Nothing more than a number

It's 1942. Ten-year-old Hugo lives on the island of Java. When the Japanese occupy Java, Hugo's father is arrested and sent to a camp. From that moment on, Hugo uses his talent as a businessman to earn some extra money to care for his mother and sister. But then Hugo, his mother, and his sister are also sent to a camp. Even there, Hugo devises all sorts of ways to get extra food. When he is 13, he is separated from his mother and sister and ends up in the men's camp Tjimahi. Now he must try to survive on his own. Will Hugo ever see his family again? "Nothing more than a song" is the true story of Hugo de Jager, who experienced World War II in the Dutch East Indies as a young boy. His daughter, Elsbeth de Jager, wrote this book.