemhepo dzinotonhorera, vasungwa vehondo vaibva kuIndia uye vakapinza basa vokuIndonesia. Ernst nevarume vake vakabva vabvisa zvigutsa zvemuti ndokuenzanisa nzvimbo yacho. Boka rimwe nerimwe revanhu vashanu rakapiwa basa, uye pamunhu zvakaratidzwa kuti macubic metres mangani aifanira kucherwa, zvichienderana nerudzi rwevhu. Vatariri vechiJapan vakanga vakangwarira.

Kuti tikwanise kusimudza zvidimbu zvevhu, chikomo chaifanira kutanga chacherwa. Masitepisi akacherwa mumupendero, achibva abviswa zvakare. Nemachira akagadzirwa nematanda omushenjere nesaga remachira, varume vaviri mumwe nomumwe akatakura hafu yecubic mita yejecha kuenda kwaaienda. Pavaishanda, mapoka akabatsirana kusvika basa rezuva rapera.

Kubva pamusasa mumwe nomumwe, positi imwe neimwe, vasungwa vaifanira kufamba makiromita mana kusvika mashanu enjanji. Dzimwe nguva vasungwa vaiita nemaune nzvimbo dzisina simba munjanji vachishandisa mapazi panzvimbo pejecha.

Naizvozvo maJapan haana kutora mikana ipi neipi pakuedza njanji yakanga yapera. Vakamhanyisa ngoro yakanga yakatakura zvinhu pamusoro pechikamu chitsva chenjanji kuti vaone kana pasi pakanga pakasimba zvakakwana. Mota yekumberi yaive isina munhu, mota dzaive kumashure dzaive dzakatakura dzichibva dzanyatsofamba dzichipinda munjanji. Kana nzvimbo isina simba yakadaro yakawanikwa, yakasimudzwa nejecha nematombo. VaKorea vaiita sevarindi; vaiwanzoita utsinye kupfuura vokuJapan.

Basa pachikamu chenjanji paraipedzwa, vasungwa vaienda kumusasa waamai veTamarkan uye kubva ipapo vachienda kune imwe nzvimbo kana kuti musasa. Pamazuva gumi oga oga paiva nezuva rekuzorora, raiwanzoshandiswa kuredza. Dynamite yaiwanzo shandiswa nemvumo yevaJapan.

Kuponda kukuru

Zvakaoma kufungidzira kuti vasungwa vakaramba sei nebasa ravakapiwa rokuita njanji. Masoja ane hunyanzvi akange adzidza panguva yekudzidziswa kwavo kurarama musango, asi vakuru vakuru vevanhu, tisingarevi zviuru zveRomushas, ​​vechidiki vechiJavanese vashandi vechibharo, vakashandawo ikoko. Huwandu hwe18.000 yevashandi vanomanikidzwa, kusanganisira zviuru zviviri nemazana maviri nemakumi matatu nemaDutchmen uye nhamba huru yeRomushas, ​​vakafa panguva yekuvakwa kweBurma Railway.

Ban Pong

Adzoka muBan Pong, Ernst akatamira kune imwe musasa, kwaaifanira kubatsira kugovera misasa yePOW nemisasa yeJapan nemupunga, mafuta, nyama nehove. Zvitima zvaifanira kutakurwa. Vasungwa vehondo vaigerwa mhanza kuitira kuti vazivikanwe nekukurumidza kana voda kumhanya. Mugero wakadzika mamita matatu uye wakafara mamita matatu wakanga wacherwa kutenderedza musasa kudzivirira kutiza.

Zvakazobuda pachena kuti mugero uyu waiitirwawo kupinza vasungwa mariri uye kuvauraya nepfuti kana basa reBurma Railway rapera. Uku kuponda kwevanhu vakawanda kwakadziviswa nemabhomba eatomu ayo MaAllies akadonhedza paNagasaki neHiroshima.

Zivo yezvakasikwa

Mukati mebasa rinonetesa paBurma Railway, vasungwa vakawanda vakafa nekorera namanyoka. Boka raErnst raisanganisirawo chiremba uye chiremba wokuvhiya. Nekuda kweruzivo rwavo rwezvekurapa uye neruzivo rwaErnst pachake rwezvakasikwa, vakakwanisa kurwisa kusagadzikana kwematumbo kusvika pamwero wakati. Semuenzaniso, vaigadzira tii kubva kumbeu dzakaomeswa dzejambu klutuk dzeko, kunyanya yemhando inobereka michero mitsvuku. Vakasanganisa chitsama chemashizha ayo maduku nechipunu chekayu pulasari yakachekwa zvakanaka nemakapu maviri emvura ndokuderedza nehafu. Mvura yakawanikwa yaifanira kutorwa kaviri pazuva. Izvozvo zvakabatsira kumisa manyoka. Zvimwe chetezvo zvaive zvechokwadi kune tii yakagadzirwa kubva kune michero yemuapuro wecustard. “MuIndies, taiva takarovedzana neaya marudzi emishonga,” anodaro Ernst. Mukushaikwa kwekupfekedzwa kwemaronda ane purulent, hove dze nibble dzimwe nguva dzaishandiswa musango kuchenesa maronda.

Zvichida imhaka yeruzivo rwezvipi zvinopihwa zvisikwa kurwisa korera uye dysentery mumisasa yePOW iyo yeXNUMX POWs Ernst yakashanda nayo paBurma Railway, vatatu chete havana kupona muhusungwa.

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