Victims who fell at sea on Java Island remembered: "There was no homecoming for them"

At the head of Java Island, at the monument 'Zeeman op de Uitkijk', the victims who fell at sea during the Second World War were remembered this morning. "There was no homecoming for them, they paid the price. Gone were all their expectations of life. They fell for us, realize that fully", were the words, taken from a poem written by one of the crew of the s.s. Roebiah, for the two minutes of silence at the memorial site. In total, 24 ships of t…