Unplanned Odyssey

Elisabeth known as Liesje was born in Indonesia when it was a Dutch colony. She came of age at the beginning of World War II and when the Japanese invaded she was interned. She escaped from the Japanese concentration camp a decision that put her into survival mode for the next five years.<p>This is her account of her youth of her life as a concentration camp escapee under the Japanese occupation of her clandestine union with a noble Japanese military officer - a Samurai of her subsequent journey to war-devastated Japan and her life there after wards.